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  Peace Project: Biographies of Peace Prize Winners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John Raleigh Mott was born in Livingston Manor, New York, on May 25th 1865.
John Raleigh Mott was the Y.M.C.A.'s World Committee president from 1926-1937.
John Raleigh Mott shared the 1946 Nobel Peace Prize for his unbelievable dedication and leadership of the Y.M.C.A..
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: John Mott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
JOHN MOTT was born, probably, about 1575 and lived in the parish of Saffron Walcen, (?- I think this is Walden.) Co. Essex, England.
He was called Oulde John Mott and received care from the town of Portsmouth (I suspect an error here as Portsmouth is mentioned later.) for several years from 29 Aug. 1644 to his death, probably about 1656.
The following entries from Saffron Walden may pertain to this John Mott: 2 Jan. 1610/11, Elizabeth, wife of John Mott, was buried; 4 May 1619, Catherine, wife of John Mott, was buried; 2 Jan. 1616/17, Ann, daughter of John Mott was buried; 29 Sept. 1625, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Mary Mott.
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 John Mott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA.
In 1910, Mott, an American Methodist layperson, presided at the Edinburgh Missionary Conference, which launched both the modern missions movement and the modern ecumenical movement.
For his labors in both missions and ecumenism, as well as for peace, some historians consider him to be "the most widely traveled and universally trusted Christian leader of his time" (Cracknell and White, 243).
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 Mott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Motte or Mott, a term for a cluster of live oaks.
Motte, a mound of earth used in the construction of motte-and-bailey castles.
Mott, Hay and Anderson, merged to form Mott MacDonald, civil engineering consultants.
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 John Mott
John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865-January 31, 1955) was born of pioneer stock in Livingston Manor, New York, the third child and only son among four children.
His parents, John and Elmira (Dodge) Mott, moved to Postville, Iowa, where his father became a lumber merchant and was elected the first mayor of the town.
Mott, John R., The Larger Evangelism: The Sam P. Jones Lectures at Emory University, 1944.
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 Two world Christian groups honor Methodist leader John Mott - UMC.org
GENEVA (ENI) - John Raleigh Mott, a Nobel Peace Laureate who was the first honorary president of the World Council of Churches, has been honored in Geneva where the ecumenical organization has its headquarters.
Mott, who grew up in Iowa, began his career as a missionary statesman in the Student Volunteer Movement of the late 19th century, and soon thereafter became a traveling secretary for the YMCA.
Mott was a forceful advocate of the need to create the World Council of Churches and was the preacher at the opening service of the WCC's inaugural assembly in Amsterdam in 1948.
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 GBGM News
Geneva, 4 November (ENI)--John Raleigh Mott, a Nobel Peace Laureate who was the first honorary president of the World Council of Churches, has been honoured in Geneva where the church grouping has its headquarters.
At a tribute on 4 November to Mott, who died in 1955 at the age of 89, WCC general secretary the Rev. Samuel Kobia noted one of the sayings of the US Methodist layperson, "Plan as if there were no such thing as prayer.
Mott, who grew up in the US state of Iowa, began his career as a missionary statesman in the Student Volunteer Movement of the late 19th century, and soon thereafter as a travelling secretary for the YMCA.
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 Mott John Raleigh - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Mott, John Raleigh (1865-1955), American leader of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), evangelist, and Nobel laureate who sought to...
Mott, Sir Nevill Francis (1905-1996), British physicist and Nobel laureate known for his investigations of semiconductor physics.
Raleigh : colleges and universities: The John E. Weems Graduate School - Master of Musi
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 John Raleigh Mott - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
John Raleigh Mott wurde 1865 als Sohn eines Farmers geboren und streng im methodistischen Glauben erzogen.
Mott wurde Ehrenpräsident dieser Vereinigung, der bis in die Mitte der 1990er Jahre 300 Kirchen aus etwa 90 Nationen angehörten.
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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN R. John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott.
John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister.
In 1946, Mott was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his "earnest and undiscourageable effort to weave together all nations, all races and all religious communions in friendliness, in fellowship and in cooperation."
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 MOTT, John Raleigh
Präsident W.Wilson berief J.R.M 1916 in die amerik.-mexikanische Kommission, 1917 machte er ihn zum Mitglied einer diplomatischen Sondermission nach Rußland, wofür er in Deutschland hart attackiert wurde.
J.R.M. galt seiner Zeit als »ein Staatsmann unter Missionaren und ein Missionar unter Staatsmännern«.
Geburtstag von J.R.M., 1966; - Linda Elaine Goodwin, J.R.M. as a chairman of assemblies.
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 John_Raleigh_Mott   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John Raleigh Mott From Sterwiki John Raleigh Mott (* 25.
Von 1895 bis 1929 war Mott Generalsekretar des von ihm selbst gegrundeten Christlichen Studentenweltbundes.
John Raleigh Mott starb 90-jahrig auf seinem Alterssitz in Florida.
www.ihrenachrichten.de /nachrichten/Wikipedia.org/2005/02/10/John_Raleigh_Mott.html   (136 words)

