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Participants were invited to prepare a case study relating to their experience or a paper relating to the theme of the conference.

Ana Bidegain,
Columbia

Rescuing the Memory of Feminine Religious Communities  1959-1999.

Kylie Chan,
Hong Kong
Establishing the Archives on the History of Christianity in China : the challenges to Hong Kong Baptist University Library
Philip Gibbs svd

Rescuing the Memory of Peoples in Papua New Guinea

Daniel Jeyaraj,
India
Abstract: People are not dead as long as they are not forgotten! Archival research revives the memory of our cultural and religious heritage. It helps us meet some challenges posed by the modern world. Some people think that the Western Colonialism and the Protestant Christian Missions are synonyms. Archival research helps us to differentiate the diverse motives, functions and results of these two different institutions. Colonialism hindered the growth, establishment and consolidation of indigenous churches. Another area of concern is the relationship between Christian missions and their host cultures. It is alleged that Christian missions destroy the local culture. Among many factors that affect the cultures, Christian missions are an important agent. They produce social transformation. They provide the people with an alternative way of life and functional value system. Christian missions seek to promote human life, dignity and value. Thus they have exalted the local cultures. Christians are encouraged to live within their own socio-cultural context. They have multiple identities. In India, the distinctiveness of being Christians and Indians has gained much significance. Christians are true citizens of India who seek the welfare of their contemporaries and the nation. Archival research bridges the gab between the earlier state where the Christians were and now where they are. The historical knowledge where the Christians come from helps them to think about where they would go. The current paper addresses the third challenge of considering William Carey as the father of modern missionary movement in India. Before Carey ever came to India in 1793, many Protestant missionaries were serving in India. The Tranquebar Mission (1706-1845) provided an example of establishing Christian churches in one place. Since 1758, the Swede Kiernander was serving in Calcutta, where Carey landed. Carey seems to have followed some missionary methods of other Protestant missionaries in India.
For full paper see link below.
Adam Jones,
Germany
Material on Africa in German Mission Archives: Priorities in Improving Access
Karmito,
Indonesia
Factors contributing to the Establishment of the Regional Theological Librarianship and Mission Archivists Forum and Programmes Asia Wide.
Frederick Mukungu, Uganda

Developing a Classification System for the Church of Uganda Archives. (Note earlier paper: The Experience of Gathering Information for a Directory of the Archives of the Church of Uganda)

Anthony Njoku,
Nigeria

Sharing Our Archival Heritage: Towards Fruitful Collaboration Between North And South.

Bob Shuster "'And I will make every effort to see that you will always be able to remember these things,': Some Thoughts on Church Archives and Christian Archivists"
Herbert Swanson
Thailand
Rethinking the Boundaries:  Reflections on Archives and Oral History Ministries from a Southeast Asian Christian Context.
Emma Wild-Wood
ÚK
Oral History and Archive Preservation in the Congo.
Yvonne Wilkie
New Zealand
Archiving in a new world frontier: developing the New Zealand Presbyterian Church Archives.

The following papers are available for download while decisions are made about publication. Philip Gibbs svd and Ewan Maidment of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau provided papers for the Conference, even though they  were not be able to be present.