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Seminary)¿¡¼ ¼±±³¸¦ °¡¸£Ä¡°í, »õ·Î¿î ¼±±³±³È¸(Mission Church)¸¦ °³Ã´Çß´Ù.
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¿ÍÇÏÀ̾Æ(Wahiawa), ¸¶ÀÌ·¹(Maile), ¼±¼¼Æ® ºñÄ¡(Sunset Beach)¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ±³È¸µé¿¡¼ ¸ñȸÇß´Ù. 1973³â 7¿ö 12ÀÏ ¿ÀÇÏ¿ì
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County), ¹Ð¸®¶ó´ÏÃ߸ð°ø¿ø(Mililani Memorial Park)¿¡ ¾ÈÀåµÇ¾ú´Ù.
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ȯ¿øÇùȸÀÇ ¿ù°£Áö ¡¸È¯¿øÀü·É¡¹(Restoration Herald)¿¡ ±â»ç¸¦ ¸¹ÀÌ ½è°í, Ä¿´×ÇÜ ºÎÀΰú °øµ¿À¸·Î Àª¸®¾ö D. Ä¿´×ÇÜ(William
D. Cunningham)ÀÇ Àü±â The Flaming Torch(1939)¸¦ Àú¼úÇß´Ù. º°¼¼ ÈÄ À¯ÇØ´Â ½ºÆ¿ÀÇ ¹¦Áö¿¡ ÇÕÀåµÇ¾ú´Ù. ÀÚ³à·Î´Â
¾Æµé ½ºÆ¿ 2¼¼(Owen Still Jr.)¿Í µþ ¿¤¸®³Ê(Eleanor Sprankles), ·¹º£Ä«(Rebecca Kerby), ·í(Ruth
Powell)ÀÌ ÀÖ¾ú´Ù.
[ÁÖ¿äÀú¼ú] "First Impressions Of The Yotsuya
Mission" (CS 15 Jan. 1938); ¡°Member of Yotsuya Mission to Japanese on West
Coast"(CS 25 Jul. 1942).
[Âü°í¹®Çå] "Mr. & Mrs. Owen Still", TC
vol.XXXVII no.1, Nov. 1937; ¡°Editorial¡±, TC vol.XXXVII no.2, Dec. 1937; "Mission
News", TC vol. 37 no.3, Jan 1938; ¡°Things Of Interest", TC vol.37 no.5, Mar.
1938; "Mission News", TC vol. 37 no.7, May 1938; "The Newest Out-Station Bible
School", TC vol.37 no.9, Jul. 1938; "A Visit To Korea", TC vol.38 no.7, May
1939; ¡°Account of A Tour of Yotsuya Mission Churches in Korea", TC vol.38 no.12
Nov. 1939; ¡°Tour of Yotsuya Mission Churches in Korea", TC vol.39 no.1, Dec.
1939; "A School In Tokyo", KM Dec. 1939; "Tokyo Night School for Christian
Workers", TC vol.39 no.2, Jan. 1940; ¡°Mission News", TC vol. 39 no.9, Aug. 1940;
"Why We Work in Korea", TC vol.39 no.10, Sep. 1940; "My First Trip To Korea", TC
vol.39 no.12, Nov. 1940; ¡°Mission News", TC vol.40 no.2, Dec. 1940; ¡°Our Korean
Work", TC vol.40 no.7, May 1941; "Brother Still to Spend Summer in America", TC
vol.40 no.8, Jun. 1941; "Yotsuya Mission Entering New Field", TC vol.41 no.4,
Feb. 1942; "Yotsuya Mission Entering New Field", TC vol.41 no.4, Feb. 1942;
"Yotsuya Mission Executive Committee Meets", TC vol.42 no.1, Dec.1942; "Stills
Get Health Furlough", TC vol.47 no.3, May-Jun. 1948; Eva Green, ¡°Best Wishes to
Stills¡±, TC vol.49 no.3, May-Jun. 1950; Mark Maxey, "Christians in Japan 100
Years(1883-1983)", http://www.bible101.org/japanmissions/page01.htm; Nora
Rebecca Kerby, In Word Or in Deed: The Story of Owen Still, Sr, Mission Services
Press, 1970; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220401949/owen-stil; ¹éÁ¾±¸, ¡°Àª¸®¾ö
D. Ä¿´×ÇÜ°ú Çѱ¹ÀÎ ¼±±³-µ¿°æ ¿ä½Ã¾ß¼±±³È¸¸¦ Áß½ÉÀ¸·Î¡±, ¡¸½ÅÇгíÃÑ¡¹ (2012); ¹éÁ¾±¸, Á¶µ¿È£, ¡ºÇѱ¹ ±×¸®½ºµµÀDZ³È¸ÀÇ ¿ª»ç¡», Äñ¶õ,
2018.
TC: Tokyo Christian, CS: Christian
Standard, KM: Korean Messenger: Korea For Christ
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