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This non-denominational, evangelical Christian group is also known as Plymouth Brethren, Open Brethren, or Christian Brethren.
The first missionary to India was Anthony Norris Groves (1795-1853), who visited there in 1833-34, and then returned with others to begin a work in 1836. He Groves is known as the father of faith missions.
There was no missionary society as such; individuals were commissioned and sent out as mission workers by their assembly (local congregation).
In the UK, a centralised service was provided from Bath to produce and distribute a regular prayer newsletter and to provide specialised support services. During WWII, Bath was bombed and the Echoes of Service records were destroyed by fire.
In 2004 no longer active Echoes of Service correspondence files relating to individual missionaries and married couples were transferred on permanent loan to the John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester. While all of these records are post-1945, many of the missionaries would have been active in 1930s. Most importantly, this library also holds copies of the magazine ''Echoes of service'' from 1885 onwards, and its predecessor ''The missionary echo : a record of labour for Lord in other lands'' from 1872. Some copies have been digitized.
Contact: The John Rylands University Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH England Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3764 Email: uml.special-collections@manchester.ac.uk websiteWebsite: [http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/John Rylands University Library]
In 2017 Echoes of Service amalgamated with Interlink to become Echoes International. They have two offices in the United Kingdom.
Phone: 03300 563334
Email: office@echoesinternational.org.uk
Website [http://www.echoesinternational.org.ukEchoes International]
===Church Missionary Society (CMS)===
