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Board for the Christian World Mission BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION

Members of the Board

1957- 1960 Mrs. Raymond Fairchild, R.D. #3, Gordon Road, Schenectady, N. Y. Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom. R.D. #1, Wallkill, N. Y. Rev. Leroy J. Hess, 101 California Street, Ridgewood, N. J. Rev. Orville J. Hine, 22 Maple Avenue, Warwick, N. Y. Mrs. Gerard J. Koster, 83 Nesbit Terrace, Irvington, N. J. Rev. Richard P. Mallery, 82-50 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens 15, N. Y. Mrs. Arthur Schiereck, 1053 Grove Street, Waupun, Wis. Rev. Norman E. Thomas, 228 So. Main Avenue, Albany, N. Y. Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom, Ph.D., 25 East 12 Street, Holland, Mich. Mrs. Willis J. Vander Kooi, Herman, Minn. Harold E. Veldman, M.D., 2447 Oakwood, N.E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Rev. Robert B. Wildman, 14764 Perry Avenue, Harvey, 111. Rev. Dick W. Vriesman, Route #3, Sheboygan Falls, Wis. Mr. Samuel H. Woolley, c/o Bank of New York, 48 Wall Street, New York 15, N. Y.

Members of the Board

1958- 1961 Rev. William R. Buitendorp, 54 N. Kilbourne, North Tarrytown, N. Y. Mr. Max De Pree, Zeeland, Mich. Mr. Harold J. Dobbs, Hickory Hill, Far Hills, N. J. Rev. Chester J. Droog, 1908 Madison, S.E., Grand Rapids, Mich. Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen, 1901 So. Grove Avenue, Berwyn, 111. David L. Dykstra, Ph.D., 18 Jane Street, Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y. Rev. Harold Englund, 128 Livingstone Court W., Midland, Mich. Mrs. Robert Gosselink, 1124 W. 71, Chicago 21, 111. Mr. E. Leroy Hand, 141 Lafayette Parkway, Rochester 10, N. Y. Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema, 737 Whitcomb, Kalamazoo, Mich. Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick, Pine Grove Road, Herkimer, N. Y. Mrs. Nickolas Rozeboom, Hull, Iowa Mrs. Howard C. Schade, Champ Avenue, Pearl River, N. Y. Rev. Harry Ver Strate, 70 High Street, Metuchen, N. J.

Members of the Board

1959- 1962 Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander, 24 Prospect Street, Fort Plain, N. Y. Rev. Daniel Y. Brink, D.D., 76 Spring Road, Scotia, N. Y. Rev. Daniel H. Fylstra, 9052 E. 165 Street, Bellflower, Calif. Rev. David. A. Laman, 314 North 8 Street, Oskaloosa, Iowa Mrs. Irwin LeCocq, 719 West Edson, Lynden, Wash. Rev. Ralph M. Menning, 73 East Center Street, Midland Park, N. J. Rev. Ray Olthof, 514 15th Avenue, Fulton, HI. Mr. Gust G. Orphanides, 76-35 113th Street, Forest Hills, N. Y. Mrs. Lois W. Peterson, 10927 So. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 28, 111. Rev. Herman J. Ridder, 503 Broadway, Pella, Iowa Mr. Henry S. Te Paske, Orange City, Iowa Mr. William Van Eenenaam, Zeeland, Mich. Mrs. Philip T. Wagner, 514 Wyndham Road, Teaneck, N. J. Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand, Box 342, Churchville, Pa.

(Continued on Inside Back Cover) TH - , WES THEOLOGICAL S^mARV

THE BOARD for the CHRISTIAN W O R L D MISSION (Board of Foreign Missions)

Respectfully presents to the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America Its One Hundred and Twenty-seventh ANNUAL REPORT The One Hundred and Second of its Separate and Independent Action and the Thirteenth of the Reorganized Board, Continuing the former Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions

REFORMED CHURCH Headquarters, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York (After January 1, 1960,475 Riverside Drive, New York 27,N. Y.) 1959 the ARCHIVES WC0rErA R D S L E E LIBRARY e s t e r n theological s e m i n a r y FOREWORD

T h e missionary m o v e m e n t of our century has taken place in the most revolutionary period of h u m a n history. T h e fact that this period is still under wa y has been dramatically demonstrated during the past year. In every area overseas where the Re f o r m e d Chu rc h shares her resources the surging mo v e m e n t s of history have challenged the Chu rc h of Jesus Christ. A t times like these the Re f o r m e d Ch u rc h is fortified by her faith in the sovereignty of G o d and the declaration of our Lord: I have o vercome the world! In the course of the past twelve months eighteen m e m b e r s of the A m e r i c a n Mission in the U p p e r Nile, the Arabian Mission and the United Mission in Iraq have been expelled from Iraq and the Sudan. T e n of these have been of the Re f o r m e d Church. In the face of this development and with the prospect of further im m i ­ nent expulsions, at the M a y 1959 meeting of the Board twelve ne w mission­ aries were appointed. In the conviction no other age has had so tremendous a potential nor the Chu rc h so challenging a task and opportunity, the Reformed Church plans with boldness and proceeds with audacity in her Christian world mission. H e n r y G. B o v e n k e r k Jo h n E. B u t e y n B a r n e r d M . L u b e n E d w i n a P aige R u t h R a n s o m L e o n a r d A. Si b l e y , Sr . THE BOARD for the CHRISTIAN W O R L D MISSION (Board of Foreign Missions)

Respectfully presents to the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America Its One Hundred and Twenty-seventh ANNUAL REPORT The One Hundred and Second of its Separate and Independent Action and the Thirteenth of the Reorganized Board, Continuing the former Woman’s Board of Foreign Missions

REFORMED CHURCH Headquarters, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York (After January 1, 1960, 475 Riverside Drive, New York 27, N. Y.) 1959 FOREWORD

T h e missionary movement of our century has taken place in the most revolutionary period of h u m a n history. T h e fact that this period is still under wa y has been dramatically demonstrated during the past year. In every area overseas where the Re f o r m e d Ch u rc h shares her resources the surging mo v e m e n t s of history have challenged the Ch u rc h of Jesus Christ. A t times like these the Re f o r m e d Chu rc h is fortified by her faith in the sovereignty of G o d and the declaration of our Lord: I have overcome the world! In the course of the past twelve months eighteen m e m b e r s of the American Mission in the U p p e r Nile, the Arabian Mission and the United Mission in Iraq have been expelled from Iraq and the Sudan. T e n of these have been of the Re f o r m e d Church. In the face of this development and with the prospect of further im m i ­ nent expulsions, at the M a y 1959 meeting of the Board twelve ne w mission­ aries were appointed. In the conviction no other age has had so tremendous a potential nor the Chu rc h so challenging a task and opportunity, the Reformed Church plans with boldness and proceeds with audacity in her Christian world mission. H e n r y G. B o v e n k e r k Jo h n E. B u t e y n B a r n e r d M . L u b e n E d w i n a P aige R u t h R a n s o m L e o n a r d A. Si b l e y , Sr . -«•—

Shilluk Pastor La Mole- ker with Doleib Hill church in the back­ ground.

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John, literacy worker in Pibor, the Sudan, teaches a woman of the Murle tribe to read. He is using the primer prepared by the Rev. Paul E. Hostet­ J ler which is written in Arabic script in the Murle language, (photo by Crandall) 1. AFRICA

A n y account of a contemporary twelve month period is properly under­ stood only in the light of a longer period of time. Perspective is a corrective for both und ue optimism or unwarranted discouragement. Certainly the past year in the S ud an calls for an evaluation in terms of the tumultuous era in which we live. E v e n the short period of a decade will serve our purpose. T e n years ago the country was called the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium governed jointly by Egypt and Great Britain. In January of 1956 the Sudan became free and independent and a me m b e r of the United Nations. T h e Sudanese undertook self-government with dignity and re­ sponsibility. There followed the unfortunate mutiny in the South and later general elections were held. In a peaceful turnover freedom came and a constitutional government was established in Africa in that crucial area where the Sahara ends and the South begins. These historical developments must be kept in m i n d as w e recall the revolution of last N o v e m b e r w h e n representative government was set aside in a bloodless coup. A gain in M a r c h of this year there w as a non-violent shakeup in the ruling junta. Widespread illiteracy, economic stringency, p o ­ litical and religious rivalries within the country and the general tensions of the Middle East all conspired to bring about a temporary suspension of democratic government. In this critical year in the political life of the country there has been continued peace a nd security, neutrality s o m e w h a t in favor of the We s t maintained and religious liberty carefully guarded. Developments in the C h u rc h of Christ in the U p p e r Nile and in the A me r i c a n Mission U p p e r Nile likewise require the perspective of the past decade. This coincides with the period, incidentally, during which the R e ­ formed Ch u rc h has invested her personnel and other resources in the Sudan in cooperation with the United Presbyterians. A t first we were limited to the w o r k a m o n g the Anuaks, later our missionaries were subject to assignment to any of the five tribes and are n o w working a m o n g the majority of them. F un ds were at first designated for w o r k a m o n g the A n u a k s only, but n o w there is full integration of funds as well as personnel. A significant step was also taken administratively w h e n in the course of the year the Com mittee on Cooperation in the Up p e r Nile was m a d e the responsible bod y for the Up p e r Nile program, m u c h as the Joint Com mittee for the United Mission in Iraq carries responsibility for w o r k in Iraq. T h e Secretary and Treasurer of the C C U N no w serve the whole Mission, all mis­ sionaries receiving the sa m e allowances. Th e C C U N is ultimately responsible to the B o a r d for the Christian W o r l d Mission and to the C o m m i s s i o n o n Ecumenical Mission and Relations. A n interesting development is the ap­ pointment of Rev. Andrew Thakkur-Das of Pakistan as secretary. Dr. Thakkur-Das recently joined the staff of the commission as Secretary for Africa. “T e n years ago w e held our first meeting as a separate mission. T h e y have been years of tremendous change. T h e y have also been years of great development. T e n years ago the mission was everything, the church almost nothing. T o d a y with several ordained Sudanese ministers and m o r e in training w e can thank G o d for the vitality of the C h u rc h of Christ in the U p p e r Nile.” In these words Dr. J. Lowrie Anderson began his report in February at annual meeting as General Secretary of the Mission. H e concludes with this paragraph: “F r o m every section of the province w e have indications of a great interest in Christianity. In m a n y places where no missionary has gone w e find Christian groups, and the nu m b e r is growing. Ou r great concern mus t be that those wh o have be c o m e followers of Christ shall learn wha t it me a n s to follow the Christian wa y in life and worship. Th e task ahead of us in training and teaching these m e m b e r s of the church in our area is tremendous. W e need to pray G o d for wi s d o m and love, humility and dedication that we ma y do G o d ’s will in this day in which we live, and in this land to which we have c o m e because we believe H e called us here.” T h e growth of the church in this Nilotic area of high resistance has been unusual. In Nasir the adult literacy program produced not only twenty-eight advanced readers during the year but through the study of Scripture as a part of the p rogram twelve were baptized. In the two girls’ schools a nd a government boys’ school with a missionary principal there were forty-four baptisms. M o r e significant has been the turning to Christ in areas to which African evangelists have gone, without missionaries and far from mission stations. T h e Malakal revival is having profound influence in'the area. Alto­ gether, there have been so m e 50 0 baptisms in the course of one year. In a year of fresh stirrings in the church and of unusual ingathering there were also sobering developments. Three families in the Mission, two of them Reformed, had taken aw a y from th e m the privilege of residence in the cou n ­ try. O n July 7, 1958, the Governor in Malakal gave order expelling the Rev. Paul E. Hostetler from the country. Th e Minister of the Interior in Kh a r t o u m sustained the order and all efforts for a reconsideration failing, Mr. H o s ­ tetler and his family left the Sudan in late September. Mr. Hostetler is spending furlough in the K e n n e d y School of Missions in Hartford awaiting reassignment. T h e incident which led to the expulsion order was the writing of a pastoral letter by Mr. Hostetler to a m e m b e r of the African Christian c o m ­ munity w h o h a d taken a dispute to court. Mr. Hostetler chided h i m for going to court, reminding h i m of the Biblical injunction against Christians going to law with one another. Several months later this letter was discovered by the police and was misinterpreted as meaning that Christians should not obey a Muslim court or the district commissioner. In early March an order went out from Khartoum for the C. Lee Crandall and William And er so n (United Presbyterian) families to leave the

Christian Anuaks about to throw a gourd con­ taining bones of sacrifi­ cial animals into the river at a baptismal serv- vice. S u d a n within a fortnight. Th e order ca m e as the result of a misunderstanding w h e n the request of the two pastoral missionaries to a tribal group of Chris­ tians was misinterpreted as an order of the Governor in Malakal. Revival meetings in progress a m o n g the Morus, a tribe not native to Malakal, were resulting in great blessing but tended to emotional excesses a nd lest things get out of ha n d with the beating of d r u m s and trances, the M o r u leaders were requested not to hold those meetings while the mission­ aries were aw a y for so m e five days to attend Presbytery in Doleib Hill. S o m e ­ h o w the understanding gained ground that the Governor h ad ordered the holding of no meetings except on Sun da y and the M o r u s interpreted this as religious oppression. Go v e r n m e n t suspected the missionaries of attempting to alienate the people from the government and all attempts to allay this suspi­ cion were futile. At the sa m e time a charitable attitude should be held toward the government officials wh o are held accountable in these troubled areas for the peace and security of the province. T h e unusual growth of the church, the expulsion of three families and the failure to secure entry permit into the province for n e w missionaries for the larger part of the year, plus certain restrictive measures, have m a d e urgent the early Sudanization of the church. Evangelists, pastors, teachers, editors, printers and other African personnel must be trained m o r e rapidly than at present. Both the church and the Mission have given this first priority. Training programs for evangelists are to be started in every station. Presbytery opened the wa y for the eventual ordination of what ma y be called vernacular pastors. T h e Mission has voted to reverse policy and give selec­ tive financial assistance to the church, on request of Presbytery, for support of evangelists and pastors, at the s a m e time accelerating the stewardship p rogram in the congregations. A catechism is to be prepared for the church. Conversations are to be continued looking toward the possibility of union with the Anglican Chu rc h in Equatoria Province, following a conference on a united church for the whole S ud an in January. It is believed that such a church wou ld be stronger and mo r e able to express the will of Christ for the Sudanese people. Naturally the fact of the expulsion of three missionary families in the past year looms large in our thinking and is regarded with sorrow and regret. This development, however, should be seen in the light of the total situation. O n e of the remarkable and encouraging features of these days in the Su d a n is that prayers are being answered. A s the situation becomes mo r e difficult the church, both in the North and in the South, grows stronger. W h e n the politi­ cal situation lacked the present tensions progress was comparatively slow. In this uncertain and difficult season growth in the church, both in size and strength, is notable. T h e day of adversity is the day of triumph. The lands of the mosque . . .

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2. ARABIA

E v e r y t h i n g in the past year has conspired to emphasize the cultural and political inter-relatedness of the various areas in the Middle East. O n Bastille D ay a king loses throne and life in Baghdad — American troops land in Lebanon. A radio alert is sounded in Israel for mobilization — in every Middle East en c a m p m e n t military muscles tense. A coup in Mos ul is bloody and abortive — a quarter of a million people gather in Cairo in demonstra­ tive mourning. T h e Middle East has been the area of special study in North Ame ri ca n Protestant churches. This study has disclosed the religious aspects of this inter-relatedness. Th e witness of the Re f o r m e d Chu rc h in Iraq, O m a n and the Gulf sheikhdoms has been seen in relation to the vast expanse of Islam in the A r a b East as well as to the total Christian witness being given in this part of the world. W e have been m a d e aware of the tragic fragmentation of the Ch u rc h in an area of highest resistance to the Christian message and of the desperate need for unity and mission. T o the whole Ar a b East as well as to the local areas of special respon­ sibility the R e f o r m e d Chu rc h is mak in g significant contributions. T h e N ear East Christian Council is the focal point of cooperative effort. O n e of the m e m b e r s of the Mission serves on its Executive Com mittee and is editor of its N e w s Bulletin. T hr o u g h its Com mi tt ee on Refugees and the grants of the R e f o r m e d Ch u r c h Wo r l d Service Com mi tt ee we are helping to m a k e kn o w n the love and compassion of Christ to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees. T h e R e f o r m e d C h u rc h is privileged in having a large part in the planning and production of the ne w Sunday school curriculum which will be off the press this year for use throughout the area. Dr. B. J. Mu l de r was the special consultant and the B oard has m a d e financial grants toward this project. Another area of participation has been in the Study Center for Islam toward which the Board mak es annual grant. Un d e r the hu m bl e but brilliant leadership of Dr. Kenneth Cragg significant advances have been m a d e in a better understanding of m o d e r n Islam and therefore of a m o r e effective approach to the Muslim. Dr. Cragg has visited and ministered in all the stations of the Mission. Last su m m e r ma n y me m b e r s of the Mission attended the Jerusalem Conference of the Center on Christian evangelism a m o n g Mu s ­ lims and are unanimous in their hope this experience m a y be repeated. While continuing to seek a franchise for a Christian broadcasting sta­ tion in the Middle East, an unusual opportunity opened in Lebanon. A pro­ g r a m developed by the Ne a r East Christian Council and entitled I N T H E P R O C E S S I O N O F L I G H T is being broadcast twice a week on choice half­ hour periods. It is being acclaimed by the Lebanese station and the press as the finest program of the we e k with special emphasis on its spiritual values. It is a program of which the Christian c o m m u n i t y is rightfully proud. T h e B o a r d m a d e a special grant so the Council could take advantage of this opportunity to impart Christian truth over a wide area. T h e Council also has a half hour on Sun da y afternoon, the best Protestant pastors bringing the message. This is acclaimed the finest religious worship pro gr am in the Middle East, letters com in g from other countries such as Jordan and Iraq. During the first ten days of April “A Study Conference on the Christian Faith and the Contemporary Middle Eastern W o r l d ” was held in Asmara, Eritrea. This was attended by a hundred representatives from various coun­ tries, including one m e m b e r of the Mission and one y ou ng A r a b Christian leader each from Bahrain and Muscat. Th e conference provided the occasion for fellowship with A r a b Christians en route as well as exposure to the thinking of leaders w h o are wrestling with the problems of bringing the M u s l i m heart and m in d to confrontation with the Christian faith. A t the annual meeting of the Mission in October it was agreed a con­ ference of Christian leaders of the Gulf, planned by the local Christian congregations, should be held early in 1959. Accordingly the consistory in M u s ca t in January went on record declaring “that the congregation in Mu s - cat-Matrah declare their desire to be joined with the elect in Kuwait and Bahrain. O u r small group does not wish to exist alone by itself but is exceed­ ingly desirous to unite in Christian ties in one bo n d with congregations and persons w h o have surrendered their lives to the L or d Jesus Christ, thus to form one evangelical C h u rc h in the area.” Invitations were sent and three representatives each from Kuwait and Bahrain met in mi d - M a r c h for almost a w e e k in Mus ca t and Matrah. T h e wonderful Christian fellowship of the all need the Gospel of love and redemption.

