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title: 'The War and the Nation’s Larger Call to World Evangelism'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Elliott Speer'
date: 1917-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Missions (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Mark 16'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/speer-1917-the-war-and-the-nations-larger-call-to-world-evangelism
---

# The War and the Nation’s Larger Call to World Evangelism

1917 address urging US churches not to curtail but to expand foreign missions during WWI, arguing evangelism is a national and Christian obligation grounded in the Great Commission.

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