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Shelly, Andrew R. (1913-2001)
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| + | NEWTON, Kan. — Andrew R. Shelly, a longtime pastor and conference worker in the General Conference Mennonite Church, died Nov. 18 at the age of 88. |
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| + | Shelly was executive secretary of the GC Board of Missions (later the Commission on Overseas Mission) from 1960 to 1971. During his time in office, the GC mission team grew to a peak of more than 200 workers in foreign and North American fields. |
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| + | He presented thousands of sermons as a guest speaker in congregations, conferences and retreats around the world. |
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| + | In the 1940s and '50s he was a fund-raiser for Mennonite Biblical Seminary, then located in Chicago. For more than a decade he represented the seminary's work in hundreds of churches. |
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Revision as of 14:29, 19 January 2017
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2001 Nov 22 p. 3
Birth date: 1913
Text of obituary:
GC mission leader, pastor dies at 88
NEWTON, Kan. — Andrew R. Shelly, a longtime pastor and conference worker in the General Conference Mennonite Church, died Nov. 18 at the age of 88.
Shelly was executive secretary of the GC Board of Missions (later the Commission on Overseas Mission) from 1960 to 1971. During his time in office, the GC mission team grew to a peak of more than 200 workers in foreign and North American fields.
He presented thousands of sermons as a guest speaker in congregations, conferences and retreats around the world.
In the 1940s and '50s he was a fund-raiser for Mennonite Biblical Seminary, then located in Chicago. For more than a decade he represented the seminary's work in hundreds of churches.