gatherings gave substance to the chief purpose of the conference, the organi­ zation of a synodical Ch u r c h of Christ in this part of the Middle East. T h e historic significance of the occasion lies in the fact that this is the first time A r a b Christians of the Gulf area have m et for the purpose of organizing into one fellowship. T h e proposals m a d e by the conference must be approved by the congregations, but in anticipation of hearty approval the second Sunday in March has been nam ed a day of annual prayerful re m e m ­ brance of this very first meeting. A committee co m p o s e d of representatives of each church w as n a m e d to write a constitution, defining the orders and functions of the church to be. Another symbol of the growing Christian fellowship is the enlarged sanctuary and the n e w parish hall at Kuwait. T h e church which had been satisfactory for ma n y years had be c o m e most inadequate for the needs of the growing Christian community. A t the time of the annual meeting of the Mission in October the structure wa s dedicated. Dr. R. Park Johnson, Field Representative, preached the sermon. A l m os t 3 00 people, representing the amazing variety of tribes and tongues which m a k e up the total congrega­ tion of the Ch u rc h of Christ in Kuwait, were present. T h e major cost of the building program was me t by local contributions. In the m ea nt im e plans were m a d e for the replacement of the M a s o n Memorial Hospital in Bahrain. The Medical Survey Te a m had recommended a nd the B o a r d approved of the building of n e w units to replace the con­ d e m n e d building which h ad served so well for half a century. Unable to furnish the required funds, the B o a r d approved the building p rogram on condition the funds be raised locally. After a careful study of the situation, the Mission approved a fund-raising campaign. This began in D e c e m b e r and by the end of M a r c h s o m e 600,000 rupees (about $127,000) of the 700,000 rupees required had been given or pledged. It is anticipated the full a m o u n t will be raised and the building p rogram has been authorized. In the face of adverse political development in Iraq the Mission, accus­ t o m e d to disappointments and deferred hopes and sustained by the confidence G o d is working out His holy purposes in His o w n inscrutable long term ways, has m o v e d with high courage and faith. In the words of Dr. Johnson, the annual meeting “w as one of inspiration and enjoyment, of sober and serious deliberation, and was m a r k e d by a spirit of faith, courage and determination.” H e speaks of “a fundamental sense of concern with the serious problems confronting the Mission in the wa k e of nationalistic revolu­ tion and ferment. T h e issues arising f rom the current situation were con­ tinually faced in wha t I felt to be realistic terms, steering in balanced fashion between the dangers of panic on one h a n d or complacency o n the other.” Facing the situation then and since in any other spirit wou ld have been dis­ astrous, for the developments in Iraq were m o r e serious than perhaps any the Mission has ever faced, even in time of war. F or the first time in decades R C A missionaries do not minister in A m a r a h . After something like a third of a century of witness by the Mission in this provincial capital and the surrounding country, no missionaries are today permitted in the area. T h e four residences no mo r e have ha p p y Chris­ tian workers, the church is silent and the Lansing Memorial Hospital is empty. T h e glad sound of the great hy m n s of the church no m o r e ring out; suffering of bod y and spirit of thousands of Iraqis find no surcease in church and ho m e and hospital as in days past. T h e property has been expropriated for the announced purpose of ma k ­ ing it into a park and n o w belongs to the municipality. E v e n before expro­ priation proceedings were consummated in March those in power were divided, s o m e wanting it for a park, others for hospital purposes. It would appear the chief purpose for taking the property was to be rid of Ame ri ca n imperialists in the area. T h e chief reason w as political and not religious. It w as permitted to remove personal possessions a nd hospital equipment but only I.D. 20,000 ($56,000) is set as compensation for the land and buildings. Every effort was m a d e to save the situation, even to an interview with the Premier, but to no avail. O f a normal com pl em en t of a dozen missionaries in A m a r a h a nd Bas ­ rah, as this is being written in mid-April only four remain — two families in Basrah. Yet m o r e remains. N o t missionaries, but that which remains w h e n missionaries leave. T h e Christian Iraqis, however few in n u m b e r and h o w ­ ever fearful, remain. The Word, hidden in hundreds of hearts, remains. M em or ie s of better days and good will toward Christians w h o loved t hem and helped them, in the minds of thousands of Iraqis, remain. A door, n o w closed, but s o m e day to open, remains. A n d most important of all, G o d ’s love for Iraq remains. A n d His love will have its way, if not today, tomorrow. jews*'*'

The Rev. E. Tychicus, principal of the Arcot Theological Seminary.

Mr. C. A. Samuel, the retiring headmaster of Voorhees High School in Vellore.

3. INDIA

W h a t happens in India is important to free m e n everywhere because the course of events in Asia will be decisively affected by India’s ability to ma k e democracy wo r k in a revolutionary climate. Th e stakes are high, but so is the price of failure.” In these words W . Averell Harriman, former Governor of N e w York, concludes his report on a recent visit to India. Prime Minister Ne h r u ’s ambition is to lead his country to economic in­ dependence, hoping to accomplish this during India’s third Five-Year Plan which ends in 1966. A s Mr. N e h r u has remarked, “It takes an elephant a long time to get up.” This huge nation is ma k in g brave efforts to meet in the democratic wa y the problems of disease and illiteracy, of hunger and un e m ­ ployment, of co m m u n i s m and of foreign exchange. While deeply involved in these titan domestic projects the nation seeks to maintain the policy of no n ­ alignment, m u c h as our country for a century or more after independence sought to isolate ourselves from the world’s conflicts. With the pressures of time, a multiplying population and world revolu­ tion, the people of India find themselves in a state of tension, of feverish thought and activity, of dreaming dreams of the greatness of both their an­ cient past and of their future, of disillusionment and of great hope. It is to be expected that there should continue to be a resurgence of nationalistic Hi n d u ­ ism and an insistence that India ma n a g e her ow n affairs, free of foreign inter­ ference. In this stimulating climate of change and challenge the Christians of India with their missionary colleagues from abroad live their lives and m a k e their witness. It is neither a simple nor easy period for them, but at the sam e time it is a season of unusual opportunity for the Ch u rc h to speak her me s ­ sage of evangelism and of moral values. T h e Christians of India, as in past decades, w el co me and invite the Christians of other lands to join with the m in the mission of the Chu rc h to India. T h e C h u rc h of South India, for instance, continues to urge the R e ­ formed Ch u rc h to send at least a score of missionaries. For the Arcot Mission this is an era of retirement. In 1959 seven ca m e ho m e to retire. In the seven- year period 1954-60 retirements total twenty-two, with others soon to follow. Active missionaries not including those entering pre-retirement furlough this year total twenty-eight. During this period four have been added to the Mission and four are in training. T h e Church of South India still awaits any substantial response from the Re f o r m e d Ch u rc h for personnel to assist in one of the most promising of evangelistic opportunities in Asia. In recognition of so m e of the implications of the n e w day in India for the Church, the Ma d r a s Diocese in the spring of 1958 appointed a Diocesan Planning Committee which promptly met and listed such subjects as Christian stewardship, voluntary leadership and church extension for study and recom-

The gifted wife of a pastor in the Madanapalle area. mendation. Mrs. C. A. D e Bruin, for instance, was n a m e d chairman of a sub-committee to consider systematic arrangements for training of voluntary workers on a diocesan basis. Dr. John Piet was given leadership of another committee to look into the problem of dependence of village w o r k o n the leadership of paid teacher-catechists.

Consistory members of a rural church near Ranipet, South India.

F or ma n y decades the wo r k of the village congregations has been closely related to the local school, the village teacher being the leader and father of the congregation or even of several of them. T hr o u g h the devotion of these teacher-catechists the church has gr o w n in the past, but changes in the India scene suggest that the time has c o m e to alter the pattern. Village Christians hesitate to c o m e forward as voluntary workers as long as there is a paid teacher carrying responsibility. Ne w de m a n d s ma d e up o n teachers by govern­ m e n t ma k e it mo r e difficult for th e m to give adequate time to the congrega­ tions. Th e present system is particularly precarious in view of the anticipation that government will eventually and perhaps soon be taking all responsibility for elementary education. In January of this year the Mad ra s Diocesan Council unanimously voted a policy of gradual reduction in the nu m b e r of elementary schools, thus set­ ting in motion the reorganization of pastoral and evangelistic work. A pro­ portionately high percentage of diocesan funds have been invested in ele­ mentary education. Am o u n t s to be saved by the gradual reduction of schools are to be applied to the development of pastoral and evangelistic work, thus putting the church on a mu c h firmer basis. This rather radical change is not a sudden m o v e but has been in the discussion stage for m a n y years. T h e w i s d o m of this policy w as confirmed less than a m o n t h after its adoption. A n d h r a State on February 1 announced it was taking over all elementary schools. A part of Ma d r a s Diocese lies in Andhra. Th e full impli­ cations of this action by the An d h r a Go v e r n m e n t for the Ma d r a s and particu­ larly the Rayalaseema Diocese are not yet evident, but it is certain they will be profound and widespread. E v e n without this recent impetus the stewardship program in the We s t ­ ern Circle has progressed in a remarkable manner. A conference on Christian giving was held for lay leaders. Un d e r the leadership of Mr. D e Bruin and his enthusiastic Indian pastor colleagues all the villages were visited, sermons were preached and Bible classes held on Christian stewardship. T h e village congregations are trained to give regularly through envelopes and thank and harvest offerings. Thr o u g h the help of the agricultural program the resources of the villagers are increased. Fifteen of the teacher-catechists n o w tithe. Giving by the villagers has risen remarkably. O n e village congregation has u pped its offerings 8 0 0 % in two years. In a three year period the congrega­ tions in one pastorate increased giving from Rs. 3,124 to Rs. 6,769. Re c o g ­ nizing their potential the village congregations are n o w m o r e interested in building better places of worship, and as one pastor wrote, with greater exercise of stewardship, faith has also grown. T o strengthen and further promote village rehabilitation as being carried out by the Ch u rc h of South India in the Arcot area, a Rural Develop­ m en t Bo a r d has been created for a Christ-centered program to lay the foun­ dations of a strong rural church. It is designed to meet the total needs of the whole community, the total resources of the area to be employed, including the pastors, elders, teachers, training institutions and hospitals. A grant of Rs. 50,000 has been ma d e for a revolving fund for loans up to three years for investments in irrigation plans, cattle and poultry, materials for cottage industries and any other sound self-help projects. Perhaps nowhere in Asia is there such a diversified and full orbed Christian program as in the Arcot area in South India. A n y report in brief compass is of necessity limited to significant developments, and only a few of t he m ma y be recorded. 4. IRAQ

The Misses Margaret Purchase, Fay Dick­ erson and Mary Nien- huis.

“ A s the R e f o r m e d C h u rc h enters the second century of witness overseas and takes the forward look, she must always be ready for surprises in the Middle East. A part of the world ancient yet adolescent, tense with suspense, charged with hate, unequally e n d o w e d with oases of oil, seeking unity but sharply divided, fiercely independent while hesitatingly aligning itself with the gigantic forces in the cold war, thus adding still m o r e to the explosive potential of the area — this is the kind of Middle East in which she ministers and of which Iraq is a part.” Last year this chapter began with the above warning. Few, however, were prepared for the dramatic developments in the Middle East that shook the world, landed Am e r i c a n troops in Le b a n o n and changed the face of Iraq, all in the m o n t h following the meeting of General Synod. A year ago Iraq w as a me m b e r of the Ba g h d a d Pact, a staunch friend of the West; today she is no longer a m e m b e r and is vociferously anti-Western. T h e n she was pro- American; as this is being written she is oriented toward Russia. T h e n she was militantly anti-communism, today she is embracing this dangerous philosophy to a precarious degree. Economically she w a s m a k i n g rapid progress, she is no w in economic distress. A swift, unforeseen revolution on July 14, 1958, overthrew the m o n ­ archy that had been established by plebiscite in 1921. T h e revolution ended in success in one day. A m o n g those slain were y ou ng King Faisal II, his uncle, C r o w n Prince Ab d u l Illah, and other me m b e r s of the royal family as well as the aging staunch pro-Western m a n y time Premier, General Nuri a’-Said. Since then the situation has been confused and unstable, with rival groups competing for control. Cross currents of co m m u n i s m , Ar a b and Iraqi nationalism, anti-Westernism and positive neutrality have kept the country in turmoil. T h e ancient rivalry between the valley of the Nile and the land of the two rivers, Egypt and Babylonia, has profoundly affected the situation. Immediately following the revolution President C a m e l Abdel Nasser of Egypt was immensely popular in Iraq, overshadowing Premier Abdul Karim Kassim in Baghdad. T o strengthen himself against the pro-Nasser elements in the country w h o would federate Iraq with the United A r a b Republic, Premier Kassim accepted the help of the well organized C o m m u n i s t s w h o have no w be c o m e dominant. Following the abortive Mosul pro-Nasser revolt in M a r c h and the bloody reprisals, Cairo and B ag h d a d have fallen further apart and in the process Cairo has be c o m e less cordial toward M o s c o w while Baghdad, traditionally fearful of Russia, has responded to the advances of her northern neighbor. All of this has profoundly affected the Christian cause. F or one thing, the popular belief that Islam offers an effective barrier against c o m m u n i s m has been shattered. T w o years ago the Lebanese Christian statesman, Charles Malik, declared: “I do n ’t believe at all that Islam is a bulwark against c o m ­ m u n i s m any mo r e than Greek Orthodoxy was in Russia.” In the thinking of the masses there are, superficially at least, enough striking similarities — a universal society based on equality, reform in terms of cataclysm, a totali­ tarian doctrine, fanaticism and collectivism, a sense of mission, the concept of a co m m u n i t y of believers which is always in the right — to support the argument that co m m u n i s m supplies few mo r e fertile fields than that provided by a decadent and uninspired Mu s l i m faith. This susceptibility of the Mu s li m world to c o m m u n i s m has far reaching political and religious implications important to the Christian cause. T h e changed political climate has seriously affected missionary per­ sonnel, several families in three missions being forced to leave the country. T h e first were me m b e r s of the United Mission in Iraq, the Richard Cochrans (United Presbyterians) of Mosul, whose residence permits were not renewed in September and w h o were asked to leave within five days. All m e m b e r s save one of the Lutheran Orient Mission were early ordered out. In Ma r c h the B. D. Ha k k e n s ( R C A ) , senior me m b e r s of the Mission and due to leave the country in M a y for pre-retirement furlough, had the s a m e experience. In early April the Rev. and Mrs. R a y m o n d Weiss, the Rev. and Mrs. Harold E. Davenport (United Presbyterian) and the Rev. and Mrs. Harold M. Schoup (Evangelical and R ef ormed) were expelled from the country. This leaves, as of mid-April, only three m e m b e r s of the Mission in Iraq — Miss M a r y Nienhuis, Miss Margaret Purchase and Miss F ay Dickerson, the latter two United Presbyterians, on the staff of the Ame ri ca n School for Girls in B a g h ­ dad. Th e y have been urged by the Mission and the Joint Com mittee to leave the country, but they have chosen to remain at least until summer. Since the July revolution and the expulsion of the Cochrans in Se p te m ­ ber, all me m b e r s of the Mission have been in Baghdad. Evangelistic wo r k has been practically impossible, for no one wants to associate with the American imperialists. For obvious reasons the Christians likewise are reluctant to be seen with those who, to say the least, are un w e l c o m e guests in the country. T h e tensions under which missionary personnel have been living since last July have been such as to test their mettle and their health, yet no missionaries have left the country except wh e n forced to do so. During the past year an heroic chapter in missionary history has been written by m e m b e r s of both the United and Arabian Missions in Iraq by their steadiness, faith and perse- verence in the face of insuperable and frustrating obstacles. In the midst of all these difficulties a most encouraging event took place during the Advent Season. O n December 19, 1958, in the Baghdad Arab Evangelical C h u rc h the first Protestant ordination in Iraq took place. T h e service was in charge of the Rev. H a l i m Jayid, pastor of the church and a minister of the Coptic Evangelical C h u rc h of the Nile Valley under whose authority the ordination took place. A s yet there is no synod or presbytery in Iraq, only half a dozen organized but unrelated congregations. Rev. Iskuf Garabet of Basrah spoke and greetings were brought by representatives of the two Missions. Several me m b e r s of the consistory of the Kirkuk Evangeli-

The ancient ritual of the laying on of hands during the ordination of the Rev. Elias H a m m o in Baghdad, De- . cember, 1958. ■ cal Church, of which he was later installed as pastor, were present. This was a memorable event and in commemoration the United Mission adopted the following resolution: “Possibly no event in the history of the United Mission in Mes op ot am ia (Iraq) has stirred us so m u c h nor given us greater happiness than the ordi­ nation of Mr. Elias Ha m m o . Mr. H a m m o is a Yezedi convert to Christianity and has never ceased to give his life to Christ. H e has wo r k e d as a colporteur for the Mission for ma n y years. His zeal for the work, his faithful and fruitful service led to his desire to enter the ministry. After his seminary studies at the Near East School of Theology, he was called to be pastor of the National Protestant Ch u rc h in Kirkuk, so be it “Resolved, that we the mem b e r s of the United Mission in Mesopotamia, congratulate hi m on his being raised to the wo r k of the ministry, that we wish h i m G o d ’s richest blessings in his labors, that our prayers and g ood wishes will follow h i m throughout his ministry, that the H o l y Spirit will bless his efforts and guide him, and that Go d ma y use hi m through ma n y years and in m a n y ways to proclaim the riches of Christ and His salvation.” N o missionaries m a y be in Kirkuk, but there is today a Christian con­ gregation, with a very mo d e r n sanctuary built in large part with local funds, shepherded by a gifted pastor of evangelical convictions and evangelistic zeal. Th e Ba g h d a d congregations, too, have their ordained or lay leaders. Th e Mosul church, and the Hillah group which was developing so encouragingly before the July Revolution, are not so fortunate, but never have the Protestant Christians in Iraq been so well supplied with A r a b leadership. T h e one phase of the mission p rogram which has continued without serious interruption is the Am e ri ca n School for Girls. Shortly before the July Revolution an order c a m e from government closing the kindergarten and primary section and further, forbidding the school to teach Bible to any M u s l i m student. In October, however, the school opened with a total of 135 students, seventy-four being Christian and fifty-nine Mu s l i m plus two others. M u s l i m girls are given study hour wh e n the Christian girls have Bible class. Since Bible m a y not be taught Muslim girls, the institution is led to an imaginative and creative approach in mak in g an effective Christian witness. T h e setbacks suffered in Iraq must be regarded as temporary events only. T h e church must not be c o m e discouraged in the face of adverse devel­ opments, else world evangelism would have been abandoned long ago. The Christian program has never been easy in the Mu s l i m world, and wh e n c o m ­ munistic influences are added, difficulties are com po un de d. In His o w n inscrutable way s G o d is preparing for Himself a people in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. In the meantime the church ma y expect even further disappointments and ma y anticipate being called to greater sacrifices. The new dining hall of Ferris Girls’ High School and Junior College in the foreground and the dormitory in the background. The two buildings are connected by a corridor.

