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| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]<ref>''Calendar of the Acadia University 1903-1904'', McAlpine Publishing Company, Halifax, 1903, p.66.[http://www.zst21.net:85/pdf/Auxiliary%20Sciences%20of%20History/index1669.pdf]</ref> (1906),<ref>''Calendar of the Acadia University 1906-1907'', News Publishing Company, Truro, 1906. [https://archive.org/stream/generalcalendar190607acaduoft/generalcalendar190607acaduoft_djvu.txt]</ref> [[Bachelor of Divinity|B.D.]]<ref name="Rochester"/> (1910)<ref name="Rochester"/>
| alma_mater =[[Acadia University]], [[Wolfville]] (Canada), [[Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School]], [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]] (U.S.)<ref name="Rochester"/>
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| occupation = [[Ecclesiastical]] administrator and [[pastor]]
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| church = [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]]
| church = [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]]
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| writings = 1910, ''The teacher come from God. The teachings of Jesus according to the Gospels''<ref>Gordon P. Barss, '' The teacher come from God. The teachings of Jesus according to the Gospels'', Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, 1910. [https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/23215583_Gordon_Payzant_Barss]</ref><br />1946, ''African Churches in Nova Scotia'',<ref>Gordon P. Barss, ''African Churches in Nova Scotia'' in ''The Maritime Baptist'', January 16, 1946, p.3. Cited in Robin W. Winks, ''The Blacks in Canada: A History'', McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997, Montreal, p.350. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Eeh4L1CulqYC&lpg=PA350&dq=gordon%20p.%20barss&pg=PA350#v=onepage&q=gordon%20p.%20barss&f=false]</ref>
| writings = 1910, ''The teacher come from God. The teachings of Jesus according to the Gospels''<ref>Gordon P. Barss, '' The teacher come from God. The teachings of Jesus according to the Gospels'', Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, 1910. [https://www.researchgate.net/researcher/23215583_Gordon_Payzant_Barss]</ref><br />1946, ''African Churches in Nova Scotia'',<ref>Gordon P. Barss, ''African Churches in Nova Scotia'' in ''The Maritime Baptist'', January 16, 1946, p.3. Cited in Robin W. Winks, ''The Blacks in Canada: A History'', McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997, Montreal, p.350. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Eeh4L1CulqYC&dq=gordon+p.+barss&pg=PA350]</ref>
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| offices_held = [[Dean (Christianity)|Principal]], [[Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[Kakinada]] (India), {{small|(1939-1945)<ref name="Souvenir">C. L. Johnson (Edited), ''Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars'', Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.217-219.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433990749]</ref>}}
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'''Gordon Payzant Barss''' (1885–1969) was a Canadian [[Baptist]] missionary who served in India from 1910 to 1945 through the [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]].<ref name="Plow">W. G. Carder, ''Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One'', Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.5. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7AcxNAEACAAJ&dq=hand+to+the+indian+plough+carder&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMIyNHv8vuJyQIVxSiUCh0HBAMy]</ref>
'''Gordon Payzant Barss''' (1885–1969) was a Canadian [[Baptist]] missionary who served in India from 1910 to 1945 through the [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]].<ref name="Plow">W. G. Carder, ''Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One'', Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.5. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7AcxNAEACAAJ&q=hand+to+the+indian+plough+carder]</ref>


==Early life and studies==
==Early life and studies==
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==Ecclesiastical career==
==Ecclesiastical career==
Barss came to India in 1910 as a missionary of the [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]] and served in [[Tekkali]]<ref>''Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Bulletin'', Volumes 6-7, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, 1933, p.335. [https://books.google.com/books?id=awtKAAAAMAAJ&q=gordon+p.+barss&dq=gordon+p.+barss&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYyurj2rHLAhXP1I4KHYeWBfYQ6AEINzAE]</ref> and other northern coastal regions along the [[Bay of Bengal]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] till 1945. Barss became Principal of the [[Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[Kakinada]] in 1939 taking over from J. B. McLaurin<ref>''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 13, [[Church History Association of India]], 1979, p.76. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wsTYAAAAMAAJ&q=gordon+p.+barss&dq=gordon+p.+barss&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYyurj2rHLAhXP1I4KHYeWBfYQ6AEIKjAB]</ref> and led the Seminary for six consecutive academic years until 1945 following which the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary appointed [[Archibald Gordon (missionary)|Archibald Gordon]] to succeed him. Barss died in 1969 and is interred in [[Wolfville]], [[Nova Scotia]].
Barss came to India in 1910 as a missionary of the [[Canadian Baptist Ministries]] and served in [[Tekkali]]<ref>''Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Bulletin'', Volumes 6-7, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, 1933, p.335. [https://books.google.com/books?id=awtKAAAAMAAJ&q=gordon+p.+barss]</ref> and other northern coastal regions along the [[Bay of Bengal]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] till 1945. Barss became Principal of the [[Baptist Theological Seminary]], [[Kakinada]] in 1939 taking over from J. B. McLaurin<ref>''Indian Church History Review'', Volume 13, [[Church History Association of India]], 1979, p.76. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wsTYAAAAMAAJ&q=gordon+p.+barss]</ref> and led the Seminary for six consecutive academic years until 1945 following which the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary appointed [[Archibald Gordon (missionary)|Archibald Gordon]] to succeed him. Barss died in 1969 and is interred in [[Wolfville]], [[Nova Scotia]].


