Rosalind Beatrice Rinker (2 April 1906 – 11 January 2002) was a Christian missionary and author.
Rinker was born in New Rockford, North Dakota and served as a missionary in China with the Oriental Mission Society from 1926 to 1940. [1] She then returned to the United States and studied at Asbury College. After her graduation in 1945, she worked as a staff counselor for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. [2]
Rinker wrote a number of books, including Prayer: Conversing With God (1959) which in 2006 was named by Christianity Today as the most influential book on evangelicals over the last fifty years. [3]
References
- ^ Eriksmoen, Curt (12 December 2010). "Woman who changed prayer born in N.D." The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Rosalind Rinker". Asbury University. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals". Christianity Today. 50 (1): 51. October 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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- 1906 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century evangelicals
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century evangelicals
- American Evangelical writers
- American expatriates in China
- American religious writers
- American women non-fiction writers
- Asbury University alumni
- Evangelical missionaries
- Female Christian missionaries
- People from Eddy County, North Dakota
- Protestant missionaries in China
Rosalind Beatrice Rinker (2 April 1906 – 11 January 2002) was a Christian missionary and author.
Rinker was born in New Rockford, North Dakota and served as a missionary in China with the Oriental Mission Society from 1926 to 1940. [1] She then returned to the United States and studied at Asbury College. After her graduation in 1945, she worked as a staff counselor for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. [2]
Rinker wrote a number of books, including Prayer: Conversing With God (1959) which in 2006 was named by Christianity Today as the most influential book on evangelicals over the last fifty years. [3]
References
- ^ Eriksmoen, Curt (12 December 2010). "Woman who changed prayer born in N.D." The Bismarck Tribune. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "Rosalind Rinker". Asbury University. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ^ "The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals". Christianity Today. 50 (1): 51. October 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1906 births
- 2002 deaths
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century evangelicals
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century evangelicals
- American Evangelical writers
- American expatriates in China
- American religious writers
- American women non-fiction writers
- Asbury University alumni
- Evangelical missionaries
- Female Christian missionaries
- People from Eddy County, North Dakota
- Protestant missionaries in China