Andrew Alexander Bonar was a Free Church of Scotland minister during the 19th cc. He was an acquaintance of Robert Murray M’Cheyne and the youngest brother of Horatius Bonar.
Gareth Burke’s lecture on Andrew Bonar is available on Haddington House’s YouTube channel here.
“We started with being involved at Campbeltown Free Church in the Kintyre Peninsula of Scotland…
Then it was on to Dumisani Theological Institute & Bible School in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (see the attached short article on this). The Lord blessed us with many excellent meetings while in South Africa and opportunities for service.
It is now exciting to be at the stage of preparing for the release (and distribution across Africa for Bible colleges) of volume one of the mission survey work. A brief report and details of a sponsorship program which we have now developed with the publisher are included in this newsletter…
Read the Spring 2023 Newsletter here.
In this issue, you will read about some endeavours in the recent past. Once again, each is a testimony to God’s grace. Yet 2023 is now at hand, and it is time to look forward, time to remind ourselves to press on for the advancement of the Lord’s Kingdom and our eternal calling in Christ Jesus. — Dr. Jack Whytock
Philippians 3:13–14 “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
The Whytocks are on their way to Scotland and Africa. Read all about it, along with important updates on the textbook project and 2022 events here.
Dr. Whytock provides an overview of his travel plans to the UK, USA, Turkey, and Uganda, plus important Prayer and Praise Points concerning Dumisani and the Africa Textbook Project, including an update on the Ghana chapter.
The Newsletter is available here.
Update from Dr. Jack Whytock:
So far three libraries/archives have been used with two more to go on this leg of research. One library was the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW). Two engaging opportunities to meet up with writers in the Africa Textbook Project here in the UK. Paper nearing completion for Wheaton Conference and also for the chapter for volume one.
Off for archival work next at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) and The British Library. — Jack Whytock.