==Honours==
==Honours==
In 1935, the [[Acadia University]], conferred a [[Doctor of Divinity]] by [[Honoris Causa]] upon Gordon P. Barss.<ref>John Castell Hopkins, ''The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs'', Annual Review Publishing Company, 1939, p.430. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ttWacGZJfQUC&dq=gordon+payzant+barss+doctor+of+divinity&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=barss]</ref>
In 1935, the [[Acadia University]], conferred a [[Doctor of Divinity]] by [[Honoris Causa]] upon Gordon P. Barss.<ref>John Castell Hopkins, ''The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs'', Annual Review Publishing Company, 1939, p.430. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ttWacGZJfQUC&q=barss]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 02:28, 20 August 2023

The Reverend
Gordon Payzant Barss
CBM
Born
Gordon Payzant Barss

(1885-02-10)February 10, 1885[4]
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada[4]
Died1969 (aged 83–84)
Kanada
BildungB.A.[5] (1906),[6] B.D.[4] (1910)[4]
Alma materAcadia University, Wolfville (Canada), Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester (U.S.)[4]
Occupation(s)Ecclesiastical administrator and pastor
Years active1910[7]-1945 in India
ReligionChristianity
ChurchCanadian Baptist Ministries
Writings1910, The teacher come from God. The teachings of Jesus according to the Gospels[1]
1946, African Churches in Nova Scotia,[2]
Offices held
Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada (India), (1939-1945)[3]
TitelThe Reverend

Gordon Payzant Barss (1885–1969) was a Canadian Baptist missionary who served in India from 1910 to 1945 through the Canadian Baptist Ministries.[7]

Early life and studies

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Payzant Barss was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and pursued a postgraduate course at the Acadia University during 1903–1904. Barss later pursued theological studies leading to Bachelor of Divinity at the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester (United States of America) in 1910, the same year he married Lena Helene Feistel (1883–1973).

Ecclesiastical career

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Barss came to India in 1910 as a missionary of the Canadian Baptist Ministries and served in Tekkali[8] and other northern coastal regions along the Bay of Bengal in Andhra Pradesh till 1945. Barss became Principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada in 1939 taking over from J. B. McLaurin[9] and led the Seminary for six consecutive academic years until 1945 following which the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary appointed Archibald Gordon to succeed him. Barss died in 1969 and is interred in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Honours

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In 1935, the Acadia University, conferred a Doctor of Divinity by Honoris Causa upon Gordon P. Barss.[10]

Academic offices
Preceded by
Rev. J. B. McLaurin, CBM,
1926-1939
 Principal,
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Kakinada (India)
1939-1945[3] 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Gordon P. Barss, The teacher come from God. The teachings of Jesus according to the Gospels, Rochester Theological Seminary, Rochester, 1910. [1]
  2. ^ Gordon P. Barss, African Churches in Nova Scotia in The Maritime Baptist, January 16, 1946, p.3. Cited in Robin W. Winks, The Blacks in Canada: A History, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997, Montreal, p.350. [2]
  3. ^ a b C. L. Johnson (Edited), Canadian Baptist Mission 125 year's Jubilee Celebrations of Baptist Churches in Northern Circars, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, 1999, p.217-219.[3]
  4. ^ a b c d e Rochester Theological Seminary general catalogue 1850 to 1910, p.213
  5. ^ Calendar of the Acadia University 1903-1904, McAlpine Publishing Company, Halifax, 1903, p.66.[4]
  6. ^ Calendar of the Acadia University 1906-1907, News Publishing Company, Truro, 1906. [5]
  7. ^ a b W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.5. [6]
  8. ^ Colgate-Rochester Divinity School Bulletin, Volumes 6-7, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, 1933, p.335. [7]
  9. ^ Indian Church History Review, Volume 13, Church History Association of India, 1979, p.76. [8]
  10. ^ John Castell Hopkins, The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, Annual Review Publishing Company, 1939, p.430. [9]
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