Victor David Hahn was a missionary who served in India during 1955–1968 through the Canadian Baptist Ministries.
Hahn pursued theological studies at the McMaster University taking a B.Div. in 1953.Yearbook 1956–1957, Baptist Union of Western Canada, 1956, p.219 For postgraduate studies, Hahn studied at the Andover Newton Theological School where he took an S.T.M.
Career
India During Hahn's ministry in Andhra Pradesh, India during 1955–1968, he served as a Baptist missionary along the coast of Andhra Pradesh in the Churches of the Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars and later became Principal of the residualIndian Church History Review, Volume 13, Church History Association of India, 1979, p.81. Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada during 1964–1966 succeeding Waldo Penner. After a two-year stint at the Seminary, Victor Hahn resigned in 1966 citing health reasons leading to the appointment of Paul Antrobus by the Seminary Council of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada.
Canada Hahn left India in 1968 and continued to serve the Canadian Baptist Ministries and was in charge of missionary housing in Hamilton and Ontario. Hahn later settled at Oakville, Ontario and also taught elementary students (grades 3 to 5) at Oakwood Public School, OakvilleList of schools in Oakville, Ontario where his methods of teaching inspired many. One among his students was Amir Hussain who acknowledges the inspiration from the elementary school classes taught by Victor Hahn.Amir Hussain, From Tolerance to Dialogue: A Muslim Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue with Christians in Asian Christian Review, Volume 2, Numbers 2 & 3 (Summer/Winter 2008), p.85.
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