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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2007 Nov 19 p. 7 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2007 Nov 19 p. 7 | ||
Birth date: 1912 | Birth date: 1912 Nov 28 | ||
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<center><font size="+2">'''Spanish-language radio pioneer dies'''</font></center> | |||
<font size="1">By Mennonite Mission Network</font> | |||
PORT ASHBY, W.Va. — As a mission worker in Puerto Rico in 1947, Lester T. Hershey thought a secular medium, radio, could be used to spread the gospel across Puerto Rico. | |||
From Hershey's original idea, a Spanish-language radio program emerged within the Puerto Rican Mennonite Church, first called the ''Hour of Calvary'' and later ''Light and Truth.'' | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 8 June 2011
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Nov 19 p. 7
Birth date: 1912 Nov 28
text of obituary:
By Mennonite Mission Network
PORT ASHBY, W.Va. — As a mission worker in Puerto Rico in 1947, Lester T. Hershey thought a secular medium, radio, could be used to spread the gospel across Puerto Rico.
From Hershey's original idea, a Spanish-language radio program emerged within the Puerto Rican Mennonite Church, first called the Hour of Calvary and later Light and Truth.