  
 Mott, John R.
Mott, John R. Mott, John R. in full JOHN RALEIGH MOTT (b.
Mott became student secretary of the International Committee of the
Mott wrote extensively, his works including The Future Leadership of the Church (1909) and The Larger Evangelism (1944).
www.cyberspacei.com /jesusi/peace/nobel/mott.htm   (180 words)

  
 The Traveling Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John Raleigh Mott was born May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, NY.
Mott became a believer at a young age, and was active in the local Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mott married Leila Ada White in 1891, and together they had two daughters and two sons.
www.thetravelingteam.org /2000/resources/bios-mott.shtml   (969 words)

  
 Christian Union:
One of the goals of the Mott House is to encourage and build an environment in which students can meet and get to know the character of Jesus through fellowship and spiritual study.
Cornell alum John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 - January 31, 1955) was an influential evangelist during the 19th and 20th century.
John Mott, as noted in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, lived a life “for a great united advance in the furtherance of peace and good-will throughout the world.” The Mott House aims go encapsulate the life of John Mott and pass on his dreams and accomplishments onto Cornell students for generations to come.
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 Guide to the John R. Mott Papers (Record Group No. 45): Finding Aid
Though Mott was a friend of governmental leaders and involved in diplomatic missions, this collection of his papers is likely to be most valuable for its documentation of the organizations which Mott founded and led.
Mott occasionally spoke out on issues like Prohibition and was frequently an unofficial spokesman for America abroad, but surprisingly little is found in Mott's papers regarding the conflicts convulsing American society during his lifetime.
Mott's well-documented climb to prominence, his changing and unchanging foci and values, and the abrupt fading of his reputation in the twenty-five years since his his death provide valuable insights into the workings of American society.
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 Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg: John R Mott
Das Motto des Y.M.C.A.’s (Christlichen Vereins Junger Männer (heute in Deutschland: Menschen)) "Dass alle Eins werden) wurde Richtungweisend, auch für den von Mott ins Leben gerufenen Christlichen Weltstudentenbund (WSCF), den er in Vastena (Schweden) 1896 mit anderen gründete und dessen erster Generalsekretär er wurde.
John R. Mott starb vor fünfzig Jahren am 31.
John R. Mott, Bild in Druckqualität JPG [600 KB], Quelle: Landeskirchliches Archiv
www.elk-wue.de /glauben/gedenktage/gedenktage-2005/john-r-mott/?type=98   (328 words)

  
 Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney - Cardinal George Pell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John Huss (1372-1415) generated a movement for radical Church reform which anticipated some of the main thrusts of the Reformation to break upon Europe a century later.
John Durie, a contemporary of Comenius, was a Scots Presbyterian minister who became an Anglican minister in 1634 and travelled back and forth across Europe trying to re-unite Lutherans and Calvinists.
Mott would go on to play an important part in the major developments in ecumenism in the twentieth century.
www.sydney.catholic.org.au /Archbishop/Addresses/2002514_714.shtml   (3872 words)

