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Overseas correspondence and report files for Africa: The Anglican Church of Kenya

Catalogue reference: MU/OS/5/5

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This record is about the Overseas correspondence and report files for Africa: The Anglican Church of Kenya dating from 1970-1984.

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Reference
MU/OS/5/5
Title
Overseas correspondence and report files for Africa: The Anglican Church of Kenya
Date
1970-1984
Description

The correspondence covers the activity of the Mothers' Union in the dioceses in question, concerning in particular: changes in personnel; financing, resourcing and training of MU Workers; missionary and development work; constitutional mattersand history of the MU in the dioceses; availability of MU literature, including in the vernacular; contact with home branches including links and gifts sent; visits of overseas members to England; conferences both overseas and in the U.K. Reference is occasionally made to political events and the social, economic and cultural circumstances of the dioceses, as well as climatic conditions, local religious beliefs and attitudes to marriage and the family. It should be noted that this description is indicative of the topics covered in the series and should not be taken to imply that every subject is covered in each diocesan file.

Held by
Lambeth Palace Library
Creator(s)
Mothers' Union
Physical description
18 files
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5fa52a1a-c231-4cc1-b4e4-d536f7ec8fe5/

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Overseas correspondence and report files for Africa: The Anglican Church of Kenya