Newell Snow Booth American Writer
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| Birthday |
14th June, 1903
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| Birthplace |
Belchertown, Massachusetts
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| Died |
17th May, 1968
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| Place of Death |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Missionary and bishop
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Newell Snow Booth (June 14, 1903 – May 17, 1968) was an American missionary and bishop for the United Methodist Church (UMC).
Booth worked as a minister in Massachusetts for the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) before joining that church's missionary program.
He served in the Belgian Congo for 13 years before returning to head the African department of the Hartford Seminary Foundation.
Booth was appointed bishop of Africa for the UMC (into which the MEC had merged) in 1943 and returned to the Congo.
He oversaw the construction of medical facilities and wrote textbooks in the Bantu languages.
Shortly after being detained at gunpoint during the Congo Crisis he returned to the United States.
Appointed Bishop of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania he also served on numerous church boards and commissions and was a church representative on the National Council of Churches, the World Methodist Council and the International African Institute.
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