  
 Frontlines || Heart of God Ministries' Online Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
John R. Mott (1865-1955) was one of the first of a wave of thousands of young people who signed up for missionary service in the Student Volunteer Movement.
John Raleigh Mott (1865-1955), one of the great missionary statesmen of modern times, had a remarkable life which spanned the last half of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.
Mott served as chairman of the continuing organization until 1920.
www.heartofgod.com /frontlines1/Articles/EdRec.asp?ArticleID=83   (1453 words)

  
 Chronology of Major Movements
John Wesley records numerous instances of persons falling to the ground under preaching 'as if struck by lightning.' In Cambuslang parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1742, numbers were convicted of sin under the preaching of the minister, an admirer of Whitefield, and were thrown into the greatest agony about the state of their souls.
“[John Raleigh] Mott became chairman of the new International Missionary Council, which was formed in 1921, later to become an integral part of the World Council of Churches.” [Gentz 713]
"[John Raleigh] Mott...was chairman of the second Life and Work Conference at Oxford in 1937 and vice chairman of the provisional committee of the World Council of Churches in 1938.
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 Geometry.Net - Nobel Books: Mott John Raleigh
As is well known, the main achievement of John R. Mott is that he promoted the eccumenical movement and paved the road to WCC (World Christian Council).
The legacy of John R. Mott (Yale Divinity School Library.
John R. Mott,: Architect of co-operation and unity
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 John Raleigh - john raleigh raliegh ohn jhn jon joh johnraleigh aleigh rleigh raeigh raligh ralegh raleih raleig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 - January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA.He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace.Mott married Leila Ada White in 1891 and had two sons and two daughters.
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 Allamakee County - A Natural Setting For You! - Tourism
In 1946, former Postville resident Dr. John Raleigh Mott (1865-1955) received the Nobel Peace Prize (with Emily Greene Balch) for founding the World Council of Churches.
Hailed as an international religious leader, Dr. Mott was recognized for his service, particularly in far-reaching church and missionary movements.
Mott’s boyhood home at 225 Williams Street in Postville is identified with a bronze plaque and is now a private apartment building known as Mott Manor.
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 Mott, John Raleigh
At that conference, which gathered 251 men from eighty-nine colleges and universities, one hundred men - including Mott - pledged themselves to work in foreign missions.
The sum of Mott's work makes an impressive record: he wrote sixteen books in his chosen field; crossed the Atlantic over one hundred times and the Pactfic fourteen times, averaging thirty-four days on the ocean per year for fifty years; delivered thousands of speeches; chaired innumerable conferences.
Dr. Mott married Leila Ada White of Wooster, Ohio, in 1891; they had four children, two sons and two daughters.
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 Missions Commission - Global Consultation on Evangelical Missiology - Iguassu Brazil - Opening Plenary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mott also understood the continual growth of missionary outreach in the world and the hope that it would increase.
Then: John the Baptiser and his existential crisis, and sending a couple of his last disciples.
Then Jesus would die, and all of the apostles except John would be subsequently martyred.
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 MOTT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
[Dr. Mott (1865-1955) was general secretary and later chairman of the World Student Christian Federation (1895-1928); and Chairman of the International Missionary Council (1928-1946).
It was a pleasure to me to renew our acquaintance and to have the discussion.
Mott for the two packets of maple sugar.
www.mkgandhi.org /letters/chrchmisn/mott.htm   (145 words)

  
 John Raleigh Mott
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Im Jahr 1946 erhielt er den Friedensnobelpreis gemeinsam mit Emily Greene Balch für seinen Einsatz für die ökumenische Bewegung und sein Wirken im internationalen Missionsdienst.
Erklärung des Begriff John Raleigh Mott und dessen Bedeutung wurde zuletzt am 8.2.2006 aktualisiert (Glossar Lexikon Enzyklopädie).
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 John Raleigh Mott Winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Peace
John Raleigh Mott Winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in Peace
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