5. JAPAN

4£rT' . . . 1 h e sympathy of the angels will go with you. T h e pow er of the Spirit will attend you. T h e imperishable energy of the Divine W o r d will be with you. T h e G o d of your salvation, triune God , Father, Son and Hol y Ghost, will be with you. In the na m e of these ministers of religion, and these elders of the church, in the na m e of these witnesses assembled and of the church to whose services you are pledged, in the n a m e of the holy apostles w ho se w o r k you continue, of Jesus the Mediator, of the Hol y Spirit the Sanctifier, and of the Father Almighty, w e bid you farewell, and invoke in your behalf the divine benediction to rest up o n you and yours no w and forever, Am e n . ” W i t h this valedictory by the Reverend Dr. Porter of the Williamsburgh Chu rc h ringing in their ears, Samuel R. Brown, Gui do F. Verbeck and D. B. S i m m o n s with their families left N e w Y o r k H a r bo r at n o o n on Saturday, M a y 7, 1859, on the clipper ship, S U R P R I S E — and thus one hundred years ago the Christian mission of the Re f o r m e d Ch u rc h in Japan began. In the sa m e year, 1959, James C. H e p b u r n of the Presbyterian Chu rc h and J. Liggins with C. M. Williams both of the Episcopal Church began their Christian ministry on the sam e shore. All of protestantism in Japan joins with sister churches abroad in grateful recognition of wha t G o d has wrought during the century. If w e compare the progress of Christianity in Japan with its develop­ ments elsewhere, w e note that mo r e than a century had elapsed between the arrival of the first missionary to the Frisians (Friesland ■— the Netherlands) and the consecration of the first Christian bishop in that land. Th e Re f o r m e d C h u rc h in America records its beginnings in this land m o r e than three cen­ turies ago. T h e United Chu rc h of Christ in Japan, currently assisted by the missionaries of eight denominations from North America, is comparable in size to the Re f o r m e d Ch u rc h today after one century of mission work. T h e United Ch u r c h has invited representatives of the North Ame ri ca n churches to join it in a series of c om me mo ra ti ve assemblies during the a u t u m n of 1959. T h e centenary evangelistic programs in which evangelists fro m Europe, North Ame ri ca and sister churches of Asia have participated, will reach their culmination this year.

A m o n g the significant developments in the Japanese nation in 1958 and early 1959 has been the establishment of a nation-wide social security system similar in m a n y respects to that of our nation; this marks another landmark in the rapid pace which Japan is traveling to b e c o m e a m o d e r n industrial power, for until very recently the economic security of the individual was the responsibility of the larger family in accordance with the age-old oriental pattern. N o w , however, the state is supplanting the family not only in assur­ ing the economic security of the individual but also through its institutions concerned with juvenile deliquency, the metric system has n o w b e c o m e the only legal system of weights and measure; this changeover again marks a drastic departure from the deep-rooted past. It should be noted that this development of a government responding to the welfare needs of its citizens is one of the by-products of Christianity and is quite alien to the native religious concepts of the country. In 1958 Japan experienced her best export trade in the postwar era reaching a level of almost three billion dollars; the nation has twenty-one commercial and twenty-five government-operated television stations sur­ passing most European nations in home-television usage. A review of agri­ culture, which still supports almost one half of the populace, reveals three trends: increased mechanization, increased population pressure in the rural areas and advances ma d e in dairy farming. Th e United Chu rc h has no w co m ­ pleted its farm and rural evangelists’ training facilities in T s u r u k a w a near the base of Mo u n t Fuji; there have been so m e very heartening reports of its graduates being very effective in the establishment of ne w rural churches. Th e Reverend Shusui Terada in observing the relatively slow progress of Christi­ anity in the villages recently stated: “Y o u can gr o w a peach tree or chestnut tree in three years or a per si mm on tree in five years. But it takes twenty years to gro w a pine tree or a cypress. So likewise it requires a long time to develop a rural church. In the rural areas words alone are not enough. If one ’s whole life is not a testimony, it is difficult for the rural folk to understand the Gospel. No t just the pastor but the lay Christians as well are watched by the whole village!”

T h e Fourteenth W o r l d Convocation of Christian Education held in T o k y o last year brought Christian delegates from fifty nations; this is the second time T o k y o has been host to this convention and again the local Christians proved the wa r m t h of their hospitality.

T h e great single event of the year is the engagement and marriage of the Cr o w n Prince Akihito to Miss Michiko Shoda; this is the first time in the history of the oldest reigning family in the m o d e r n world that an emperor- to-be has married a c o m m o n e r , thus constituting another major step in removing the imperial family from its former supra-mundane status. T h e fact that Miss Sho da is a graduate of a Catholic girls’ school has created an increased d e m a n d for entrance into all Christian schools. Ferris Girls’ High School reports an unprecedented n u m b e r of applicants of unusually high academic standards.

During the closing months of 1958 Ferris Girls’ High School and Junior College completed a $70,000 dormitory and dining hall and financed the the project completely with locally raised funds. Meiji Gak ui n University is in the last stages of its first five-year building program which h ad a goal of one million dollars of which one half was to be raised by the university and the other half by the foreign mission boards of the R e f o r m e d and Presby­ terian churches. T h e school and the Presbyterian B oa rd have met their objectives but our Boa rd must still contribute one fourth of our goal. This first building program achieved the erection of the university hall, the library and the student center. A second five-year building program will be required to replace the other dangerous w o o d e n buildings with reinforced concrete structures. T h e mission boards, however, have ma d e no com mi tm en ts to the second proposed program.

T h e B o a r d for the Christian W o r l d Mission has during this last year continued discussion of the m e a n s by which Christian schools and overseas churches can be m o r e closely b o u n d together. Almost all foreign mission agencies carry the s am e concern, and s o m e definite steps have been taken to acquaint both the Chu rc h of Christ in Japan and the Christian schools of the country of this concern. Dr. L. H. Benes in his recent visit to Japan and Dr. Frank Wilson, Education Secretary of the United Presbyterian Co m m i s ­ sion, arriving in Japan a few weeks later, advocated strong Christian pro­ grams o n the campuses. A deputation of other board secretaries had pre­ ceded these two representatives by several months and succeeded in securing agreements by which the schools and the districts (classes) w ou ld be m o r e closely tied together. T h e president of one church-related college in U S A recently stated that each Christian college must m a k e a complete re-exami­ nation of its Christian objectives and program once in each college genera­ tion. T h e mission boards are becoming increasingly conscious of the fact that Christian academic education is achieved b y constant definition and institutional effort.

Dr. Takeshi Muto, the retiring moderator of the United C h u r c h of Christ in Japan, in an article entitled, Looking Back on Four Years as Moderator, written No v e m b e r 29, 1958, m a d e these glowing personal refer­ ences to his associations with missionaries, “. . . I would especially single out the fellowship in our Lord, the love, the trust, the cooperative attitude which our missionary friends sh o we d me. I shall never forget this as long as I live.” O f his associations with board leadership on this continent he writes, “These feelings are not confined to our missionary colleagues serving in Japan. Without reserve I can say the s am e about m y associations with the leaders of those churches in the United States and Ca n a d a with w h o m we are related through the Interboard Com mittee for Christian Wo r k in Japan. T h e experi­ ences I had in these countries wh e n I visited the m two years ago continue to m o v e m e to expressions of deepest thanks and affection.” T h e m e m b e r s of our Bo a r d will in turn r e m e m b e r the attendance b y Dr. M u t o at the M a y 1956 meeting of our Board in Poughkeepsie, N e w York. In his remarks at that time he referred to the foreign mission program which the Japanese church was carrying on in other areas. Th u s the spiritual sons and daughters of our early missionaries in that land are themselves bringing the redeeming Gospel to others in ever-widening circles. Chinese and Philippine chil­ dren learn Christian truths by direct teach­ ing. (Muilen- burg photo)

6. OVERSEAS CHINESE

P o l i t i c a l t e n s i o n s , language differences that cause problems of c o m ­ munication, poverty a nd fear are a m o n g the factors faced by the Chinese Christians in the four areas where the R e f o r m e d C h u rc h in A me ri ca is represented. In spite of these difficulties the Christian C h u r c h is at w o r k proclaiming the Gospel in deed and word. In the P h i l i p p i n es the Chinese comprise about one percent of the population and are a tiny minority in any community. Cooperation with other groups is at a mi n i m u m , but the wo r k is progressing slowly. In Manila the Chinese United Evangelical Church has grown to about 2,000 members, a Sunday school of 800, Bible classes of 4 6 0 for high school and college students a nd an adult class of seventy w o m e n . Missionary societies have g r o w n and the w o m e n are working in twelve different districts of the city. These groups have also given financial assistance to w o r k carried o n in Hong Kong and Singapore. Four other churches have been organized because of the church extension p rogram of this one church. A school of 1830 students offers co-education from kindergarten through high school and a year of No r m a l training. In Cebu, Davao, Cag ay an de O r o City and smaller towns and villages where the Chinese are found the missionary works h a n d in han d with the Chinese leaders. T w o ministers have recently co m e from Ta i w a n to assist the rapidly expanding church extension program. However, even with this c o m ­ mendable wor k going on in certain areas, there is an attitude of separateness a m o n g the Chinese churches. Economic, social and theological issues cause this difficulty. It is the hope of the leaders that a greater spirit of trust and unity will develop, not only a m o n g the Chinese, but also a m o n g the Chinese and Philippine Christians. M a n y feel that through the initiative the Chinese church is taking, a strong church will develop. T h e whole question of church relationships needs mu c h study and patient understanding. In M a l a y a and Si n g a p o r e the percentage of Chinese is high. T h e greatest need a m o n g the m a n y different languages and denominations is for unity, cooperation and trained leadership. T h e R e f o r m e d C h u rc h h ad only two missionaries in that great area and they are en route h o m e for a m u c h needed furlough. T h e Chinese S yn od of the C h u rc h in M a l a y a has sent urgent requests to the B o a r d for missionaries to help in evangelistic and educational work. It is hop ed that this request can be granted in the near future. In spite of the fact that uncertainty of government and in individual lives prevails in T a i w a n the church continues to grow. T h e last four years have seen tremendous growth in the church since the Double the Church Movement was started. T h e purpose of this mo v e m e n t is to double the n u m ­ ber of churches in the ten years before the centennial in 1962. In spite of the criticisms and doubts of so m e of the people w h e n this m o v e m e n t began, there has been a tremendous increase in the m embership and n u m b e r of churches. Trained leadership is needed to guide these ne w churches. En c o u r ­ agement and full support should be given the seminary where more than two hundred leaders are being trained. T w o special fields of h o m e missions in the Taiwanese church are the w o r k a m o n g the aboriginal mountain people and that a m o n g the fishing people of the Pescadore Islands. W o r k among the mountain people was started during the w a r by a Christian Japanese w o m a n . T hr o u g h persecu­ tion and difficulties the evangelization of these people grew rapidly. N o w with the help of m a n y churches and individuals there are m o r e than 350 churches. There is also a training school for forty-eight students from nine tribes. W o r k in the Pescadores has m a n y difficulties to meet. T h e dangerous winds and tides, the whirlpools near these islands, cut the m off from the others. T h e people in the Pescadores are forced to be idle half the year because of natural conditions. Y et there are seventeen churches, all estab- Miss Jeane Walvoord, visiting in Hong Kong, awards prizes for at­ tendance and Bible study at the North Point Daily Vacation Bible School. There are a great, many Amoy-speak­ ing Chinese in North Point where the church is held in an apartment house.

Students of the Tainan Theo­ logical Seminary in Taiwan, on Children assist in radio an evangelistic field trip to the evangelism in D u ma- mountain area, use a raft to guete, Philippine Islands (Schroeder cross a swollen stream. photo) by singing in the choir. (Muilenburg photo)

A scene of busy activity outside the en­ trance to the general classroom build­ ing of Chung Chi College in Hong Kong. (Photo courtesy United Board for Chris­ tian Higher Education in Asia) lished since the war. Their great need is trained leadership and buildings. Only five groups have church buildings and six have pastors.

T he churches in H o n g K o n g , the crossroads of East Asia, also have a great need for understanding and support as they face the problems of po p u ­ lation increase and inadequate housing. S o m e 800,000 Chinese are added to the population of Ho n g Ko n g each year. There are over 300,000 A m o y ­ speaking people in that great unsettled city. Th e two Amoy-speaking churches aid in the distribution of relief goods. Clinics and preaching centers are set up a m o n g the refugees. Such centers place students in educational institu­ tions; help others get started in business; care for the sick at the clinic or interpret for others in hospitals and find h o m e s for the refugees. Surveys have been m a d e which reveal great need for mo r e evangelistic centers in at least four different areas. Already this outreach has begun in ho m e s of Am o y ­ speaking Christians in five separate districts. A n e w primary school was built by one of the churches in 1957 and has an enrollment of 3 00 pupils this year. A n e w church building will be completed before the end of 1959. For three successive years very fine s u m m e r conferences have been held with speakers from the Philippines cooperating each year. M a n y you ng peo­ ple have dedicated themselves to evangelistic work. Their training must be completed and adequate schools provided for the youth w h o will be the leaders of the next generation. But here, too, language separates the Chinese Christians. During the past year the R e f o r m e d Chu rc h missionaries have b e c o m e m e m b e r s of the H o n g K o n g Council of the C h u rc h of Christ in China, and it is expected that the two Amoy-speaking churches will soon be active in this council, thus renewing their affiliation with the C h u rc h of Christ in South China of which they were charter members. The churches on the mainland of China should never be forgotten. Although the picture that w e receive is disheartening, the very existence of the Christian Ch u rc h is a matter for heartfelt thanksgiving. In August sixty- five churches of Peiping were merged into four, one each for the north, south, east and west sections of the city. T h e m a n y churches in Shanghai have been reduced to twelve. People wh o are considered non-productive are put in labor c a m p s or co m m u n e s . Loyal pastors have been separated from their congre­ gations and their families, but they are persevering in preaching the Gospel whenever they are allowed to gather with people w h o are of like mind. In s o m e areas evangelistic services have been held. M u c h suffering has been reported. T h e C h u rc h has deep roots in the lives of its m e m b e r s and w e rejoice that the Gospel is being preached. T h e sixteenth century Reformers said, “W h e r e the W o r d of G o d is preached and the sacraments of Christ administered, there is the Church.” According to that criterion the Ch u r c h is alive in China today. A Group of Staff, missionaries, Board members and guests at the February 1959 Board meeting held at the Metuchen and Highland Park, N. J., Reformed Churches. 7. DEVELOPMENTS AT HOME

\M t h i n the past year several decisions have been m a d e on staff personnel and responsibilities. T h e first relates to the successor of a m e m b e r of staff w h o is soon to retire. Thirteen years have n o w elapsed since the merging of the W o m a n ’s Bo a r d of Foreign Missions and the B o a r d of Foreign M i s ­ sions. T h e record of these years has demonstrated that the interests of both boards have been fully met by the united board and its staff which combines both m e n and w o m e n executives. T h e retirement of Miss Ru t h R a n s o m is imminent, and the Bo a r d has found in Miss Ru t h E. Joldersma a highly qualified person to assume ad m i n ­ istrative responsibility for personnel and w o m e n ’s work. Miss Joldersma has been nominated by the Boa rd for election by the 1959 session of the General Synod. If she is approved by the General Synod she will be given an oppor­ tunity to ma k e a firsthand study of the overseas program of the Board. Miss R a n s o m will continue to carry office responsibilities until Miss Joldersma’s return. T h e Organization Committee of the Board has continued to study during 1958 and 1959 the w o r k load of the staff and has secured the services through board action of a controller. This will m a k e possible the transfer of secretarial responsibility for Overseas Chinese from Miss R ut h R a n s o m to Dr. Henry G. Bovenkerk in September.

Another personnel change which occurred during the year was the appointment of the director of the Department of Audio-Visual Aids, the Rev. R o y Adelberg. Earlier Mrs. J. Foster We l w o o d was n a m e d director of the Department of W o m e n ’s W o r k and the church at large has already felt the efficient service given by these two able directors and will further benefit from the promotional information provided by these two departments. T h e w o m e n ’s societies continue their record of steadily increased giving to the overseas program of the Re f o r m e d Church. In 1957 their total con­ tributions were $170,078.41. In 1958 the amount was $172,916.14. Often w h e n an agency is in the process of reorganization there occurs a temporary decrease in financial support, but this was not true of the Re f o r m e d Chu rc h w o m e n as they are looking to 1960 as the target date for their reorganiza­ tion w h e n the n e w national Department of W o m e n ’s W o r k will begin to function. T h e past year has seen the development of our potential in the field of audio visual aids with the establishment of a full time Department of Audio-Visual Aids sponsored cooperatively by the Boards of Domestic Missions, Education and Christian W o r l d Mission. Wit h the m a n y slides available from overseas there will be m o r e material for the use of the churches. A sound strip, New Look in Kuwait, has been produced. Mr. Peter Va n d e r Mo l e n of Grandville, Michigan, a me m b e r of the Au d i o Visual Committee, has placed his slide-tape programs with libraries for distribution to the entire church and has be c o m e the distributing agent in the mid-West.

