Christensen, Otto Henry, 1898-1979
Person
Dates
- Existence: Mar 25, 1898 - Jul 25, 1979
Otto H. Christensen (Mar 25, 1898 to Jul 25, 1979), a graduate from University of Chicago holding a PhD in Oriental Language (Syriac), is remembered particularly for dedicating his linguistic talent to the service of the Lord by pioneering the Adventist mission among the Mongolian people in China for about 10 year. Besides serving as a missionary together with his wife Dorothy Kocher, during his 40 years of service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he also served in the following capacities: evangelist, Minnesota Conference; district leader and pastor in the Michigan Conference; pastor, Illinois Conference; teacher, Emmanuel Missionary College; teacher and chairman of the division of religion, Southern Missionary College; and teacher at Andrews University.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Otto Christensen Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 33
Content Description
This collection reflects Otto Christensen as a missionary, linguist, scholar and a teacher. It contains his diaries from 1916 to 1947, countless Bible study index cards, and a large amount of his writings, including manuscripts, radio talks, sermons, papers, class materials, MA thesis, PhD dissertation, and numerous article drafts and articles publishing by various church magazines. A portion of this collection are books of which many are in Mongolian, a few are in Chinese, Tibetan and English....
Dates:
1916 - 1978
Otto Christensen Collection
Accession
Identifier: Collection 33