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Title: Jens Christensen (JCh), born 1899 in Chicago of Danish parents. Education as missionary pastor
Jens Christensen (JCh), født 1899 i Chicago af danske forældre. Uddannelse til missionspræst på New York Missionary Training School, 1918-21. Udsendt til Pakistan/NWFP i 1922. Fik kontakt med Teltmissionen, som havde et kvindehospital i Mardan. Mødte her den danske missionsygeplejerske, Margrethe Rasmussen, som han blev gift med i 1926. Samme år blev JCh ansat ved Teltmissionen og fortsatte her til 1962. Han blev præst for de lokale kristne, evangeliserede i hele området og udarbejdede missionslitteratur på det lokale sprog, pashto. Efter flere turbulente perioder og uenighed om missionssyn, blev pastor JCh fra 1935 mangeårig leder af missionen, hvorefter man skiftede navn til Dansk Pathanmission i 1937. Fra 1955 blev den selvstændige Pakistans Lutherske Kirke oprettet, og JCh m. fl. udarbejdede en Kirkeforfatning, som blev vedtaget på den første Synode, 2. november 1955. Her blev JCh valgt til kirkens biskop. (Foto er fra bispevielsen 11. december 1955). De følgende år fortsatte med mange samarbejdsproblemer, der til sidst førte til et brud med JCh i 1962, hvorefter han fortsatte i det nyoprettede "Selskabet til Støtte for Pakistans Kirke" frem til 1966. Jens Christensen døde i 1967
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955-11-02
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive.
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Description: Jens Christensen (JCh), born 1899 in Chicago of Danish parents. Education as missionary pastor at New York Missionary Training School, 1918-21. Sent to Pakistan/NWFP, 1922. After contact to the Tent Mission, with work at a women's hospital in Mardan, he met with the Danish Missionary Nurse, Margrethe Rasmussen, and they married in 1926. Then Rev. JCh was employed by the Tent Mission and continued here until 1962. He served as pastor for the local Christians, evangelized all over the district, and wrote mission literature in the local Pastho language. After several turbulent periods with theological disagreements, Rev. JCh became leader of the mission for many years, from 1935. Name of the mission was changed to Danish Pathan Mission in 1937. From 1955 the independent Pakistan Lutheran Church was founded, and JCh (with others) wrote the Church Constitution, accepted at the first Synod meeting,2nd November 1955. Here Rev. JCh was elected to Bishop of the Church. (Photo is from the consecration, 11th December 1955). The following years continued with lots of cooperation problems, which at the end resulted in a break with JCh in 1962. After this, he continued until 1966, in the newly founded "Society for support to Church of Pakistan". Jens Christensen died in 1967.
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Identifier: imp-dan-DM_356_00003A.jpg
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-94214
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-dan-DM_356_00003A.jpg
Subject: Danish Pathan Mission
Danmission
Dansk Pathanmission
FOLDER356
Pakistan
Kirke Mission
Church Mission
Teltmissionen
The Tent Mission
Theological Education
Teologisk Uddannelse
Jens Christensen
Margrethe Christensen
Bispevielse
Consecration of Bishop
Mardan
Peshawar District
Missionærer
Missionaries
Portrætter
Portraits
North West Frontier Province
NWFP
Ledelse Administration
Management Administration
Time Period: 1955-11-02
Place: Asia
Mardan
Peshawar
NWFP
Pakistan
Source: DM_356_00003A.tiff [File]
Relation: Danmission Photo Archive
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Danmission, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://fotoarkiv.danmission.dk/fotoweb/archives/5001-Danmission%20Photo%20Archive/archive/DM_356_00003A.tiff.info#preview-media

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