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**List: Auca Ministry
the Bible ( the
Bible )
Auca...
"Auca is spoken by more than 300 Indians
living in the jungles of
east-central Ecuador, along the Upper
Curaray River. They refer
to themselves as Warani, ‘the people’. The story of
their conver-
sion is one of the epics of mission history. In the 17th century a
Jesuit priest succeeded in establishing friendly
relations with them
and was permitted to live among them for years. However, his
successor was murdered and all subsequent attention by out-
siders was repulsed.
In January 1956, initial attempts to make contact with the Aucas
by mies. resulted in the murder of all five members of the
group. The effort to reach the Aucas was then undertaken by
Rachel Saint, sister of the my. pilot of the martyred team,
and Betty Elliot, widow of a member of the group. Within ten
years, as a result of the efforts of these women, the tribe had been
evangelized, the Gospel of Mark
had been translated into
their tongue. The climax of the story occurred in 1965, when the
two children of the martyred Nathaniel Saint were baptized in
the Curaray River, at the site of their father's death, the cere-
mony being performed by an Aucan preacher who had been one
of the warriors responsible for the murder of their father."--1000
Tongues, 1972 [Info only:
Beware of New Evangelicalism.]
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"1964 [m]ark SSB en el Ecuador, Quito
Translated by Rachel Saint and Betty Elliot, WBT, assisted by
Dayuma and other Aucas."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info
only:
"1964" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Itayia = Isaiah).
See W & H / CT.]
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