Gordon Dewolfe Barss
| The Reverend Gordon Dewolfe Barss CBM | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gordon Dewolfe Barss February 13, 1916[1] Pithapuram (India)[1] |
| Died |
December 14, 2010 (aged 94)[1] Dartmouth (Canada)[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education |
1933[2]-1936,[1] B.A., 1951,[3] B.D.[4] |
| Alma mater | Acadia University,[2] Andover Newton Theological School[3] |
| Occupation | Ecclesiastical Administrator and Pastor |
| Years active | 1939[5]-1980[1] in India[6] |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Canadian Baptist Ministries |
| Ordained | 1938[1] |
| Writings | 1949, The early eastward spread of Christianity[7] |
Offices held | Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India), (1975-1977)[8] |
| Title | The Reverend |
Gordon Dewolfe Barss (born 1916; died 2010) was a Baptist missionary who served in India during 1939[5]-1980[1] through the Canadian Baptist Ministries.[6]
Early life and studies
Dewolfe Barss was born in at the CBM Christian Medical Centre, Pithapuram[1] in 1939 and later schooled at the Kodaikanal International School in Tamil Nadu. For graduate studies in theology, Dewolfe moved to Canada where he took a B.A. in theology from the Acadia University in 1936.[1] In 1938, Dewolfe was ordained as a Baptist Pastor by the Canadian Baptist Ministries following which he returned to India to serve as a missionary in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.[1] After a decade of missionary service in India, Dewolfe Barss upgraded his academics by enrolling in a Bachelor of Divinity programme at the Andover Newton Theological School, Andover during 1949[4]-1951[3] and again returned to India to resume his ecclesiastical responsibilities with the Canadian Baptist Ministries.
Ecclesiastical career
When the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada was revived in 1975, Dewolfe Barss took up the Principalship of the Seminary and led the administration for two successive academic years following which the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary appointed S. E. Krupa Rao in 1977 to take over the Principalship from Dewolfe Barss. After serving in India until 1980, Barss settled down in Canada. During 1989-1990,[9] Barss volunteered as a missionary to Kenya.[1]
Honours
In 1992, the Acadia University honoured Dewolfe Barss with a Doctor of Divinity[1] degree by honoris causa.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rev. T. Gnananandam 1968-1969 |
Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India) 1975-1977[8] |
Succeeded by Rev. S. E. Krupa Rao 1977-1993 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Dignity Memorial, In Memory of Gordon Dewolfe Barss, 2010
- 1 2 Calendar, Acadia University, 1933, Wolfville, p.139
- 1 2 3 Catalogue 1959-1950, Andover Newton Theological School, Andover, 1951, p.54.
- 1 2 Gordon D. Barss, The early eastward spread of Christianity, Andover, 1949. Cited in Xiaoxin Wup (Edited), Christianity in China: A Scholars' Guide to Resources in the Libraries and Archives in the United States, Second Edition, Routledge, New York, 2015, p.611.
- 1 2 W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.5.
- 1 2 Yearbook 1991, Baptist Union of Western Canada, 1991, p.401
- ↑ Gordon D. Barss, The early eastward spread of Christianity, Andover, 1949. Cited in Archie R. Crouch, Steven Agoratus, et. al., Christianity in China: A Scholars's Guide to Resources in the Libraries and archives of the United States, 1989, p.169.
- 1 2 C. L. Johnson (Edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.217-219.
- ↑ Directory of Churches, Alphabetic by City, Church, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1995, p.D-18.