G.F. Jones

An Interview With G. F. Jones, of the Solomon Islands

Articles by G.F. Jones

Intimate Moments with a Pioneer Missionary

January 1934

What is your mode of approach to the natives of a wild, savage village where the knowledge of the Saviour is unknown?

We begin by teaching the natives the name of Jesus. When we first visit a village,…

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Talking Over Mission Methods

August 1933

How did you begin work among the savages—by preaching, visiting, or what procedure?

We started our mission work in the Poly­nesian Islands, the Cook Islands, and the So­ciety Islands without…

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Making Successful Contact

March 1932

There is one sure, certain way to have success in working for souls,—the way of personal contact. Paul understood it well, and has made it very clear for any who will to follow. "I made myself servant unto all," he says, "that I…

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Reflections of a Pioneer Missionary*—No. 1

June 1933

In your pioneer work in debased mission ter­ritories, did you follow the negative ap­proach of "don't do this, don't eat that, don't wear the other thing"? or did you endeavor to pursue…

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