The Peruvian Inland Mission ran this orphanage, pictured in about 1947. The evangelical mission was started in 1930 by Annie G Soper and was administered by the Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1948. (CSWC33/OS13) #PhotoFriday

This slide's caption reads 'High caste women in zenana at Harkua village in Gopalganj'. The zenana was reserved for women and were sometimes visited by the wives of male missionaries, who were not allowed to enter. (CSWC33/OS14) #PhotoFriday

This slide from the Congo Balolo Mission shows the port of Conakry on Tombo Island, now in Guinea, ca. 1920-1930. Men in flat-bottomed boats can be seen over the harbour wall as three other men (possibly missionaries) are winched up to the harbour. (CSWC33/OS12/43) #PhotoFriday

Yesterday, we celebrated the 10-vol Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social. 🥂🎉

With us were editors Ken Ross (Centre hon. fellow) and Todd Johnson, and contributing editors Mariz Tadros and Gina Zurlo. #WorldChristianity edinburghuniversitypress.com/series-edinb...

A collection from the interdenominational Regions Beyond Missionary Union gives us this image titled 'Walking in the street, India, ca. 1930'. (CSWC33/OS16/67) #PhotoFriday

Black and white lantern slide of street barbers, Canton, China, c. 1905-14. The long queue, or braid, of the man on the left suggests the image is from before 1912, after which the style was considered outmoded or a sign of support for the old regime. (CSWC47/LS1/57) #PhotoFriday

My article is the featured article @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social so free to read. Please spread the news... #ecumenical #mission #CSSong

We are glad to highlight Benjamin Aldous’s piece as our featured article of this issue. For a limited time, there is #NoPaywall and it is well worth being widely read! #MissionStudies #WorldChristianity #EcumenicalTheology #CSSong @edinburghup.bsky.social @churchesengland.bsky.social

📢 Just out—𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 31.3. What a privilege to publish this final issue of our 30th anniversary year with exceptional articles that are representative and reflective of #WorldChristianity and #MissionStudies. 1/6 @edinburghup.bsky.social www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/studies-in-w...

I first presented this paper on city #lament, #CCM and a grassroots theology at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Glad that this has now been published while I am a staff here, and at @cswcedinburgh.bsky.social
journal, where I did my PhD. (1/2) #HongKongProtests
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A group of women carrying bundles on their heads can be seen in the distance in this tinted slide of a path through the Okoyong forest, Calabar (Nigeria). The Scottish Missionary Mary Slessor visited the Okoyong forest people in June 1888. (CSWC47/LS2/24) #PhotoFriday

Jamaican Bush Hut, Jamaica, ca.1875-ca.1940. The Scottish Missionary Society sent missionaries to Jamaica in 1800. Two of the three died within weeks of arrival and a second group travelled to Jamaica in 1824 to instruct slaves on local plantations. (CSWC47/LS11/38) #PhotoFriday

Call for Papers for #YaleEdin2026: Popular, Folk, Grassroots and Pop Culture in World Christianity and the History of Mission #WorldChristianity #MissionHistory www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/2025/10/yale...