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[German Version] (Feb 2, 1884, Benton, PA – Nov 6, 1970, Syracuse, NY) was an American Congregational missionary (Congregationalism) to the Philippines between 1915 and 1931. Educated at Princeton University, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University, Laubach began his missionary career on Mindanao, Philippines, pioneering the literacy method that now bears his name. The method associates sounds with phonetic symbols by means of simple illustrated charts, utilizing primers to encourage r…

[German Version] (OMSC), New Haven, CT. The OMSC traces its roots to 1922, when Marguerite and Ida Doane founded the Houses of Fellowship to provide furnished apartments in Ventnor, New Jersey, for furloughing missionaries. In 1967 the name was changed to Overseas Ministries Study Center, and a modest seminar program was begun in 1973. Its director Gerald H. Anderson (1976–2000) revived the old Occasional Bulletin from the Missionary Research Library(1950), renaming it the International Bulletin of Missionary Research in 1981. In 1987 OMSC relocated to New Haven, CT, in …