T h e development of the Department of Audio-Visual Aids under a full time director occurred simultaneously with the production of the first full length motion picture film ever produced b y the R e f o r m e d Church. Dr. Wendell Phillips, author and archeologist, took extensive pictures of O m a n including a full record of the activity of the C h u rc h of Christ and of the Mission. H e kindly permitted the B o a r d to utilize any of the m o r e than 16,000 feet of film taken. Un d e r the general direction of Mr. Adelberg, w h o also narrated the script, there is n o w available the excellent film, The Land that Men Passed By. T h e director of the Department of Audio-Visual Aids represents the Board on the planning committees of the Commission on Missionary Educa­ tion and on the working committees of the Broadcasting and Film C o m m i s ­ sion of the National Council of Churches in the preparation and production of cooperatively sponsored audio-visual aids. Continuing the excellent precedents of previous years, the B o a r d re­ sponded to invitations of local congregations and were the guests of the Central Reformed Church in Grand Rapids during October 1958; the R e f o r m e d Churches of M e t u c h e n and Highland Park were the joint hosts for the February 1959 meeting of the Board; the historic First C h u r c h of Albany, N e w York, used their anniversary as an occasion for inviting the Board to meet with them in M a y 1959. A large nu m b e r of missionaries and scholarship students fr o m overseas also were guests of the churches during these meetings of the Board. T h e y added mu c h to the inspiration of Bo a r d me m b e r s and gave information which w as helpful as decisions were made. During the latter part of August in 1958 the fifth annual session of the Furloughing Missionary Conference was held at H o p e College, and o n this occasion an additional day w as devoted to consultations with the large n u m b e r of medical students w h o have m a d e application to be c o m e missionary nurses and doctors. While no me m b e r of the staff of the Bo a r d has been able to participate in a deputation visit abroad, other representatives of the denomination were able to m a k e trips of study and observation. U n d e r the com bi ne d sponsor­ ship of the Ch u rc h Herald and the Bo a r d for the Christian W o r l d Mission, Dr. L. H. Benes, accompanied by Mrs. Benes, visited every mission area and recorded m a n y of his first-hand observations in letters published b y the Church Herald. Dr. Lester J. Kuyper of Western Theological Seminary visited the me m b e r s of the Arabian Mission, except those in Iraq, in connec­ tion with his sabbatical studies in Palestine. Dr. and Mrs. B. J. M u l d e r of the Bo a r d of Education attended the 14th Wo r l d Convocation of Christian Education held in Tokyo, Japan. Miss Joan V a n Riper and Miss Grace Pelon also attended this convocation, and at the request of the Children’s Department Miss Pelon visited Formosa, H o n g K o n g and the Philippines to observe the areas of Re f o r m e d Ch u rc h mission w o r k in those lands. In recognition of the ne w situation following Wo r l d W a r II wh e n h u n ­ dreds of millions of people received their freedom and a ne w sense of dignity, and our sister churches abroad attained n e w stature, the B o a r d has for several years been giving special attention to relationships between these sister churches and the Ref o r m e d Church, between the missionaries and the churches abroad to which they are related, and between the missionaries and the B oa rd and staff. With the growth of the national churches, the potential for evangelism increases immeasurably and it is highly important that happy relationships maintain so this potential m a y be realized. A t the s a m e time the situation is a complex one and not easy of solution. Since the first Furloughing Missionary Conference was held in 1953, the role and relationships of the missionaries in the n e w kind of world in which w e live have been a major concern. Missionary personnel have been given larger participation in board discussions, all missionaries o n furlough being invited to at least one session of the Board. Until s o m e ten years ago they were invited to no meetings of the Board. A n increasingly large nu m b e r attend General S yn od and every year several are sent to the Assembly of the Division of Foreign Missions. Steady progress is being m a d e and the whole ptocess of discussion by correspondence and personal interview will continue in careful, unhurried pace because in this changing world no static relationship can ever be attained. It is imperative, however, that a c o m m o n understanding of basic principles soon be reached. T h e first step in the study was the writing of resource papers by mis­ sionaries, m e m b e r s of the Board and of staff. F r o m these papers and m a n y discussions general principles were set forth in a paper entitled The Role and Relationships of the Missionary. This was reviewed by the Board, a m e n d e d and approved for referral to all missionary personnel. Missionaries o n furlough and present at these meetings of the B oard participated in the discussions. Missionaries at h o m e and abroad studied the do c um en t and all c o m ­ ments, either written or in conversation with deputation members, were duplicated and sent to every m e m b e r of the Board. Revisions were m a d e in the light of these suggestions and the revised d o c um en t as approved by the B oa rd was again sent to all missionary personnel. Their co m m e n t s this time also were given to me m b e r s of the Board and the policy paper again revised. It was approved at the M a y meeting of the Board and the principles enunci­ ated in it will n o w be incorporated in an overdue revised manual. 8. MISSIONARY PERSONNEL

T h e n u m b e r of missionaries varies each year because of retirements and the time of acceptance of candidates. O n Ma y 1, 1959 there are 164 mission­ aries in active service. Thirty-nine m e n are ordained; 19 are unordained (8 are doctors); 57 are married w o m e n (3 are doctors and 8 are nurses) and 43 unmarried w o m e n (2 are doctors, 16 are nurses and 25 are teachers). Six short term missionaries are serving in Japan, Arabia, the Philippine Islands and H o n g Kong. There are 37 emeritus missionaries with career service a nd 2 0 w h o have served abroad for mo r e than 15 years. O f the 23 y ou ng people w h o are under appointment, 9 will sail before September 15, 1959. T h e others will have further necessary study before they sail.

RETIRED 1958-59 Miss Elizabeth G. Bruce

AT HOME ON FURLOUGH AS OF SEPTEMBER IS, 1959:

From Africa — Rev. and Mrs. Paul E. Hostetter Miss Arlene Schuiteman

From Arabia — Rev. and Mrs. James W. Dunham Rev. and Mrs. George Gosselink Dr. and Mrs. Maurice M. Heusinkveld Miss Christine A. Voss

From India — Rev. and Mrs. Cornie A. De Bruin Dr. and Mrs. J. J. DeValois Miss C. Willamina Jongewaard Rev. and Mrs. Ralph G. Korteling Rev. and Mrs. John D. Muyskens Rev. and Mrs. Eugene L. Ten Brink Rev. and Mrs. Herbert E. Va n Vranken Miss Marjorie A. Va n Vranken

From Japan — Miss F. Belle Bogard Miss Elaine Buteyn Rev. and Mrs. John C. de Ma a g d

From United Mission in Iraq — Rev. and Mrs. Bernard D. Hakken

From Overseas Chinese — Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Poppen APPOINTEES TO SAIL WITHIN THE YEAR: To Iraq — Rev. and Mrs. Robert J. Block To Japan — Mr. John D. Ho o d (short term) Rev. and Mrs. Gordon D. La m a n To Overseas Chinese — Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. How ar d (Philippine Islands) Rev. and Mrs. Alvin J. Poppen (Hong Kong)

APPOINTEES ACCEPTED FOR FUTURE SAILING: To Africa — Dr. and Mrs. Harold A. Paul To India — Miss Vivian I. Anderson Miss Christine An k e r Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Zw e m e r To Overseas Chinese — Dr. and Mrs. Gerben Dykstra Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Vander Aarde To be Assigned — Dr. and Mrs. Wesley W. Sikkema

Fifteen of those w h o are h o m e o n furlough will b e c o m e emeritus missionaries in 1960. Twelve of these are ordained m e n and their wives. W e are grateful that so m e fine young people from the seminaries are apply­ ing for overseas service but w e need mo r e ordained men. Registered nurses are needed greatly — both for career service and for short term service. Teachers, single w o m e n , evangelists, accountants and builders are also greatly needed.

NOTE: O n M a y 8 the following were accepted to sail before the end of 1959: To India — Rev. and Mrs. Russell C. Block To Japan — Miss Jeneva K. Breed (Short term) Mr. Carroll M. de Forest (Short term) Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf KUyten To Overseas Chinese— Rev. and Mrs. Gordon De Pree (Civilian Chaplain for Ho n g Ko n g ) Dr. and Mrs. M. Samuel Noordhoff (Taiwan) T h e following were accepted for future sailings — to be assigned to O v e r ­ seas Chinese: Mr. and Mrs. Ow e n T. Bechtel NECROLOGY Mrs. Vesta Greer Peeke (August 16, 1958) was a missionary in Japan from 1893 to 1931. She and her husband served in several cities on the island of Kyushu. T o d a y several thriving Christian churches stand as living m o n u m e n t s to their wo r k and perpetuate their co m m i t m e n t to Christian outreach. She was the kind of missionary wife and mother who se character and conduct have b e c o m e part of the great tradition of courageous and noble service which form so m e of the most glorious chapters in the annals of the Christian church. She arrived in Japan at an age w h e n transporta­ tion was still quite primitive and family life was established ami d rudi­ mentary conveniences. In this setting she raised seven children, still living, often carrying the sole responsibility for family life while her husband was a w a y o n evangelistic itinerations. Mrs. Peeke in her lifetime embraced almost the whole span of the history of protestantism in Japan. During her early years she k n e w those Protestant stalwarts w h o first set foot on that island nation. During her closing years she lived to see the final year of a century of effort. W h a t better example can we find in that century of Christian endeavor in terms of courageous motherhood, of Christian dedi­ cation, of intellectual vigor and gracious Christian piety than Mrs. Vesta Greer Peeke! Rev. Lyman A. Talman (October 17, 1958) served in China from 1916­ 1931. H e and Mrs. Talman went directly from N e w Brunswick Seminary to China. Although his service in China was limited, his keen interest in this country w as always evident. U p o n severing his connection with the B o a r d he be c a m e a Presbyterian minister and before his retirement served in several churches in the Steuben-Elmira Presbytery. * * * After thirty-six years of service to the former W o m a n ’s Board of Foreign Missions, the Department of W o m e n ’s W o r k and the present Board for the Christian Wo r l d Mission, Miss Martha E. Andersen died on N o v e m ­ ber 8. M a n y missionaries have k n o w n and loved her d o w n through the years. She was never too busy to listen to the problems of those w h o c a m e to her desk. H e r devotion to the wo r k and the industrious w a y in which she performed it are well known. Blessed with a phenomenal memory, she could re m e m b e r dates, occasions, middle initials and conversations with an ease that constantly surprised her colleagues. She had experienced and b e c o m e acclimated to m a n y changes that have been m a d e during this length of time. He r presence and her wa r m interest in people are greatly missed. 9. FINANCES

T h e w o r l d m i s s i o n program of the Reformed Church in America is more than ever before the concern of the two hundred thousand individual church members. Ninety-six percent of the 1958 income of the B oard c a m e from these living donors. It is to these consecrated Christians that the Bo a r d con­ veys its ringing statement of gratitude in the na m e of the Saviour of the world.

THE YEAR WAS MARKED BY: I. A steady increase in budget income 1958 1957 From Living Donors ..... $1,126,061.26 $1,065,514.49 F r o m Non-living Sources 49,696.92 54,488.41 T ot al...... $1,175,758.18 $1,120,002.90 A m o u n t of Increase . $ 55,755.28 Percentage of Increase 4 . 9 7 %

II. There has been a slight decrease in per capita giving 1^41 ...... $1.75 per member 1951 ...... 4.78 per member 1955 ...... 5.35 per member 195 6 ...... 5.55 per member 1957 ...... 5.60 per member 1958 ...... 5.54 per member III. C omparison of income from Particular Synods

COMPARISON OF GROSS INCOME FROM PARTICULAR SYNODS Change in Change in 1958 1957 Figures Percentage Particular Synod of Albany.. $ 79,155.88 $ 73,918.10 $ 5,237.78+ 7 % + Particular Synod of Chicago. 181,013.78 169,446.21 11,567.57+ 7 % + Particular Synod of Iowa.... 268,674.98 253,755.57 14,919.41 + 6 % + Particular Synod of Michigan 345,162.59 323,654.19 21,508.40+ 7 % + Particular Synod of New Jersey 165,980.17 156,275.94 9,704.23 + 6 % + Particular Synod of New York 102,058.13 104,790.18 2,732.05— 2.6%— Total...... $1,142,045.53 $1,081,840.19 $60,205.34+

IV. Sources of Budget Income Analyzed by Percentages:

4 %

4 % of the Budget Income came from Interest on Legacies V. Percentage of In c om e Distribution — 1958 6.4% 4.2% 5 m 6.4% T h e Christian Witness in Africa

9.8%

21.0% 7.6% 21.0% T h e Christian Witness in Arabia

12.0% 17.0% 17.0% > T h e Christian Witness 2.0% in India

2.0% T h e Christian Witness in Iraq

15.0% T h e Christian Witness in Japan

12.0% T h e Christian Witness to the Overseas Chinese

7.6% Pensions and Social Security

9.8% Administration a n d Services to Missionaries

4.2% Interpretation and Promotion -

5.0% Cooperation within the Re f o r m e d Ch u r c h — « 100.00% VI. Gross In c o m e from Classes Particular Synod of A Ibany Changes in 1958 1957 Figures Albany ...... $12,302.86 $10,680.93 $ 1,621.93 Col um bi a ...... 7,955.19 11,018.35 — 3,063.16 Greene ...... 2,492.22 1,745.90 746.32 M o n t g o m e r y ...... 9,293.20 8,809.53 483.67 Rochester ...... 19,505.64 20,106.05 — 600.41 Saratoga ...... 6,171.18 3,653.33 2,517.85 Schenectady ...... 18,949.30 15,636.11 3,313.19 Schoharie ...... 2,486.29 2,267.80 218.49

Particular Synod of Chicago Chicago ...... 52,521.83 45,877.52 6,644.31 U l i a n a...... 41,403.89 42,540.48 — 1,136.59 Illinois ...... 29,237.84 29,504.91 — 267.07 Wisconsin ...... 57,850.22 51,523.30 6,326.92

Particular Synod of Iowa Central California..... 2,687.97 2,293.12 394.85 Southern California.... 23,219.55 18,750.51 4,469.04 Cascades...... 12,777.49 10,856.19 1,921.30 Dakota ...... 15,142.36 13,273.55 1,868.81 Germania ...... 12,347.63 9,449.45 2,898.18 M i n n e s o t a...... 19,330.13 19,251.96 78.17 Pella ...... 46,362.01 45,984.55 377.46 Pleasant Prairie...... 28,137.77 31,132.35 — 2,994.58 East Si o u x...... 36,426.58 34,150.99 2,275.59 West Sioux ...... 58,177.45 55,586.87 2,590.58 West Central...... 14,066.04 13,026.05 1,039.99

Particular Synod of Michigan Grand Rapids, North .. 53,191.99 46,864.30 6,327.69 Grand Rapids, South... 61,344.82 56,330.71 5,014.11 Holland ...... 61,399.35 54,553.02 6,846.33 K a l a m a z o o ...... 44,128.88 42,406.07 1,722.81 L a k e Erie ...... 6,582.34 9,388.79 — 2,806.45 M u s k e g o n ...... 51,601.04 54,056.24 — 2,455.20 Z e e l a n d...... 66,914.17 60,055.06 6,859.11

Particular Synod of New Jersey Bergen ...... 32,505.91 28,738.40 3,767.51 Metropolitan Jersey ...... 13,700.94 13,467.66 233.28 N e w a r k ...... 11,051.45 9,376.86 1,674.59 N ew Brunswick...... 17,183.27 12,521.19 4,662.08 P a r a m u s ...... 34,113.79 38,416.08 — 4,302.29 Passaic ...... 35,474.01 35,881.06 — 407.05 Philadelphia ...... 11,045.85 9,121.95 1,923.90 Raritan ...... 10,904.95 8,752.74 2,152.21

Particular Synod of New York North Long Island...... $25,634.65 $21,527.70 $ 4,106.95 South Long Island... 9,967.65 11,421.43 — 1,453.78 N e w Y o r k ...... 20,660.22 19,599.06 1,061.16 Orange ...... 10,547.55 11,651.22 — 1,103.67 Poughkeepsie ...... 4,799.88 5,366.80 — 566.92 Ulster ...... 10,200.29 12,355.30 — 2,155.01 Westchester ...... 20,247.89 22,928.67 — 2,680.78 RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1958

I. F o r t h e B u d g e t o f t h e B o a r d A. Offerings from Living Sources: Churches, S.S. & Y.P.S.... $ 944,196.75 W o m e n ’s Societies ...... 158,686.88 Individuals ...... 23,177.63 $1,126,061.26 B. I n c o m e from Non-Living Sources: Interest on Funds Available for the Budget of the Bo a r d .. 49,425.59 Miscellaneous Income ..... 271.33 $1,175,758.18

II. F o r Sp e c i a l O b j e c t s O u t s i d e t h e B u d g e t A. Income from Living Donors: Churches, S.S. & Y.P.S...... 25,243.58 W o m e n ’s Societies ...... 14,229.26 Individuals ...... 17,628.04 R C A World Service...... 8,124.88 Eendracht Campaign ...... 4,701.17 $ 69,980.93

B . Income from Non-Living Sources: Legacies ...... 22,981.20 Interest on Funds Not Available to the Budget ...... 20,394.93 $ 113,357.06 Total Receipts ...... $1,289,115.24

1958 Total In c om e from Living Sources: For the Budget of the Bo a r d .. $1,126,061.26 For Non-Budget Items...... 69,980.93 $1,196,042.19

1957 Total Income from Living Source.. $1,183,949.84 Gain in Contributions from Living Sources $ 12,092.35 Loss in Total Receipts from all Sources. $ 39,709.69 (Board of Foreign Missions)

AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE

To the Official Board of the Board for the Christian World Mission of the Reformed Church in America (Board of Foreign Missions)

W e have made an examination of the books and accounting records of the Board for the Christian World Mission of the Reformed Church in America (Board of Foreign Missions) for the year ended December 31, 1958 and have prepared therefrom the following statements: Exhibit “A ” — Balance Sheet Exhibit “B” — Statement of Income, Expenditures and Appropriations Schedule “A-l” — Summary of Changes in Unexpended Appropriations Schedule “A-2” — Summary of Changes in Sundry Funds Schedule “A-3” — Designated Funds Schedule “A-4” — investments — Endowment and Reserve Funds Schedule “A-5” — General Endowment Funds Balances Schedule “A-6” — Specific Endowment Fund Principal and Income Balances Schedule “A-7” — Summary of Changes in Restricted Reserve Funds Schedule “B-l" — Schedule of Administration and Service to Missionaries Schedule “B-2” — Schedule of Education and Promotion Schedule “B-3” — Schedule of Cooperation within the Denomination Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and, accordingly, included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in each circumstance. In our opinion, the accompanying statements present fairly the financial position of the Board for the Christian World Mission of the Reformed Church in America (Board of Foreign Missions) as at December 31, 1958 and the results of its operations for the year then ended. They were prepared in con­ formity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis con­ sistent with that of the preceding year.

