The Christian and Missionary Alliance - Ambrose University College

345 Pages·2013·2.13 MB·English

by  Sandy Ayer

H. D. (Sandy) Ayer was born in New Westminster, British Columbia,
in 1952 and grew up in the semi-wilderness of Kitimat, B.C., where he
acquired his love of nature. Following his graduation from library
school in 1984, he and his wife Diane moved to Regina, Saskatchewan,
where Sandy began work as director of library services at Canadian
Bible College/Canadian Theological Seminary. His interest in Alliance
bibliography stems from his roles as institutional archivist and
administrator of the library’s special collection in Allianceana and his
love of collecting things. The 6' 8' author has the distinction of being
perhaps the world’s tallest theological librarian.

He and Diane have two children, Adam, 15, and Hannah, 12. Sandy
reads to relax and birds for excitement. If he were ever to write another
book, it would be about his experiences as a birder.
The Christian and Missionary
Alliance:
An Annotated Bibliography
of Textual Sources

H. D. (Sandy) Ayer

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Dedication

Dedicated to John Sawin, Christian and Missionary Alliance
pastor, missionary to Vietnam, archivist, historian, and bibliographer.
John’s passion for early Allianceana led him to collect, organize, and
catalogue, with the help of his late wife Woneta, the thousands of
books, periodicals, pamphlets, tracts, and other documents that now
form the basis of the special collections and archives at both the
C&MA headquarters in Colorado Springs and Canadian Bible
College/Canadian Theological Seminary in Regina, Sask. This volume
builds on the bibliographical foundation he has laid.
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Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword xi

Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Books, Essays, Articles, Theses, Pamphlets, and Tracts 1
Periodical Sources 367
Personal Name Index 387
Subject Index 393

About the Author 403
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Series Editor’s Foreword

The American Theological Library Association Bibliography Series is
designed to stimulate and encourage the preparation of reliable
bibliographies and guides to the literature of religious studies in all of
its scope and variety. Compilers are free to define their field, make
their own selections, and work out internal organization as the unique
demands of the subject indicate. We are pleased to publish this
annotated bibliography of literature by and about the Christian and
Missionary Alliance as number 45 in our series.

H. D.(Sandy) Ayer completed undergraduate studies in French at the
University of British Columbia and earned an M.C.S. at Regent
College and an M.L.S at the University of British Columbia’s School
of Library and Information Science. Mr. Ayer currently serves as
director of library services of the Archibald Foundation Library of
Canadian Bible College/Canadian Theological Seminary (CBC/CTS) in
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He also serves as the archivist of both
CBC/CTS and the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada and is
an active member of West Side Alliance Church.

Kenneth E. Rowe
Series Editor

Drew University Library
Madison, NJ 07940 USA

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