Oral History Interview With John Raymond Stauffacher (1908)
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John Raymond Stauffacher
Overview
Oral history interview with John Raymond Stauffacher in which he describes his childhood in Kenya, missionary parents John and Florence Stauffacher, his brother Claudon, missions in Kenya, the Masai people, Mrs. Westervelt and the Westervelt Home, studying and teaching at Rift Valley Academy, Charles Hurlburt, the Mau Mau Rebellion, Great Britain's colonial administration of Kenya, Christian life, conversion, missionary call, language learning and missionary work with Africa Inland Mission in Zaire and Central African Republic among the Zande people, missionary support, Erik Barnett, animism, evangelism in Kenya, national church leadership, limited response to the gospel among the Zande, medical missions, missionary training, the Simba Rebellion, World War I, relations with the Catholic Church in Zaire, educational aspects of missionary work, prayer, and other mission-related subjects. The interview covers the time period 1908-1995.