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Wheaton College this fall will dedicate a new memorial plaque in honor of missionaries who were killed 65 years ago while trying to spread Christianity to Indigenous peoples in the Amazonian region of Ecuador. ....
At Wheaton College, a memorial’s been rewritten. The story begins with missionaries Jim Elliot and Ed McCully. You may have heard their names in 1956, they were slain by Auca Indians in the Ecuadorian jungle. Seven years prior, Ed and Jim graduated from Wheaton. In 1957, the class of ’49 entrusted a plaque. It memorialized, “For generations, all strangers were killed by these savage Indians. After many days of patient preparation and devout prayer, the missionaries made the first friendly contact known to history with the Aucas.” The young men had indeed broken through. For several months, they maintained friendly contact and exchanged gifts with the tribe. ....
Wheaton College has unveiled the new wording for a plaque honoring alumni Jim Elliot and other missionaries killed in Ecuador in 1956, which will replace an earlier plaque that had language considered derogatory towards indigenous people. ....
April 30, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement For the first time since February 2020, Liberty University’s Convocation was held in the Vines Center Friday morning, featuring award-winning Christian music recording artist and renowned worship leader and songwriter Chris Tomlin as the main guest. In his time onstage, Tomlin announced that Senior Vice President for Spiritual Development David Nasser, who is leaving Liberty following seven years of serving as campus pastor, would be joining him in Nashville to become a part of the Angel Armies ministry founded by Tomlin two years ago. Following an opening tribute video dedicated to Nasser, President Jerry Prevo thanked Nasser and his family for their dedication to ministering to Liberty’s student body and presented Nasser and his wife, Jennifer, with a framed resolution passed by the university’s Board of Trustees honoring Nasser and his family for their dedication and service. ....