New York 36, N. Y. L A M B R I D E S & L A MBRIDES March 23, 1959 Certified Public Accountants BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION

OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA

(Board of Foreign Missions)

BALANCE SHEET

December 31, 1958

ASSETS

General Operating Fund:

Cash ...... $ 363,126.57 Savings Accounts ...... 36,964.17 U. S. Government Bonds— (Market Value $149,962) .... 156,166.66 Bank Acceptances ...... 174,990.57 Loans and Advances Receivable ...... 5,950.52 Participating Interest in Interchurch Center...... 5,000.00 Receivable from Missionaries ...... 2,880.89 Field Remittance Applicable to 1959 ...... 11,903.90 Real Estate — Missionary Residences ...... 15,750.00 Loan Receivable from Arabian Mission (Advanced from Backenstos Legacy) ...... 27,437.36

Total General Fund Assets $ 800,170.64

Endowment and Reserve Funds:

Cash— (Overdraft) ...... $( 670.71) Investments: Bonds— (Market Value $862,625) ..... $872,338.56 Stocks — (Market Value $1,175,035) ... 743,272.38 Mortgages ...... 51,087.41 Federal Savings and Loan Shares ...... 35,000.00

Total Investments — per Schedule “A-4” ...... 1,701,698.35

Total Endowment and Reserve Funds Assets 1,701,027.64

TOTAL ASSETS ...... $2,501,198.28 BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION

OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA

(Board of Foreign Missions)

BALANCE SHEET

December 31, 1958

FUNDS AND RESERVES

General Operating Fund:

Unexpended Appropriations — per Schedule “A-l” ...... $ 331,890.50 Sundry Funds — per Schedule “A-2” ...... 236,603.00

Designated Funds — per Schedule “A-3” ...... 109,444.26 1958 Capital Funds Budget Appropriation — per Exhibit “B ” ...... 31,274.04 General Fund Balance:

Balance, January 1, 1958 ...... $59,543.76

A d d — Net Credit Applicable to Prior Years 31,414.99

Balance, December 31, 1958 ...... 90,958.75

Total General Operating Fund ...... $ 800,170.64

Endowment and Reserve Funds:

General Endowment Funds — per Schedule “A-5” ...... $ 679,457.50

Specific Endowment Funds — per Schedule “A-6” ...... 392,287.70

Specific Endowment Funds Accumulated Income — per Schedule “A-6” ...... 45,160.10

Reserve for Losses on Sales of Investments ...... 162,340.89

Restricted Reserve Funds — per Schedule “A-7” ...... 419,753.05 Undistributed Investment Income...... 2,028.40

Total Endowment and Reserve Funds 1,701,027.64

TOTAL FUNDS AND RESERVES $2,501,198.28

EXHIBIT “A ” Statement of Income, Expenditures and Appropriations

For the Year Ended December 31, 1958

Income (Budgetary): Income from Living Donors ...... $1,126,061.26 Income from Investments ...... 40,745.95 Income from Funds held by Board of Direction ...... 8,679.64 Miscellaneous ...... Zll's

Total Budgetary Income ...... $1,175,758.18

Expenditures and Appropriations (Budgetary): Mission Field Expenses: Africa ...... $ 55,658.40 Arabia i::::::::...... 160,443.98 India ...... 146,034.79 Japan ...... — ...... 118,516.52 Overseas Chinese ...... 73,019.82 United Mission in Iraq ...... 17,250.00

Total Mission Field Expenses ...... $ 570,923.51

Recruits and Missionaries on Furlough...... 173,941.73 Administration and Service to Missionaries — per Schedule “B-l” ...... 112,346.54 Retirement Allowance, Social Security and Pension Fund .... 86,722.74 Education and Promotion — per Schedule “B-2" ...... 48,533.49 Cooperation within Denomination — per Schedule “B-3” .... 57,904.65 Cooperative Projects ...... 39,650.00 Contingent Fund Expenditures ...... 54,121.26

Total Budgetary Expenditures and Appropriations ...... 1,144,143.92

Excess of Budgetary Income over Expenditures and Appropriations ...... $ 31,614.26 Less — Annuity Payments ...... 340.22

Balance — Appropriated ^ 1958 Capital Funds Budget — $ 31 274 04

E X H I B I T “B ” Summary of Changes in Unexpended Appropriations For the Year Ended December 31, 1958

Disbursements Balance Receipts and and other Balance 1/1/58 other Credits Charges 12/31/58 Unexpended Appropriations for: ~ Africa ...... $ 22,258.87 $ 740.54 $ 3,540.54 $ 19,458.87 Arabia ...... 62,861.12 26,821.47 29,725.22 59,957.37 India ...... 76,294.29 22,017.00 1,286.00 97,025.29 Japan ...... 98,670.63 7,959.60 57,526.81 49,103.42 Overseas Chinese...... 10,310.12 36,423.56 20,483.57 26,250.11 Domestic ...... 7,515.99 73,216.15 5,371.10 75,361.04 Scholarships for W o m e n ...... 4,734.49 — — 4,734.49

Total — carried to Exhibit “A ” $282,645.51 $167,178.32 $117,933.24 $331,890.59

S C H E D U L E “A-l”

Summary of Changes in Sundry Funds

For the Year Ended December 31,1 958

Balance Balance 1/1/58 Credits Charges 12/31/58 Legacy Funds: Designated Legacies...... $ 97,068.49 $ — $ 6,781.86 $ 90,286.63 General Purpose Legacies...... 129,503.22 12,284.80 16,034.41 125,753.61 Eendracht Fu n d ...... 10,615.39 4,701.17 176.02 15,140.54 Insurance Fu n d ...... 764.11 — 61.31 702.80 Advance Budget Appropriation — 1956.. 724.95 — 724.95 _ Advance Budget Appropriation — 1957.. 116,493.98 — 116,493.98 — Revolving Fund for Missionary Education Films ...... 2,801.77 4.68 — 2,806.45 Real Estate Income Balance...... 1,747.14 2,994.31 2,828.48 1,912.97

Total — carried to Exhibit “A ” $359,719.05 $ 19,984.96 $143,101.01 $236,603.00

SCHEDULE “A-2”

Designated Funds

as at December 31,1 958

Overseas Chinese ...... $ 2,461.96 India Mission ...... 14,746.81 Arabia Mission ...... 18,917.30 Africa Mission ...... 6,558.12 Japan Mission ...... 22,626.40 Service Projects ...... 8,897.92 Reformed Church World Service ...... 28,929.86 Miscellaneous Other ...... 6,305.89

Total Designated Funds — carried to Exhibit “A ” ...... $109,444.26

S C H E D U L E “A-3” INVESTMENTS — Endowment and Reserve Funds

Schedule of Investments as at December 31,1 958 BONDS Book Market Government Bonds: Value Value $100,000 Twelve Federal Land Bank Cons. Farm, 4%, due $ 100,000.00 $ 100,250.00 50.000 U.S.A. Treasury Bond, Investment, Series “B ”, 23A% , due 4/1/80 ...... 51,178.50 45,500.00 75.000 U.S. Savings Bond, Series “G ”, 2l/2%, due 1/1/59 .... 75,000.00 75,000.00 11.500 U.S. Savings Bond, Series “K ”, 2.76%, due 3/1/66 .... 11,500.00 11,109.00 55.000 U.S.A. Treasury, 2,/2%, due 11/15/61 ...... 55,018.75 53,143.75 4,000 U.S.A. Treasury Bonds, 214%, due 6/15/62 ...... 3,707.50 3,792.50 10.000 U.S.A. Treasury, 3 % % , due 11/15/62, Series “C ” ... 10,031.25 10,018.75 35.000 U.S.A. Treasury Notes, Series “A ”, 4%, due 8/1/61 .. 35,098.44 35,317.19

Total Government Bonds $ 341,534.44 $ 334,131.19

Other Bonds: $ 6,000 American Telephone and Telegraph Co., 25 yr. deb., 33/8%, 12/1/73 ...... 5,562.50 $ 5,520.00 5.000 Central Illinois Public Service, 1st Mortgage, A, 3ys%, due 10/1/71 ...... 5,056.25 4,500.00 24.000 Chicago & Western Indiana R.R. Co., 1st Sinking Fund A, Gtd., 43/8%, due 5/1/82 ...... 24,733.75 23,040.00 3.000 Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1st E, Gtd., 3 % % , due 2/1/69 ...... 2,835.00 2,696.25 25.000 Florida Power & Light Co., 1st Mtg., 314%, due 1/1/74 26,000.00 22,500.00 35.000 General Telephone Corp., Conv. Deb., 414%, due 6/1/77 ...... 37.625.00 46.725.00 20.000 Grand Union Co., Conv. Sub. Deb., 41/8%, due 7/15/78 23.025.00 25.900.00 20.000 Great Northern Railway Co., Gen. Mtg. C, 5%, due 1/1/73 ...... 25,050.00 20,550.00 50.000 Great Northern Rwy. Co., Gen. Mtg. R, 214%, due 1/1/61 ...... 47.687.50 48,000.00 10.000 Illinois Bell Tel. Co., 1st Mtg., A, 234%, due 1/15/81 10.112.50 7,850.00 25.000 Indiana Harbor Belt R.R. Co., 1st Mtge., 51/8%, due 6/1/82 ...... 24,739.25 24,750.00 45.000 Interchurch Center, 2nd Mtge., Leasehold, 514%, 1/1/98 ...... 45,000.00 40,500.00 5.000 Koppers Co., 1st Mtge., 3%, due 10/1/64 ...... 5,100.00 4,825.00 34.000 Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., Sinking Fund deb., 3 % % , 7/1/67 ...... 34,686.60 31.620.00 10.000 National Cash Register, Conv. Sub., 414%, 12/15/81 10,820.31 15.300.00 5.000 N e w York Steam Corp., 1st Fully Gtd., 314%, 7/1/63 4,787.50 4,900.00 25.000 Northern Illinois Gas Co., 1st Mtge., 314%, 1/1/79 .... 25,500.00 22.750.00 5.000 Ohio Edison Co., 1st Mtge., Series 1945, 234% , due 4/1/75 ...... 5,031.25 4,075.00 5.000 Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., 1st Mtg., Ref. Mtg. L, 3%, due 6/1/74 ...... 4.250.00 4,337.50 6.000 Penn. Power & Lt. Co., 1st Mtge., 3%, 10/1/75 ... 5.160.00 4.920.00 800 Pub. Serv. Elec. & Gas Co., 50 yr. deb., 6%, 7/1/98 .... 800.71 980.00 7.000 Rochester Tel. Corp., Sinking Fund Deb., 4%, 12/1/63 7.140.00 6.930.00 25.000 Rochester Tel. Corp., 1st Mtge. D, 5%, 1/1/91 ..... 25.000. 00 25,000.00 24.000 Safeway Stores, Inc., S.F. Deb. “B ”, 414%, 11/1/69 24.000. 00 23.760.00 35.000 Sinclair Oil Corp., Conv. Sub. Deb., 43/8%, 12/1/86 .. 37,275.00 41.125.00 6.000 Southern Calif. Edison Co., 1st & Ref., 3%, 9/1/65 .... 5.580.00 5.715.00 25.000 State Loan. & Finance Corp., Sub. Deb. W.W., 534%, n/15/78 ...... 25,000.00 26,000.00 15.000 Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., 1st Pipe Line, 314%, due 2/1/75 ...... 15,216.00 13,200.00 20.000 Twin City Rapid Transit Co., Collateral Trust, 4%, due 10/1/64 ...... 16,200.00 18,600.00 2.000 Washington Water Power Co., 1st Mtge., 314%, 6/1/64 1,830.00 1,925.00

Total Other Bonds $ 530,804.12 $ 528,493.75

Total Bonds $ 872,338.56 $ 862,624.94

S C H E D U L E “A-4” INVESTMENTS — (Continued)

STOCKS Book Market Shares Value Value 150 Amerada Petroleum Corp...... 21,123.28 $ 15,468.75 150 American Investment Co. of Illinois, 514%, Pfd.. 15,000.00 15,300.00 300 American Natural Gas C o ...... 18,382.72 19,650.00 2 Anglo-Lautaro Nitrate — Class A 1 5 Angio-Lautaro Nitrate — Class B J ...... 62.50 61.25 652 Arizona Public Service C o ...... 14,994.59 27,302.50 1,100 Beneficial Finance C o ...... 13,701.87 28,600.00 66 Beneficial Finance Co., 5 % Pfd., Par $50 ...... 2,172.13 3,201.00 400 Bethlehem Steel Corp...... 9,650.90 20,950.00 100 Central Vermont Public Service Corp., 4.15%, Pfd. 9,275.48 7,800.00 500 Chicago, Great Western Rwy. Co., 5 % Pfd., Par $50 ...... 14,665.65 20,500.00 600 Chicago, Great Western Rwy. C o ...... 27,249.02 27,900.00 500 Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc...... 22,561.90 26,187.50 400 Colorado Interstate Gas C o ...... 17.500.00 21,800.00 210 Copper Range Co ...... 12,832.75 5,565.00 276 Creditors Holding Co., Inc. \ 913/1000ths Creditors Holding Co., Inc., Pfd. J ...... 1.00 — 200 E. I. D u Pont de Nemours & Co ...... 9,274.35 42,750.00 210 Eastman Kodak Co ...... 9,049.78 30,345.00 200 General American Transportation ...... 10,530.60 23,100.00 600 General Shoe Corp...... 12,090.00 16,200.00 500 General Telephone Co. Northwest, 4.80%, Pfd., Par $25 ...... 12,500.00 10,000.00 300 Halliburton Oil Well Cementing C o ...... 11,281.95 18,525.00 300 Hugoton Production C o ...... 17,975.00 23,400.00 250 Idaho Power Company ...... 10,285.95 12,500.00 72 International Business Machines ...... 22,887.95 38,520.00 250 International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd...... 9,022.43 22,062.50 200 Kennecott Copper Corp...... 14,117.19 19,700.00 300 Lily-Tulip Cup Corp...... 18,948.84 28,800.00 200 M a y Department Stores, $3.40 Pfd., N o Par ... 16,568.50 14,000.00 50 Monongahela Power Co., 4.40% Pfd...... 5,175.00 4,325.00 630 National Cash Register C o ...... 5,894.16 49,770.00 1,000 Norwich Pharmacal C o ...... 8,676.25 52,000.00 50 Ohio Edison Co., 4.40% Pfd...... 5,150.00 4,537.50 400 Ohio Oil C o ...... 15,854.52 15,950.00 50 Oklahoma Natural Gas Co., Series “A ”, 43A% Pfd., $50 Par ...... 2,625.00 2,325.00 200 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 6%, 1st Pfd., $25 Par 6,900.00 6,100.00 400 Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line C o ...... 15,185.10 23,500.00 400 Phillips Petroleum C o ...... 11,307.13 19,300.00 3 Prudence - Bonds Corp...... 1.00 — 200 Public Service Co. of Indiana, 3Vi% Pfd...... 16,768.70 14,200.00 200 Richfield Oil Corp...... 18,096.00 20,125.00 25 Sherwin-Williams Co., 4 % Pfd...... 2,350.00 2,362.50 500 Socony-Mobile Oil Co., Inc...... 8,315.81 24,187.50 800 South Carolina Electric & Gas C o ...... 19,316.96 27,700.00 458 Standard Oil Co. of Indiana...... 20,847.51 21,640.50 2 Standard Oil of N e w Jersey ...... — 95.00 1,165 State Loan & Finance Corp. “A ” ...... 15,000.00 29,707.50 100 Tennessee Gas Transmission Co., 5.10% Pfd.... 10,200.00 8,800.00 750 Travelers Insurance C o ...... 9,018.69 70,125.00 300 Union Carbide Corp...... 9,505.01 37,837.50 304 United States Fidelity & Guaranty C o ...... 8,612.78 24,700.00 1,200 United States Pipe & Foundry C o ...... 14,758.05 32,400.00 200 United States Rubber Co., 8 % Non-Cum., 1st Pfd. 31,800.00 29,250.00 416 United States Rubber Co ...... 17,030.03 19,708.00 400 United States Smelting, Refining & Mining, 7 % Pfd., $50 Par ...... 24,564.40 20,100.00 200 United States Steel Corp., 7 % Pfd...... 30,400.00 29,625.00 150 Wheeling & Lake Erie Rwy. C o ...... 17,756.70 16,350.00 1,000 Wisconsin Bankshares Corp...... 18,457.25 28,125.00

Total Stocks $ 743,272.38 $1,175,034.50

S C H E D U L E “A-4” INVESTMENTS — (Continued)

MORTGAGES

Interest Maturity Book Location Rate Date Value 448 N e w Jersey Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. . 6 % Open $ 2,030.00 6116 Tyndall Avenue, Bronx, N. Y ...... 41/2 6/30/59 8,250.00 529 Third Street, Brooklyn, N. Y ...... 41/2 7/1/61 7,444.68 342-44 West 30th Street, N e w York, N. Y. 4Y2 1/31/62 19,122.73 69-32 75th Street, Middle Village, N. Y. ... 6 Open 790.00 1413 78th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y ...... 6 Open 2,530.00 3460 Bailey Avenue, Bronx, N. Y ...... 6 Open 10,920.00

Total Mortgages $ 51,087.41

FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS Book Investment Share Certificate Value $ 2 M Aurora Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Baltimore, M d ...... $ 2,000.00 2 M Cayuga Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Philadelphia, Pa...... 2,000.00 3 M Chicago Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Chicago, 111...... 3,000.00 3 M Colonial Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Dongon Hills, Staten Island, N. Y ...... 3,000.00 5 M Danielson Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Danielson, Conn...... 5,000.00 2 M East End Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Pittsburgh, Pa...... 2,000.00 2 M First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Greene County, Waynesburg, Pa. 2,000.00 2 M First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Philadelphia, Pa...... 2,000.00 2 M Fort Pitt Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Pittsburgh, Pa...... 2,000.00 4 M Hinsdale Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Hinsdale, Pa...... 4,000.00 2 M Leeds Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Baltimore, M d ...... 2,000.00 2 M Liberty Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Baltimore, Md...... 2,000.00 2 M Pennsylvania Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Philadelphia, Pa...... 2,000.00 2 M Public Federal Savings & Loan Assoc., Philadelphia, Pa...... 2,000.00

Total Federal Savings & Loan Shares $ 35,000.00

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS

Bonds ...... $ 872,338.56 Stocks ...... 743,272.38 Mortgaiges ...... 51,087.41 Federal Savings and Loan Association Shares ...... 35,000.00 Total Endowment Fund Investments — carried to Exhibit “A ” $1,701,698.35

