Victor David Hahn
Victor David Hahn | |
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| Born | Victor David Hahn |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | B.A., B.Div.,[4] S.T.M.[1] |
| Alma mater | McMaster University, Andover Newton Theological School[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Ecclesiastical Administrator and Pastor |
| Years active | 1955–1968[4] in India |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Canadian Baptist Ministries |
| Ordained | 1953[1] |
| Writings | 1953, Christianity and Communism[2] |
Offices held | Principal, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada, (1964–1966)[3] |
| Title | The Reverend |
Victor David Hahn was a missionary who served in India during 1955–1968[4] through the Canadian Baptist Ministries.[1]
Hahn pursued theological studies at the McMaster University taking a B.Div. in 1953.[5] For postgraduate studies, Hahn studied at the Andover Newton Theological School where he took an S.T.M.[1]
Career
[edit]India
[edit]During Hahn's ministry in Andhra Pradesh, India during 1955–1968,[4] he served as a Baptist missionary along the coast of Andhra Pradesh in the Churches of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars and later became Principal of the residual[6] Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada during 1964–1966 succeeding Waldo Penner. After a two-year stint at the Seminary, Victor Hahn resigned in 1966 citing health reasons[6] leading to the appointment of Paul Antrobus by the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada.
Canada
[edit]Hahn left India in 1968 and continued to serve the Canadian Baptist Ministries and was in charge of missionary housing in Hamilton and Ontario.[1] Hahn later settled at Oakville, Ontario[7] and also taught elementary students (grades 3 to 5) at Oakwood Public School, Oakville[8] where his methods of teaching inspired many. One among his students was Amir Hussain who acknowledges the inspiration from the elementary school classes taught by Victor Hahn.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f 1970–1971 Year Book of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, 1970, pp.106, 224, 291. [1]
- ^ Canadian theses 1947–1960, National Library of Canada, 1973, p.612
- ^ 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.[2]
- ^ a b c d W. G. Carder, Hand to the Indian Plow: Volume One, Carder, Hyderabad, 1976, Appendix II, p.11. [3]
- ^ Yearbook 1956–1957, Baptist Union of Western Canada, 1956, p.219
- ^ a b Indian Church History Review, Volume 13, Church History Association of India, 1979, p.81. [4]
- ^ Central Baptist Church, Volume 1, Issue 3, June 2012, p.6
- ^ List of schools in Oakville, Ontario
- ^ Amir Hussain, From Tolerance to Dialogue: A Muslim Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue with Christians in Asian Christian Review, Volume 2, Numbers 2 & 3 (Summer/Winter 2008), p.85. [5]
- 20th-century Canadian Baptist ministers
- Baptist writers
- McMaster University alumni
- Andover Newton Theological School alumni
- Christian clergy from Andhra Pradesh
- Indian Christian theologians
- Indian Baptists
- Canadian Baptist Ministries missionaries in India
- Academic staff of the Senate of Serampore College (University)
- Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars pastors