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ROSS & ARRA BUNCE
Ross and Arra Bunce were missionaries to India under the World Division of the
Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.
from 1948 until 19691 assigned primarily tq youth work.
There, they served
In 1965 the Bunces were
assigned to ecmnenical youth work in Delhi and then to the(Oistrict ,~perintend
ency in Delhi District in 1968.
The Bunces came back to the United States in 1969 and did not -.gairl return to India.
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They served in the Central Pennsylvania Conference at Altoona for two years an11transferred to West Michigan in 1972.
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They were appointed first to Bainbridge-New
Scottdale, then to Lake City, ~d now to Webberville-~1 Oak.
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:ir.s"" a native of Illinois and Ofiie.. He graduated from Albion College in 1942,.., /1
and Yale Divinity School in 1947.
graduated from Albion in 1943.
They were married in Detroit in 1944 and have four
children, all born in India:zd,
married to Krishna Baraily and
Bengal.
His wife, Arra Morgan, grew up in Michigan and
S~# Laurel.
~bing in Mt .
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They have a daughter, Arijuli,
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Sarra is presently
Hermo.l' §;:hool, Darjeeling, West
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yearlt old.
Scott is married to Elise
l>lcElroJ} and they are living in the U. PJ, employed by a national corporation to
make energy audits for the /ower "e"ord.thern Michigan.
in
Cl:!igags,·and Laurel
For
David iii • li'iiReel teacher
~~erm~.~~iga8g museum
~&P~ of their 22 years in India the Bunces organized and directed the
iostel" program of the Methodist Church in the north section of the province lmown
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as Uttar Pradesh.
These were dormitories and boarding homes for village boys who
wanted to continue their education in the higher grades, available only inthe larger
towns and cities.
This program was planned as an extensive opportunity for Christian
education and personal growth.
It was part of the growing outreach of the church to
more than 2. 5% of what is now perhaps 800 million people. ..Purl ng
thai r t i IDQ
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"bhe I!Mfteee •fere -mope and mg~ c.on'rlnced that the mgst 1mport.an+ ~itt tlie Qhftithn
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the 9hris+sia:B eQmmupHy has shared. witl=t InElia is
t:Jesus Christ each iridividual life
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In addition to the
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as pastor and wife of a local parish- Ross is serving
as Lansing District Missionary Secretary>and both Ross and Arra are members
of the Conference Board of Global Ministries_
Bunce, H. Ross