S C H E D U L E “A-4” General Endowment Fund Balances as at December 31, 1958

Income Available for Various Purposes Principal Within the Regular Budget: 12/31/58 Ida Baldwin Fund ...... $ 5,500.00 William C. Barkalow ...... 10,784.60 Abbie J. Bell...... 700.00 Clara de Forrest Burrell ...... 4,066.96 Mary E. Bussing ...... 30,055.50 Rev. Henry E. Cobb ...... 2.500.00 Mary Starre Co e ...... 1,000.00 Elizabeth Conover ...... 1,205.89 Jonah E. and Ida Crane ...... 600.00 William De Fisher ...... 1.518.63 Elizabeth Diehl ...... '.. 6.500.00 Daniel and Alida Dimnent ...... 8.010.00 Ann Eliza Disborough ...... 2,000.00 Martha T. Douglas ...... ’ 3.000. 00 Laura E. Dunn ...... 20,521.89 Charlotte W. Duryee ...... 2,022.47 First Reformed Church, Hudson, N. Y. (Pearl R. Simmons) 1.000. 00 Anna E. Gaston ...... 4,532.17 Catherine Jane Gebhard ...... 8.047.64 Jane An n Gopsil ...... 14,339.08 John Heemstra and Family Mission ...... 4.500.00 Emily Hermance ...... 459.10 Elise W. Hill ...... 10,198.74 Mary Hobart ...... 435.42 John Hoffman ...... 100.00 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Hollestelle ...... 4.500.00 Garrett N. Hopper ...... 1.500.00 Abel H. Huizenga ...... 1,000.00 In Memoriam Fund ...... 500.00 Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Kollen ...... 3.750.00 Minnie Kouvenhoven ...... 386.45 Susan Y. Lansing ...... 7.500.00 Mrs. Celia Laming ...... 7.500.00 John S. Lyles ...... 50.000. 00 Mary Louise Leonard ...... 688.66 Anna Elizabeth Leonard ...... ' ... 33.500.00 Madison Avenue Reformed Church .. 15.000. 00 Clarine V. B. and Lucy A. Matson ...... 1,000.00 Heye Mennenga ...... 600.00 Charles E. Moore ...... 475.00 Jane T. B. M o o r e ...... 400.13 Ada Louise Moore ...... 3,479.57 Jane Hunnewell Morrison ...... Matilda M. Nash ...... ’...... 4.000. 00 John Neefus ...... 2.000. 00 9,379.86 P. I. and M. V. K. Neefus ...... Mary Neefus ...... 14.000. 00 4,045.09 North Reformed Church, Passaic, N^J. 29,661.97 Charles W. Osborne ...... 5.000. 00 Agnes L. Pearson ...... 3.862.92 Josephine Penfold ...... Permanent Fund ...... 5.000. 00 Mrs. Edward H. Peters ...... 14.550.00 403.77 Catherine Jane Pryer Evangelistic ...... 1.000. 00 John H. Raven and Elizabeth Raven, Trust Agreement.. Helen A. Rollins ...... 87,770.08 Margaret Roosa ...... 1,733.98 4.293.92 Anna and Margaret Roosenraad Evangelistic ..... Jane A. Scardefield ...... 202.74 A. J. Schaeffer ...... 1,000.00 Semelink Family Mission ...... 194.25 Rev. Dr. C. D. F. Steinfuhrer ...... 14.000. 00 Katherine M. Talmage ...... 5.500.00 5,827.37 S C H E D U L E “A-5”

49 BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION

OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA

S u m m a r y of Changes in Restricted Reserve Funds

For the Year Ended December 31, 1958

Receipts Disbursements and other and other Balance 1/1/58 Costs Charges 12/31/58 Conditional Gifts...... $ 59,650.00 $ — $ — $ 59,650.00 China Reserve — Principal..... 107,189.22 5,600.00 101,589.22 China Reserve — Income...... 14,363.45 5,565.10 — 19,928.55 — 19,687.45 General Building Fu n d ...... 18,800.32 887.13 Medical Fund for Retired Missionaries...... 13,383.13 607.84 4,162.50 9,828.47 Security Fund for Emergencies.. 191,622.69 8,846.67 — 200,469.36 Bahrain Hospital Building Fund ... — 8,600.00 — 8,600.00

Total Restricted Reserve Funds — carried to Exhibit “A ” ...... $ 405,008.81 $ 24,506.74 $ 9,762.50 $ 419,753.05

SCHEDULE “A-7”

Administration and Service to Missionaries

For the Year Ended December 31,1 958

Stationery, Office Supplies and Mimeograph Expense $ 2,372.15 Accounting and Auditing Fees ...... 1,750.00 Office Furniture, Repairs, etc...... 1,639.27 Postage, Telegrams and Cables ...... 3,751.50 Office Rent ...... 8,499.95 Telephone ...... 1,879.46 Travel — Board Members ...... 13,406.34 Executives’ Salaries and Housing Allowances: Housing Salaries Allowance Ruth Ransom, Secretary ... $ 6.450.00 $ 1,800.00 $ 8.250.00 B. M. Luben, Secretary ... 6.450.00 1,800.00 8.250.00 H. G. Bovenkerk, Secretary and Treasurer ...... 6.450.00 1,800.00 8.250.00 Edwina Paige, Associate Treasurer ...... 4.500.00 1,500.00 6,000.00

Totals ...... $ 23,850.00 $ 6,900.00 $ 30,750.00

41,493.56 Contributory Annuity Fund, Social Security and Hospitalization .... 6,237.88 Office Contingent ...... 566.43 Total Administration and ^ Service to Missionaries — carried to Exhibit “B ” ...... $ 112,346.54

SCHEDULE “B 1” Education and Promotion

For the Year Ended December 31 ; 1958

$ 137.08 Books and Pamphlets Purchased ...... ; Printing Pamphlets and Promotional Material 10,976.29 3,031.58 Annual Report ...... 18.70 Audio Visual Aid .... -...... Field Secretaries’ Salaries and Housing Allowances: Housing Salaries Allowance $ 5,350.00 $ 1,650.00 $ 7,000.00 J. E. Buteyn, Secretary 7,000.00 L. A. Sibley, Secretary 5,350.00 1,650.00 $ 10,700.00 $ 3,300.00 $ 14,000.00 5,609.42 Field Secretaries’ Expenses ...... 618.70 Summer Conferences ...... Travel A m o n g Churches by Missionaries 11,109.78 3,031.94 Travel A m o n g Churches by Secretaries ... Total Education and Promotion — $ 48,533.49 carried to Exhibit “B ” ....

S C H E D U L E “B-2”

Cooperation Within The Denomination

For the Year Ended December 31, 1958

$ 5,756.16 Staff Conference ...... 4,000.00 Audio Visual Office ...... Department of Young People’s Work 11,020.00 Department of Children’s W o r k .. 8,400.00 Department of W o m e n ’s Wor k .... 10,792.25 Department of Stewardship ...... 17,936.24 Total Cooperation within the Denomination — carried to Exhibit “B ” ...... $ 57,904.65

S C H E D U L E “B-3” BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION

OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA

D E C E M B E R 31, 1958

Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS OF ALBANY Albany, First ...... 3,712 50 100 00 11 66 525 00 4,349 16 370 00 50 00 37 00 457 00 333 09 88 34 19 35 440 78 490 00 20 00 184 50 28 00 722 50 22 20 22 20 1,572 50 6 67 25 00 131 96 1,736 13 57 22 49 00 15 00 22 51 143 73 67 84 67 84 1,750 00 100 00 120 00 56 77 2,026 77 111 00 111 00 42 66 22 20 64 86 368 50 55 15 17 00 440 65 323 62 32 37 22 45 7 40 385 84 20 00 20 00 100 00 30 00 130 00 Union Meetings ...... 294 40 890 00 1,184 40 Totals ...... 9,321 13 517 06 18 33 1,289 70 1,156 64 12,302 86

CLASSIS OF BERGEN 933 03 95 00 135 00 1,163 03 664 50 175 00 839 50 412 12 20 00 83 85 515 97 100 00 50 00 125 00 12 00 287 00 925 00 103 60 81 15 52 62 1,162 37 Coytesville, 175 00 75 00 250 00 Englewood Community .... 1,358 61 98 40 20 00 40 00 1,517 01 English Neighborhood .... 275 00 62 00 75 00 412 00 Hackensack, First ..... 741 59 25 00 5 00 180 00 951 59 3,702 70 212 75 955 00 150 70 5,021 15 238 21 55 50 30 00 323 71 Harrington Park 840 00 172 58 50 00 32 75 1,095 33 Hasbrouck Heights, 3,081 77 31 67 335 00 373 00 3,821 44 1,204 90 115 10 160 00 70 41 1,550 41 1,500 00 67 55 879 83 323 59 2,770 97 2,832 72 165 30 190 00 481 15 3,669 17 Rochelle Park, First ... 1,675 00 50 00 8 33 65 00 220 00 2,018 33 2,880 00 233 00 235 00 85 00 3,433 00 550 00 7 88 15 00 572 88 Union Meetings ...... 80 50 1,050 55 1,131 05 Totals ...... 24,090 15 1,423 78 52 88 3,753 48 3,185 62 32,505 91

CLASSIS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Calvary ...... 1,238 91 51 85 20 63 437 50 160 00 1,908 89 9 25 9 25 Modesto, Paradise 95 02 7 50 100 07 202 59 Oakland, Sobrante Park 1 85 1 85 Sacramento, Church of Christ 25 00 25 00 Sacramento, Hope 77 16 77 16 San Francisco, Miraloma 1 00 1 00 Union Meetings...... 312 23 150 00 462 23 Totals ...... 1,448 19 51 85 20 63 757 23 410 07 2,687 97 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS O F S O U T H E R N CALIFORNIA 1,867 00 218 33 165 69 82 00 2,333 02 1,300 00 200 00 25 00 112 50 450 00 2,087 50 705 43 11 67 93 50 82 94 893 54 4,575 00 18 00 120 16 4,713 16 Buena Park Community .. 185 00 185 00 572 95 42 00 10 00 624 95 Garden Grove Community 640 90 35 00 675 90 Hope Community ..... 2,694 00 230 91 2,924 91 37 00 92 23 129 23 30 00 40 00 70 00 165 00 200 00 48 83 413 83 25 00 25 00 277 50 46 00 323 50 Paramount Emmanuel .... 1,442 53 725 00 236 05 328 50 532 29 3,264 37 Park Hills...... 950 54 950 54 Santa Ana, Parkview 668 75 87 50 144 54 900 79 400 00 320 00 170 98 988 50 124 12 9 90 30 00 164 02 West Valley Family .... 481 00 17 85 498 85 Union Meetings ...... 203 84 439 10 410 00 1,052 94 Totals ...... 17,315 56 1,560 73 287 72 1,711 27 2,344 27 23,219 55

CLASSIS OF CASCADES Bottrel Community..... 87 99 87 99 Lynden, First ...... 1,665 13 800 00 56 67 275 00 2,796 80 Lynden, Faith ...... 1,061 36 258 97 16 67 171 23 13 30 1,521 53 Montana, First ...... 361 00 361 00 638 51 251 32 24 80 30 00 944 63 2,603 34 700 00 331 12 3,887 31 Woodway Community .. 198 70 78 43 10 00 165 08 452 21 Yakima, First ...... 1,347 34 8 00 25 00 1,380 34 Bethel, Abbotsford, B.C., Can...... 22 40 22 40 Edmonton, First, Edmonton, Alta, Can. .. 280 12 280 12 Hope, Lethbridge, Alta, C a n ...... 8 25 181 25 189 50 Monarch, Alberta, Can. .. 171 06 11 66 61 94 41 00 285 66 Union Meetings ...... 568 00 568 00 8,436 95 2,088 72 103 00 1,465 34 683 48 12,777 49

CLASSIS OF CHICAGO 11 10 350 00 401 10 Bethany ...... 14,050 00 25 00 200 00 14,275 00 425 00 350 00 885 00 Berwyn, First ...... 3,928 26 1,210 68 25 00 214 41 5,378 35 Emmanuel ...... 2,075 00 525 00 30 00 50 00 2,680 00 Englewood, First ...... 2,900 00 700 00 50 00 10 00 3,660 00 1,265 00 129 50 60 00 80 00 1,534 50 1,200 00 500 00 200 00 1,935 00 Lombard, Fellowship ... 537 37 100 00 637 37 Mt. Greenwood, First .... 2,807 92 1,156 12 31 50 170 00 62 15 4,227 69 Riverdale, Ivanhoe ..... 1,177 00 1,177 00 6,385 00 51 89 30 00 6,622 04 Stickney, Faith Community ...... 604 60 604 60 West Side ...... 3,870 00 600 00 4,647 50 Union Meetings ...... 210 66 253 80 2,592 22 800 00 3,856 68 Totals ...... 40,842 31 5,673 19 315 30 3,384 22 2,306 81 52,521 83 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS O F COLUMBIA 1,724 11 22 20 62 00 1,808 31 617 00 50 00 50 00 717 00 40 00 20 50 60 50 64 30 22 20 5 00 91 50 278 89 35 00 125 00 27 58 466 47 Greenport, Mt. Pleasant .. 130 00 41 13 200 00 5 00 376 13 2,217 50 70 40 155 00 45 00 2,487 90 '216 98 17 50 234 48 148 16 76 90 29 27 33 30 287 63 Livingston Memorial, Linlithgo, N. Y ...... 95 38 1 67 97 05 10 50 3 50 14 00 10 00 10 00 450 00 46 34 45 00 541 34 94 18 5 00 99 18 29 80 3 20 33 00 51 43 25 00 76 43 Union Meetings...... 134 27 90 00 330 00 554 27 Totals ...... 6,302 00 330 27 26 67 776 67 519 58 7,955 19

CLASSIS OF DAKOTA Aurora, Stickney...... 1,355 38 75 83 11 67 90 00 1,532 88 101 16 23 37 124 53 50 00 273 75 1,377 90 700 00 363 27 139 69 2,580 86 15 00 65 00 80 00 1,030 42 57 40 50 00 1,137 82 160 73 150 00 8 49 184 50 503 72 1,745 00 6 67 202 35 4 50 1,958 52 115 86 21 59 137 45 116 70 75 6b 42 46 234 16 57 78 57 78 Monroe, Sandham 443 50 127 90 50 00 621 40 274 39 208 06 265 00 30 00 777 45 60 85 75 00 135 85 Springfield, Emmanuel .... 1,291 47 72 55 6 67 405 79 31 29 1,807 77 57 00 200 00 18 33 74 00 349 33 804 53 108 79 63 33 505 00 26 20 1,507 85 Union Meetings ...... 508 74 812 50 1,321 24 Totals ...... 9,137 67 1,890 87 115 16 2,188 65 1,110 01 15,142 36

CLASSIS O F GERMANIA 57 44 57 4* Bethany, Clara City .... 2,422 29 175 00 30 00 300 00 2,927 2S 25 00 25 00 50 0< 661 76 43 19 5 00 709 9‘ 551 09 125 00 676 0‘ 700 00 62 50 16 45 778 9 276 76 38 26 31 61 346 6 92 47 92 4 223 00 223 0 154 33 43 01 8 33 6 48 39 62 251 7 257 95 420 54 178 40 59 77 916 6 485 43 43 28 16 67 545 3 351 84 81 00 33 87 466 7 179 00 56 61 10 00 35 00 126 90 407 5 99 00 10 00 164 31 12 43 285 7 733 45 155 93 24 00 175 00 28 49 1,116 8 Trinity, Sibley ...... 530 00 155 00 13 33 165 00 33 75 897 0 145 87 72 49 5 00 223 3 Union Meetings ...... 623 37 751 36 1,374 7 Totals ...... 7,946 68 1,203 31 112 33 1,946 06 1,139 25 12,347 6 CLASSIS OF NORTH GRAND RAPIDS Aberdeen Street ...... 785 00 50 00 125 35 960 35 y^da ...... 600 00 30 00 630 00 Allendale, Hudsonville .... 503 58 45 00 108 05 656 63 Bethany, St. Petersburg ... 40 00 40 00 Casnovia ...... 34 25 30 00 64 25 Eastmont ...... 428 51 50 00 12 50 10 00 501 01 Grand Rapids, Third ... 7,535 63 1,010 50 6 00 325 78 8,877 91 Grand Rapids, Fourth .... 1,070 00 350 00 150 00 1,570 00 Grand Rapids, Seventh .... 1,180 83 700 00 5 00 160 00 2,045 83 Grand Rapids, Ninth ... 111 00 350 00 85 00 546 00 Grand Rapids, Bethany .. 8,400 00 470 37 430 00 9,300 37 Grand Rapids, Bethel .. 3,929 50 400 00 110 00 850 00 5,289 50 Grand Rapids, Calvary .... 3,580 00 293 00 13 50 205 39 5 00 4,096 89 Grand Rapids, Central .... 5,480 00 38 74 330 00 139 43 5,988 17 Grand Rapids, Fairview .. 1,876 50 1 85 65 00 435 18 2,378 53 Grand Rapids, Knapp Avenue ...... 350 00 140 00 10 00 66 75 566 75 Grand Rapids, Remembrance ...... 47 20 47 20 Grand Rapids, Richmond . 2,909 00 45 00 71 37 15 00 3,040 37 Grand Rapids, Standale . 63 20 30 00 93 20 Grand Rapids, Trinity .... 2,855 50 350 00 133 00 48 00 3,386 50 Grant ...... 1,005 61 350 00 25 00 20 00 1,400 Oakview ...... 30 00 15 00 45

Rockwood ...... 37 00 37 §82 Exeter, Bethel, Ont., Canada ...... 55 00 55 00 Hope, Strathroy, Canada . 20 00 5 00 15 00 40 00 London, Immanuel, Ont., Canada ...... 110 85 110 85 Union Meetings ...... 924 07 500 00 1,424 07 Totals ...... 42,403 91 4,627 75 160 09 3,355 53 2,644 71 53 191 99

CLASSIS OF SOUTH GRAND RAPIDS Byron Center ...... Ill 00 1,212 50 350 00 150 00 21 98 1,845 48 Corinth ...... 2,004 32 284 48 50 00 50 20 2,389 00 Grand Rapids, Fifth ... 3,750 25 400 00 35 00 4,185 25 Grand Rapids, Eighth .. 2,800 00 2,285 00 300 00 1,025 56 6,410 56 Grand Rapids, Beverly 1,530 00 175 00 1,705 00 Grand Rapids, Everglades 550 00 30 00 16 75 596 75 Grand Rapids, Faith .. 1,370 23 74 00 100 00 1,544 23 Grand Rapids, Garfield Park ...... 3,779 00 900 00 357 50 347 56 5,384 06 Grand Rapids, Grace .. 6,636 77 140 00 59 44 6,836 21 Grand Rapids, H o m e Acres ...... 1,030 00 885 00 115 00 2,030 00 Grand Rapids, Hope ... 2,200 00 227 00 2,000 00 4,427 00 Grand Rapids, Immanuel 9,177 50 15 00 200 00 1,000 00 10,392 50 Grand Rapids, Newhall .. 375 00 375 00 Grand Rapids, Oakdale Park ...... 2,133 59 60 00 75 00 75 48 2,344 07 Grand Rapids, Unity .. 50 00 60 00 25 00 135 00 Grandville, First ...... 2,565 00 600 00 10 00 471 09 228 89 3,874 98 Grandville, Olivet ..... 1,525 00 1,400 00 25 00 430 00 20 00 3,400 00 Grandville, Zion ...... 1,205 65 4 00 60 00 25 00 1,294 65 Immanuel Community, Lansing ...... 19 05 350 00 20 00 389 05 Maranatha, Ont., Canada 145 00 145 00 St. Catherine’s, Ont., Canada ...... 92 96 10 00 25 00 127 96 Union Meetings ...... 25 00 988 07 500 00 1,513 07 Totals ...... 42,500 32 8,664 98 425 00 4,303 66 5,450 86 61,344 82

