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American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 1928 American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 1928 ONE - HUNDRED - FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Presented by the Board o f Managers at the Annual Meeting held in Detroit, Michigan, June 16-21, 1928 Foreign Mission Headquarters 276 Fifth Avenue New York P r i n t e d i n U.S.A. T \ CONTENTS l’AGE O F F I C E R S ................................................................................................................................ 5 GENERAL AGENT, STATE PROMOTION DIRECTORS .............. 6 B Y - L A W S ................................................................................................................................. *7 P R E F A C E ............................................. 11 G E N E R A L R E V I E W O F T H E Y E A R ............................................................ 13-70 I ntroduction ...................................................................................................... 15 A Y e a r of C onstructive D evelopments ........................................................... 15 J e r u s a l e m M ee tin g of t h e I nternational M is s io n a r y C o u n c il . 17 R eport of t h e S p e c ia l D e p u t a t io n to t h e F ar E a s t ............................... 19 * C o n d it io n s i n C h i n a ..................................................................................................... 20 . T h e R e t u r n of M issionaries to C h i n a .......................................................... 22 T r a n s f e r of R esponsibility to C h in e s e L e a d e r s h ip i n W est C h i n a .............................................................................................................................. 22 R eorganization i n E a s t C h i n a ............................................................................ 23 A R e m a r k a b l e Y ea r a t S h a n g h a i B a p t is t C o l l e g e ............................... 24 * T h e F ir s t C h in e s e P r e s i d e n t ................................................................................. 25 T h e C h i n a E m e r g e n c y F u n d ................................................................................. 26 T h e C h i n a F a m i n e ........................................................................................................ 26 R eadjustment of W or k o n t h e I n l a n d S ea of J a p a n .......................... 27 T e n Y ea r s of P o l it ic a l R eform in I n d i a ....................................................... 28 A N e w G overnor for B u r m a ................................................................................... 28 F if t y Y ea r s of P rogress A m o n g t h e K a c h i n s ........................................... 30 T h e A p p r o a c h in g K a r e n C e n t e n n ia l .............................................................. 31 A S p e c ia l D e p u t a t io n to B r it i s h I n d ia ....................................................... 32 T h e R e b u il d in g of J u d so n C o l l e g e ..................................................................... 33 F if t y Y ea r s of P rogress a t K u r n o o l ................................................................ 34 T h e N ellore C y c l o n e ................................................................................................... 35 T h e B e l g ia n C ongo M is s io n J u b il e e ................................................................ 36 A S p e c ia l D e p u t a t io n to B e l g ia n C o n g o ......................................................... 37 T h e R ediscovery of A f r i c a ....................................................................................... 37 T r u s t e e s h ip i n C o l o n ia l A dministration .................................................... 38 H o w to M eet t h e P r e s e n t N eed of A f r i c a ................................................... 38 T h e B a l t h a s a r H u b m a ie r C e le b r a t io n i n V i e n n a ............................... 40 R e l ig io u s F reedom for B a p t is t s i n R o u m a n i a ........................................... 41 A N e w B a p t is t T h e o l o g ic a l S e m in a r y i n R u s s i a ................................. 42 S ervice of D r . W . O . L e w is ..............................................................•...................... 42 T h e B a p t is t W orld C o n g r e s s a t T o r o n t o .................................................... 43 T h e B oard of M a n a g e r s ............................................................................................ 43 R e s ig n a t io n of C h a i r m a n F re derick L . A n d er so n ................................. 44 A R ev ie w of M is s io n P o l i c i e s ................................................................................ 46 E stablishment of t h e D e p a r t m e n t of B udget a n d R e s e a r c h 46 S ervice o f t h e S e c r e t a r ia l S t a f f ......................................................................... 47 T h e B oard of M is s io n a r y C o ope r a tio n ........................................................... 48 T h e J u d so n F u n d ............................................................................................................ 49 W h a t t h e J ud so n F u n d W il l A c c o m p l is h .................................................. 50 M is s io n a r y P u b l ic it y ................................................................................................... 51 D e f in it e C o n t a c t s w i t h t h e F i e l d s .................................................................. 52 ' D e p u t a t io n S ervice of M issionaries ................................................................. 53 4 CONTENTS page H o m e s for M issionaries a n d M issionaries ’ C h i l d r e n ............................. 54 I nterdenominational R elationships ................................................................ 54 V is it of t h e T r e a su r e r to t h e M is s io n F i e l d s ........................................... 55 T h e A m e r ic a n B a p t is t M is s io n P re ss i n R a n g o o n ............................... 55 M is s io n a r y A c c o u n t in g ............................................................................................. 56 M is s io n P ro per ty I n t e r e s t s ...................................................................................... 57 D e p l e t io n of t h e M is s io n a r y S t a f f ................................................................... 57 O r ie n t a l S t u d e n t s i n t h e U n it e d S t a t e s .................................................... 58 -r T h e E n d of L if e ’ s J o u r n e y ...................................................................................... 59 T h e C a n d id a t e D e p a r t m e n t ...................................................................................... 66 * N e w M issionaries ............................................................................................................ 67 T r a in in g C o n f e r e n c e for O u t g o in g M issionaries ................... 67 T h e S t u d e n t V o l u n t e e r C o n f e r e n c e a t D e t r o i t ...................................... 68 r A N e w A pologetic for F o r e ig n M i s s io n s ....................................................... 69 T h e O ld .A pologetic S t il l R e m a i n s .................................................................... 70 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE YE A R ..................................................... 7 1-78 A Y e a r of A n x i e t y ......................................................................................................... 73 D e f ic ie n c y of I n c o m e A c c o u n t .............................................................................. 74 A n a l y s is of R ec eipts ..................................................................................................... 74 B udget A ppropriations ................................................................................................. 74 S p e c if ic s .............................. 75 L e g a c ie s a n d M a t u r e d A n n u it ie s ...................................................................... 75 N e w A n n u i t y A g r e e m e n t s ....................................................................................... 76 P e r m a n e n t a n d T e m p o r a r y F u n d s ..................................................................... 76 B udget for 1928-29 ........................................................................................................... 77 SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM THE M ISSIONS ...................... 79-1 6 4 T h e B u r m a M is s io n ...................................................................................................... 81 T h e A s s a m M is s io n .............................................
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