CLASSIS OF GREENE Athens, First ...... 131 35 50 00 181 35 Catskill, First ...... 1,181 33 94 18 81 00 165 55 1,522 06 Coxsackie, First ...... 89 00 89 00 Coxsackie, Second .... 187 92 16 36 204 28 Kiskatom ...... 128 48 15 00 37 50 180 98 Leeds ...... 57 00 57 00 Union Meetings...... 67 55 190 00 257 55 Totals ...... 1,775 08 109 18 186 05 421 91 2,492 22 CLASSIS OF HOLLAND Beechwood ...... 1,545 08 1,410 00 810 62 203 87 200 00 4,169 57 Calvary ...... 559 76 82 00 54 62 696 38 Central Park ..... 1,087 00 150 00 1,237 00 Christ Memorial .... 688 20 76 30 65 00 829 50 Ebenezer ...... 1,038 63 925 00 1,963 63 Fennville Immanuel 11 10 11 10 Holland, First .... 6,559 57 1,480 00 6 90 475 00 320 22 8,841 69 Holland, Third ... 8,294 44 150 00 367 74 8,812 18 Holland, Fourth .. 2,944 13 2,800 00 11 67 165 00 84 25 6,005 05 Holland, Sixth ... 2,029 00 262 50 120 00 311 65 2,723 15 Holland, Bethel .. 5,281 00 700 00 30 00 145 60 185 28 6,341 88 Holland, Hope ... 2,410 00 20 70 425 00 2,855 70 Holland, Trinity .. 9.825 50 250 00 100 00 10,175 50 Maplewood ...... 3,271 25 425 00 190 00 100 00 3,986 25 Rose Park ...... 710 00 80 00 37 25 827 25 Bethel ...... 10 00 10 00 Union Meetings .. 435 53 621 61 856 38 1,913 52 Totals ...... 45,980 19 8,037 50 879 89 3,919 38 2,582 39 61,399 35

CLASSIS OF ILLIANA American, De Motte .. 1,310 93 962 50 7 25 213 75 2,494 43 Annville ...... 55 50 55 50 Calvary, South Holland .. 2,245 41 650 00 8 33 122 50 3,026 24 Christian Park, Indianapolis ...... 1,575 50 23 87 2 51 1,601 88 Danforth ...... 170 76 164 16 85 00 419 92 De Motte, First ...... 1,256 05 450 00 35 00 125 00 1,866 S S S Harvey, Bethel ...... 760 50 350 00 10 00 42 30 437 22 1,600 Homewood ...... 860 00 65 00 925 Keystone, Indianapolis ...... 267 50 25 00 25 00 317 50 Lafayette ...... 350 00 350 00 110 00 85 35 895 35 Lansing, First ...... 1,850 00 850 00 10 00 212 00 25 00 2,947 00 Lansing, Grace ...... 996 00 700 00 277 70 87 81 2,061 51 Munster, Trinity ...... 1,091 00 248 67 40 00 218 91 1,598 58 Pembroke Community 18 50 18 50 Riverside Park, Ha m m o n d 375 00 370 00 14 71 759 71 Ross ...... 549 87 350 00 5 00 121 80 20 00 1,046 67 South Holland, First ... 8,921 09 2,195 00 26 67 685 00 11,827 76 Tinley Park ...... 424 00 9 33 433 33 Wichert, First ...... 2,156 89 20 00 305 60 2,482 49 Woodmar, Hammond .. 20 00 20 00 Union Meetings ...... 1,370 00 2,150 95 1,485 50 5,006 45 Totals ...... 26,604 50 7,359 20 99 09 4,816 60 2,524 50 41,403 89

CLASSIS OF ILLINOIS Baileyville ...... 300 00 500 00 15 00 150 00 10 00 975 00 Bethel, Sterling .... 170 60 13 18 22 50 5 00 211 28 Community ...... 60 00 60 00 Ebenezer, Morrison .. 3,526 78 787 50 63 33 830 00 919 68 6,127 29 Ebenezer, Oregon .... 742 50 262 50 15 00 20 00 1,040 00 Elim ...... 447 50 100 00 12 85 560 35 Emmanuel, Morrison .. 509 31 132 82 25 00 310 00 98 64 1,075 77 Fairview ...... 411 00 74 00 3 33 125 52 35 00 648 85 Faith. Lanark ...... 92 50 206 13 298 63 Forreston ...... 1.117 37 111 00 151 00 83 50 1,462 87 Fulton, First ...... 3.133 76 33 33 159 75 12 00 3.338 84 Fulton. Second ...... 1,400 00 350 00 47 50 372 11 107 77 2,277 38 Fulton, Trinity ...... 3.134 00 248 73 135 74 42 11 3,560 58 Newton Zion ...... 322 01 313 31 177 00 57 73 870 05 Normandale ...... 27 80 27 24 55 04 Peoria, First ...... 78 27 60 00 20 00 158 27 Pekin, Second ...... 225 00 16 00 6 00 247 00 Raritan ...... 990 00 119 11 55 50 1,164 61 Silver Creek, German Valley ..... 850 00 301 27 85 00 250 00 46 95 1,533 22 Spring Valley ...... 286 47 315 70 360 00 38 62 1,000 79 Union Meetings ...... 200 00 11 67 834 91 1,525 44 2,572 02 Totals ...... 18,024 87 3,811 25 290 16 4,049 03 3,062 53 29,237 84 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS OF KALAMAZOO Allegan, First ...... 258 55 12 5n 298 81 Battle Creek, Trinity ... 311 15 16 67 Decatur, First ...... 265 87 20 00 Hopkins, Community .. 43 50 89 73 Kalamazoo, First .... 4,272 50 1,800 00 829 71 7,217 21 Kalamazoo, Second 2,980 00 700 00 15 00 1,222 50 91 25 5,008 75 Kalamazoo, Third ..... 2,872 00 1,100 00 692 60 158 39 4,834 24 Kalamazoo, Fourth 2,652 79 185 07 256 00 312 91 3,406 77 Kalamazoo, Bethany ... 4,615 00 818 18 607 56 6,040 74 Kalamazoo, Bethel .... 503 08 207 39 809 82 Kalamazoo, Calvary ... Kalamazoo, Faith .... 58 65 107 44 Kalamazoo, Greenwood . 113 23 25 00 40 00 Kalamazoo, Haven .... 35 00 87 50 3 77 Kalamazoo, Hope .... 126 27 2,760 86 9 00 46 32 25 00 3,174 18 Kalamazoo, North Park .. 1,962 54 1,050 00 215 00 3,227 54 Kalamazoo, Trinity .... 1,196 00 360 00 105 50 162 78 Kalamazoo, 1,824 28 Twin Lakes ...... 350 00 108 00 Martin, First ...... 443 17 350 04 803 21 Portage, First ...... 2,531 83 735 84 105 00 160 00 South Haven, Hope .. 3,532 67 447 00 40 00 489 00 Three Oaks ...... 360 00 102 45 462 45 Ebenezer, Stoney Creek, Ontario ...... 129 50 51 08 Union Meetings ..... 180 58 20 00 323 67 800 00 1,143 67 Totals ...... 29,103 57 6,785 03 5,091 00 3,077 36 44,128 88

CLASSIS OF L A K E ERI E Calvary Community, Wyandotte ..... 350 00 82 22 Brunswick Community .... 10 88 39 40 Cleveland, Brooklyn Community ...... 77 70 75 00 Cleveland, Calvary ..... 480 25 136 06 100 00 Cleveland, Parkview Community ...... 277 50 Cleveland, Riverside .. 471 06 z. / / J\J Detroit, Faith Community 328 63 Detroit, First ...... 372 50 193 50 8 52 100 00 Detroit, Hope ...... 138 35 812 87 129 50 40 00 8 66 Detroit, Nardin Park .. 208 16 700 00 195 65 20 00 12 97 928 62 Grace, Allen Park .... 550 00 40 00 Inkster Trinity ..... 150 00 80 00 Southgate Community, Wyandotte ... 215 15 10 00 Chatham, Ont., First ... 99 55 25 40 10 20 19 00 28 85 183 00 Leamington, Ont., Faith . 62 18 4 49 Union Meetings ...... 49 05 1 67 91 99 635 00 777 71 Totals ...... 4,323 95 630 10 60 39 490 99 | 1,076 91 6,582 34 Sunday Schools

CLASSIS OF NORTH LONG ISLAND Astoria, First...... 177 60 15 81 3 33 18 00 214 74 Astoria, Second...... 63 26 70 00 133 26 College Point ...... 1,449 60 10 00 215 00 57 50 1,732 10 Colonial, Bayside ...... 550 00 5 00 112 50 667 50 Douglaston Community ... 12 50 12 50 Far Rockaway...... 111 00 45 00 156 00 Flushing ...... 1,925 00 124 50 417 50 2,467 00 Flushing, Church-on-the- Hill ...... 729 88 50 00 52 50 25 00 857 38 Glendale ...... 125 00 5 00 39 10 169 10 Greenpoint...... 37 00 20 05 57 05 Hicksville ...... 1,549 49 75 00 1,624 49 Jamaica, First ...... 200 00 116 00 85 00 401 00 K e w Gardens, First .... 1,944 28 167 50 2,111 78 Levittown Community .... 1,146 70 5 83 199 50 232 00 1,584 03 Locust Valley ...... 700 00 71 02 771 02 Long Island City, First ... 720 17 22 49 85 00 123 24 950 90 N e w Hyde Park ...... 237 50 14 20 44 25 295 95 Newton First, Elmhurst .. 185 00 115 00 300 00 North Hempstead, Manhasset ...... 977 50 147 00 1,124 50 Oyster Bay, Brookville .... 610 80 79 16 689 96 Plainview Community .. 210 34 210 34 Queens Village ...... 950 00 11 67 10 00 35 00 1,006 67 Queensboro Hill Community ...... 200 00 100 00 97 23 10 00 407 23 Ridgewood, Trinit....y .. 275 00 50 00 65 00 390 00 South Bushwick ...... 35 00 10 00 107 50 10 00 162 50 Steinway ...... 962 95 26 04 11 67 10 00 1,010 66 Sunnyside ...... 718 50 15 00 733 50 West Sayville, First ... 2,161 50 148 00 9 00 470 00 75 00 2,863 50 Williston Park ...... 20 00 75 00 95 00 Winfield ...... 446 76 40 00 486 76 Union Meetings ...... 1,178 23 770 00 1,948 23 Totals 19,419 83 560 75 56 50 3,482 96 2,114 61 25,634 65

CLASSIS OF SOUTH LONG ISLAND Brooklyn, First ...... 536 63 665 00 1,201 63 Cambria Heights Community ...... 787 25 25 00 155 31 967 56 Canarsie ...... 150 00 10 00 160 00 Edgewood ...:...... 5 00 5 00 Flatbush, First ...... 63 00 4 17 1,205 00 1,272 17 Flatbush, Second ...... 3 00 3 00 Flatlands ...... 1,000 00 124 36 190 00 50 00 1,364 36 Forest Park ...... 317 05 6 25 17 50 340 80 Grace ...... 113 65 113 65 Gravesend ...... 900 00 205 00 1.105 00 Hempstead ...... 675 49 175 00 40 00 890 49 Merrillon Neighborhood .. 51 80 51 80 N e w Brooklyn ...... 124 31 10 00 50 00 184 31 N e w Lots ...... 137 41 137 41 North Baldwin 26 36 845 71 Community ...... 809 35 10 00 N e w Utrecht ...... 408 45 335 00 51 00 794 Ridgewood ...... 74 00 74 South Brooklyn ...... 50 00 89 00 50 00 189

Twelfth Street ...... 40 65 40© O ONQO-^ ut Woodlawn ...... 129 50 15 00 144 50 Union Meetings ...... 67 16 15 00 82 16 Totals ...... 6,368 54 130 61 4 17 3,026 66 437 67 9,967 65 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total CLASSIS O F METROPOLITAN JERSEY Bayonne, First ...... 465 83 Bergen ...... 10 00 444 00 75 no 130 00 699 00 Bergen Boulevard ..... 111 00 35 on Central Avenue, Jersey City ...... 600 00 50 00 Fifth Street, Bayonne .. 235 00 100 00 95 00 430 00 Faith Van Vorst .... 111 00 60 00 80 00 Greenville ...... 27 75 Grove, North Bergen .. 2,373 51 100 00 33 33 629 39 Guttenberg ...... 110 40 3,246 63 380 13 109 00 150 00 705 63 Hudson City, Second ... 150 00 35 00 Hoboken ...... 185 00 333 00 44 40 Lafayette ..... 452 40 367 69 402 69 Secaucus ...... 62 00 St. John’s ...... 111 74 20 00 Trinity, West Ne w York 229 24 1,398 71 120 00 1,569 71 Union City, Christ .... 92 50 230 00 Union City, First ...... 684 50 55 50 155 40 985 40 Union City, Hope ..... 38 85 8 00 Woodcliff Community .... 1,108 55 148 00 162 50 92 53 Union Meetings .. 1,511 58 333 10 709 30 1,042 40 Totals ...... 9,095 76 719 40 2,380 69 1,471 76 13,700 94 CLASSIS OF MINNESOTA American, Luverne, Minn. 235 53 50 00 10 00 100 00 395 53 Chandler ...... 1,101 81 234 00 Colton ...... 156 03 135 33 70 00 Edgerton, First ..... 840 13 619 73 10 00 Hollandale .... 40 00 1,884 86 1,856 19 243 25 180 17 2,554 61 Hope, Montevideo 500 86 67 00 35 00 Leota, Bethel ...... 602 86 1,389 29 1,795 68 Riverside ...... 45 00 1 67 Roseland .... 924 12 175 on j L oj Silver Creek ...... 733 87 9 21 Slayton ...... 813 08 443 75 610 83 1,079 58 993 96 668 37 j D U\/ Valley Springs ...... 103 89 2,246 51 293 36 216 03 11 67 105 00 626 06 Vista Lane Community 16 65 Volga ...... 16 65 307 22 150 00 495 87 Woodstock ...... 426 80 58 66 100 00 Worthington, American .. 585 46 517 61 405 50 60 15 983 26 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can. 66 76 Union Meetings ...... 641 00 902 00 1,543 00 10,848 94 3,483 70 202 55 3,197 80 1,597 14 19,330 13 CLASSIS OF MONTGOMERY Amsterdam, First ... 108 18 62 32 50 00 Amsterdam, Trinity .... 223 80 545 00 843 17 Canajoharie ...... 765 00 10 42 Cranesville ..... 179 50 192 50 Currytown ...... 84 47 64 20 Ephratah ...... 30 42 10 00 10 00 Florida (Amsterdam) .. 187 60 Fonda ...... 90 00 280 10 572 00 Fort Plain ...... 220 00 792 00 200 00 16 67 110 00 Fultonville ...... 130 00 Glen ...... 162 89 Hagaman, Calvary ..... 224 56 422 43 150 00 5 00 65 on 642 43 Herkimer ...... 840 00 113 on Johnstown ... 1,101 00 98 75 35 00 M o h a w k ...... 154 87 350 00 29 28 54 92 Owasco ...... 100 55 125 00 Owasco Outlet ...... 242 55 20 00 20 00 Pitcher Hill Community .. 162 48 9 71 Randall ...... 16 28 ...... St. Johnsville, St. John .. 346 00 11 67 122 50 Sprakers ...... 35 40 515 57 30 56 14 00 Syracuse, First ...... 74 04 Syracuse, Second ... 74 04 925 00 8 33 150 00 Thousand Islands .... 16 60 1,099 93 Utica Christ ...... 24 05 3 70 Union Meetings ...... 161 74 413 00 574 74 Totals ...... 6,204 78 533 30 75 43 j 1,759 90 719 79 9,293 20 CLASSIS OF MUSKEGON Atwood ...... 1,006 90 411 86 1,418 76 Barnard ...... 112 23 112 23 Conklin ...... 59 63 11 00 70 63 Coopersville ...... 3,850 00 46 67 529 75 1,002 30 5,428 72 East Fruitport ...... 365 00 365 00 Faith, Traverse City ... 386 54 25 00 411 54 Falmouth ...... 25 00 350 00 35 00 410 00 Ferry Memorial ...... 313 29 566 65 22 55 124 00 1,026 49 Fremont, First ...... 3,109 94 386 50 3,496 Glen Lake Community.. 37 00 37 Grand Haven, First .... 4,993 44 700 00 285 65 5,979 Grand Haven, Second .... 2,122 73 262 50 8 33 288 00 75 00 2,756 Grand Haven, Hope ... 1,345 63 11 00 1,356 Grand Haven, Trinity .. 43 88 43 Lucas, Rehoboth ...... 689 04 426 33 16 67 20 00 32 00 1,184 Midland ...... 236 00 350 00 10 00 596 Moddersville ...... 23 85 16 00 5 00 44 sgggassss Muskegon, Central .... 3,056 03 350 00 650 00 142 72 4,198 75 Muskegon, East Lawn 437 00 33 91 88 60 559 51 Muskegon, Faith...... 18 50 200 00 21 00 239 50 Muskegon, Fellowship.. 250 00 108 25 24 07 382 32 Muskegon, First ...... 2,450 00 800 00 8 33 275 25 167 98 3,701 56 Muskegon, Fifth ...... 1,692 50 300 00 12 00 308 50 19 21 2,332 21 Muskegon, Forest Ho m e 522 50 105 00 627 50 Muskegon, Laketon- Bethel ...... 835 26 700 00 12 83 69 60 83 00 1,700 69 Muskegon, Olivet ...... 231 79 222 00 48 00 501 79 Muskegon, Trinity ..... 3 70 ...... 3 70 Muskegon, Unity ...... 1,778 00 ...... 538 00 2,316 00 Muskegon, Westwood .. 11 00 11 00 Muskegon, Hgts, Covenant ...... 2,160 00 15 00 229 45 30 70 2,435 15 N e w Era ...... 1,664 10 600 00 394 97 70 50 2,709 57 Ravenna, First...... 38 30 13 75 52 05 Spring Lake, First ..... 2,300 00 4bb bb 238 00 2,938 00 Drayton, Ontario, Canada 119 29 5 10 37 50 161 89 Harriston, Ont., First .. 144 88 11 66 156 54 Union Meetings ...... 26 50 477 95 1,331 00 1,835 45 Totals ...... 36,134 57 6,511 39 136 59 5,711 01 3,107 48 51,601 04

CLASSIS OF NE W A R K Belleville ...... 507 00 40 00 547 00 Brookdale, Bloomfield .... 1,012 62 87 63 5 00 1,105 25 Central, Maplewood ... 225 65 60 00 285 65 East Orange, First ..... 10 00 25 00 9 13 44 13 Franklin ...... 336 17 25 00 361 17 Irvington, First ...... 730 81 70 00 32 71 833 52 Irvington, Second ..... 333 00 50 00 383 00 Linden ...... 2,084 06 106 71 42 50 50 00 2,283 27 Marconnier ...... 36 84 40 00 42 85 119 69 Montclair Heights ..... 296 00 25 00 50 00 371 00 Newark, Christ ...... 50 00 26 00 76 00 Newark, First ...... 405 00 30 00 435 00 Newark, First, German .. 30 00 ...... 30 00 Newark, North ...... 500 00 ...... 820 00 25 00 1,345 00 Newark, Trinity ...... 875 00 100 00 137 50 1,112 50 Plainfield, Netherwood .... 700 00 39 00 102 28 841 28 Plainfield, Trinity ..... 350 00 ...... 25 00 30 00 405 00 Union Meetings ...... 57 99 415 00 472 99 Totals ...... 8,027 15 358 34 5 00 1,897 99 762 97 11,051 45 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS O F NEW BRUNSWICK 203 50 20 00 481 00 250 00 100 50 174 00 73 53 100 00 80 00 East Millstone ...... 42 00 6 00 48 00 Faith ...... 24 05 24 05 Freehold, Second ...... 375 00 350 00 42 50 58 04 825 54 Grace, Bonhamtown ... 15 00 2 50 32 53 50 03 Griggstown ...... 148 00 58 00 70 00 276 00 Highland Park ...... 815 55 225 00 67 00 1 107 55 Hillsborough ...... 91 39 143 02 109 00 148 00 234 34 18 00 Manville, Magyar ...... 30 00 2 50 Metuchen ...... 2,812 00 101 71 11 02 350 00 701 49 3,976 22 753 70 33 10 Middletown ...... 259 00 N e w Brunswick, First .... 1,350 00 297 50 136 47 1 783 97 N e w Brunswick, Magyar .. 185 00 50 00 80 00 315 00 N e w Brunswick, Second .. 1,505 11 145 10 380 00 65 00 2,095 21 N e w Brunswick, Suydam Street ...... 70 30 85 00 N e w Shrewsbury, First .... 37 00 50 00 11 67 50 00 35 00 183 67 North Brunswick ...... 323 75 29 83 Old Brick, Marlboro ... 226 47 64 75 291 22 Rocky Hill ...... 309 55 50 00 St. Paul’s ...... 37 00 25 00 Six Mile Run— Franklin Park ...... 215 85 117 50 South River, Hungarian 111 00 30 00 141 00 Spotswood ...... 202 40 Union Meetings ...... 12 72 213 50 165 00 391 22 Totals ...... 11,223 49 1,455 68 35 41 2,473 50 1,995 19 17,183 27

CLASSIS O F N E W Y O R K Bethany Memorial ..... 192 03 15 00 Brighton Heights ...... 728 00 70 00 490 00 5 00 Charleston ...... 81 80 5 00 Church of the Comforter . 96 75 96 75 Church of the Master... 66 60 18 00 84 60 Collegiate, Fort Washington ...... 820 00 East 68th Street ...... 162 24 Elmendorf Chapel ..... 167 37 30 00 Fordham Manor ...... 545 95 5 00 25 00 Huguenot Park ...... 350 00 75 00 15 50 35 00 126 00 601 50 Japanese American Church of Christ..... 228 96 Jicarilla Apache ...... Marble Collegiate ..... 1,856 62 50 00 4,015 00 Mariner’s Harbor ...... 312 75 18 50 20 00 Melrose, German ...... 40 70 Middle Collegiate ..... 1.000 00 175 00 Prince Bay ...... 339 00 100 00 536 00 Statens Island- Port Richmond ...... 700 00 84 50 50 00 Union of High Bridge .... 107 38 50 00 15 00 172 38 West End Collegiate ... 2,850 00 566 75 Williamsbridge Road ... 10 00 Union Meetings ...... 84 05 380 00 464 05 Totals ...... 10,646 15 453 00 30 50 4,073 90 5,456 67 20,660 22 CLASSIS OF ORANGE Bloomingburg ...... 37 00 10 07 7 00 54 07 Cuddebackville ..... 60 00 15 00 75 00 Deer Park ...... 1,307 60 105 00 23 23 1,435 83 Ellenville ...... 746 99 100 00 50 00 896 99 Grahamsville ...... 11 10 11 10 Kerhonkson ...... 137 98 3 33 22 00 5 00 168 31 Mamakating ...... 30 59 15 00 45 59 Minisink (Montague) 149 43 5 00 154 43 Montgomery ...... 176 14 55 00 231 14 Newburgh, First .... 437 94 52 80 212 50 45 00 748 24 Newburgh, Church of Our Savior ...... 55 50 ... 12 00 67 50 N e w Hurley ...... 445 32 54 37 12 80 97 00 22 25 631 74 N e w Prospect...... 15 00 15 00 Shawangunk ...... 300 00 ..... 75 00 20 38 395 38 Walden ...... 500 00 25 00 160 00 152 00 837 00 Wallkill ...... 800 00 ..... 85 00 45 00 930 00 Walpack, Lower ...... 15 00 15 00 Walpack, Upper .... 15 00 15 00 Warwarsing ...... 7 40 7 40 Warwick ...... 2,125 00 456 50 232 28 9 25 2,823 03 West End ...... 5 00 5 00 Woodbourne ...... 400 00 50 00 50 00 500 00 Union Meetings ... 83 90 400 90 484 80 Totals ...... 7,742 99 623 74 41 13 1,366 68 773 01 10,547 55

CLASSIS OF PARAMUS Clarkstown ...... 306 25 43 75 31 50 381 50 Fairlawn Community ... 200 17 22 80 222 97 Glen Rock Community .... 4,727 75 175 00 69 99 175 00 143 93 5,291 67 Hawthorne, First ..... 2,500 00 75 00 28 34 2,603 34 Nyack, First ...... 1,029 71 11 67 165 00 65 00 1,271 38 Paramus ...... 555 00 145 85 13 33 110 00 52 10 876 28 Pascack ...... 1,425 00 325 00 185 00 14 40 1,949 40 Passaic, First (Acquackanonk) .... 820 00 59 03 879 03 Paterson, Covenant .... 222 34 10 00 232 34 Paterson, Second ...... 1,200 00 58 00 "25 00 40 00 1,323 00 Pearl River...... 20 00 7 94 27 94 Pequannock ...... 545 14 179 61 1 67 '"‘SO O 731 42 Piermont...... 194 25 25 00 219 25 Pompton ...... 300 00 100 00 20 00 160 00 10 00 590 00 Pompton Plains ...... 916 87 153 55 30 00 115 00 1,215 42 Ponds ...... 287 50 175 00 25 00 487 50 Ramapo ...... 100 00 50 00 62 80 212 80 Rea Avenue ...... 242 50 688 93 931 43 Ridgewood, First ...... 2,066 00 400 00 29 10 314 50 2,809 60 Saddle River ...... 343 37 75 00 35 00 453 37 Spring Valley ...... 765 00 100 00 15 66 205 00 10 00 1,095 66 Tappan ...... 543 90 143 64 26 67 33 43 747 64 Trinity-Tappan ...... 338 92 50 00 40 00 10 00 438 92 Upper Ridgewood Community ...... 2,003 18 24 17 310 00 2,337 35 Waldwick, First ...... 260 45 25 00 285 Wanaque ...... 150 00 25 00 75 00 250

West New Hempstead .. 100 00 10 00 26 00 10 00 146 88a; Wortendyke, Trinity, Midland Park, N. J... 989 00 ..... 989 00 Wyckoff ...... 1,554 00 643 94 30 00 193 41 2,421 35 Union Meetings ...... 2,137 78 555 00 2,692 78 Totals ...... 24,706 30 3,525 41 325 33 3,367 88 2,188 87 34,113 79 CLASSIS OF PASSAIC Berdan Heights ...... 60 00 60 00 Boonton ...... 500 00 25 00 24 77 549 77 Clifton, Allwood Community ...... 1,320 00 103 60 1,423 60 Clifton, Athenia ..... 609 10 50 00 9 00 105 00 40 00 813 10 Clifton, First ...... 1,527 00 15 13 305 00 20 00 1,867 13 Clifton, Hope ...... 100 00 350 00 450 00 Clifton, Lakeview Hgts. 979 00 176 19 40 00 50 00 1,245 19 Fairfield ...... 211 00 211 00 Garfield ...... 15 00 15 00 Lincoln Park ...... 662 62 169 30 5 00 50 00 103 00 989 92 Little Falls, First ..... 220 67 164 65 40 00 425 32 Little Falls, Second ... 886 00 125 00 15 00 93 35 74 50 1,193 85 Lodi, First ...... 720 00 1 67 15 00 10 00 746 67 Lodi, Second ...... 1,450 00 1,450 00 Midland Park, First .. 7,950 00 700 00 75 00 55 00 8,780 00 Montville ...... 35 00 36 51 71 51 Passaic, Bethel ...... 2,975 66 575 00 105 00 36 00 3,691 00 Paterson, General .... 1,590 00 10 00 100 00 420 00 2,120 00 Paterson, First ...... 58 90 460 00 30 00 30 00 578 90 Paterson, People’s Park 794 00 700 00 25 00 1,519 00 Paterson, Riverside ... 450 00 150 00 50 00 50 00 700 00 Paterson, Sixth ...... 2,800 00 88 75 225 00 3,113 75 Paterson, Union ..... 495 00 350 00 10 00 855 00 Preakness ...... 884 30 500 00 40 00 100 00 1,524 30 Union Meetings ..... 1,080 00 1,080 00 Totals ...... 27,257 59 4,495 27 30 67 1,335 70 2,354 78 35,474 01

CLASSIS OF PELLA Bethel ...... 62 50 62 50 Community, Newton ... 46 89 34 75 81 64 Des Moines, Meredith Drive ..... 215 95 62 19 26 35 304 49 Des Moines, No. Bethany 79 09 60 00 17 00 156 09 Eddyville ...... 66 38 10 34 40 20 31 00 147 92 Knoxville, First ...... 362 14 257 15 8 33 150 00 8 94 786 56 Leighton, Ebenezer .... 2,722 00 532 47 65 01 830 13 81 69 4,231 30 Oskaloosa, Central .... 3,394 30 410 00 69 32 295 45 246 22 4,415 29 Ofley ...... 1,021 90 215 00 20 33 149 00 81 56 1,487 79 Pella, First ...... 5,775 50 2,000 00 23 34 747 50 147 63 8,693 97 Pella, Second ...... 4.045 00 25 00 167 50 4,237 50 Pella, Third ...... 5,912 50 880 00 145 00 800 00 487 39 8,224 89 Pella, Trinity ...... 2,955 41 205 71 163 33 245 44 35 49 3,605 38 Prairie City ...... 1.492 76 872 71 69 17 322 75 48 56 2,805 95 Sully, First ...... 1,568 04 926 49 16 67 412 41 170 78 3,094 39 Union Meetings ...... 643 70 76 67 1,968 90 1,337 08 4,026 35 Totals 30,301 56 6,446 72 667 51 6,191 78 2,754 44 46,362 01

CLASSIS OF PHILADELPHIA Addisville ...... 1,022 74 218 47 11 67 95 00 186 44 1,534 32 Faith, Levittown ...... 372 56 18 50 15 00 42 00 448 06 Feasterville Community 1,200 00 5 00 15 00 91 34 1,311 34 First, Willow Grove, Pa. 742 08 10 00 35 31 787 39 Johnsville ...... 278 90 29 68 138 93 447 51 Philadelphia, Fourth ... 407 00 700 00 1,107 00 Philadelphia, Fifth ..... 25 00 25 00 Philadelphia, Talmage 810 00 ..... 810 00 North and Southampton . 2,834 69 450 80 8 33 375 00 219 39 3,888 21 Union Meetings ...... 20 00 ... 357 02 310 00 687 02 Totals ...... 7,687 97 1,417 45 25 00 892 02 1,023 41 11,045 85 CLASSIS OF PL. PRA I R I E Alexander ...... 366 37 350 00 9 00 357 18 8 05 1,090 60 Allison, Trinity .. 311 88 12 50 324 38 Aplington ...... 1,235 51 8 33 200 79 36 17 1,480 80 Bethel, Aplington .... 1,689 72 108 80 25 00 1,823 52 Bethany, Belmond .. 10 00 11 67 21 67 Bristow, First .... 250 18 250 18 Buffalo Center ... 717 50 350 00 50 00 278 50 43 00 1,439 00 Dumont ...... 100 00 35 43 8 34 143 77 Greenleafton ..... 3,943 50 65 50 60 00 337 49 40 00 4,446 49 Hope, Parkersburg . 180 21 36 05 4 08 12 50 232 84 Immanuel, Belmond 772 64 11 67 200 00 109 10 1,093 41 Meservey, First .. 700 00 18 50 25 00 743 50 Pleasant Valley .. 1,000 40 27 00 1,027 40 Ramsey, Titonka .... 5,671 50 31 50 5,703 00 Stout ...... 2,148 45 700 00 2,848 45 Washington ...... 1,075 46 25 00 49 15 1,149 61 Waterloo, Faith .. 30 00 23 78 53 78 Waterloo, First ... 164 75 20 32 5 65 350 00 540 72 Waterloo, Grace .... 50 50 50 50 Wellsburg ...... 1,649 01 6 67 300 00 1,955 68 Zion Chapin ..... 250 00 256 37 17 10 523 47 Union Meetings .. 10 00 310 00 875 00 1,195 00 Totals ...... 22,307 58 1,873 67 235 41 2,467 76 1,253 35 28,137 77

CLASSIS OF POUGHKEEPSIE Beacon ...... 90 21 37 33 25 00 152 54 Fishkill ...... 223 87 92 00 33 50 349 37 Glenham ...... 75 00 75 00 Hopewell ...... 332 54 50 00 382 54 Milbrook ...... 259 00 25 00 50 00 334 00 N e w Hackensack ...... 275 00 175 00 25 00 475 00 Poughkeepsie, Arlington 60 00 60 00 Poughkeepsie, First .... 1,224 44 110 00 255 80 1,590 24 Rhinebeck ...... 842 50 30 65 15 00 35 00 923 15 Upper Red Hook, St. John’s ...... 348 00 13 74 361 74 Union Meetings ...... 46 30 50 00 96 30 Totals ...... 3,730 56 242 98 363 30 463 04 4,799 88

CLASSIS OF RARITAN Annandale ...... 240 51 100 00 20 00 360 51 Bedminster ...... 720 00 16 67 25 00 761 67 Blawenburg ...... 422 64 55 87 67 95 546 46 Bradley Gardens ...... 49 95 10 00 59 95 Clover Hill ...... 50 00 28 00 78 00 Finderne ...... 46 25 46 25 Harlingen ...... 875 03 11 67 15 00 901 70 High Bridge ...... 56 65 56 65 Lebanon ...... 171 42 63 00 25 00 259 42 Neshanic ...... 250 00 15 00 265 00 North Branch ...... 350 00 30 74 380 74 Peapack ...... 370 00 9 00 65 67 444 67 Pottersville ...... 145 00 136 61 281 61 Raritan, Third ...... 408 74 408 74 Readington ...... 279 88 16 29 20 21 316 38 Rockaway ...... 190 39 25 00 61 75 277 14 Somerville, First, Raritan ...... 1,500 00 60 00 1,560 00 Somerville, Second, Raritan ...... 855 00 500 00 18 33 520 00 45 00 1,938 33 Somerville, Fourth,

Raritan ...... 131 34 25 00 30 00 186 South Branch ...... 178 50 20 00 7 50 206 Stanton ...... 60 00 20 00 80 Three Bridges ...... 25 00 75 00 100

Union Meetings ...... 977 39 412 00 1,389 WQQOUJ©O VO © Totals ...... 7,294 65 836 81 63 17 1,762 39 947 93 10,904 95 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS OF ROCHESTER Abbe ...... 3,600 00 150 00 506 15 Arcadia ...... 4,391 76 947 70 1,088 11 Clymer Hill ...... 404 91 East Williamson ...... 872 96 560 94 Interlaken ...... 2,030 57 122 88 197 88 Marion, First .. 309 06 Marion, Second .... 391 56 865 63 218 76 1,209 39 Ontario ...... 86 66 32 56 Palmyra ...... 1,064 19 Pultneyville .... 1,089 19 961 28 1,024 88 Rochester, First ..... 1,880 00 700 00 Rochester, Second 230 00 356 89 387 00 170 56 913 89 Rochester, Brighton ... 1,065 00 25 00 85 00 Rochester, Lakeview 39 05 1,214 05 Community ...... 247 94 Sodus ...... 186 66 21 31 -243 47 lyre ...... 8 33 Williamson...... 33 33 100 64 30 00 Ebenezer, Cooksville, 130 64 Ont...... Emmanuel, Whitby, Ont. Z3 uu 749 64 749 64 Toronto, First ...... 33 97 Union Meetings ...... 466 34 394 00 860 34 Totals ...... 13,856 01 2,024 24 175 00 2,398 31 1,052 08 19,505 64

CLASSIS OF SARATOGA Bacon Hill ...... 167 85 Blooming Grove . 8 74 573 44 84 11 46 84 Boght, Ihe ...... 166 50 35 00 Cohoes, First ...... 174 11 306 92 Emmanuel, Castleton ... 302 59 91 34 Fort Miller .... 439 27 99 86 99 86 Greenbush ... 1,500 00 ■ ■ 1,636 16 Greenwich ...... 95 52 Nassau ...... 18 00 113 52 111 00 166 20 Northumberland .. 16 74 North Watervliet ... 697 49 ...... Old Saratoga ..... 226 06 Schodack ... 248 10 18 50 Schodack Landing ..... 17 34 Wynantskill, First . Union Meetings ...... 485 00 390 00 875 00 Totals ...... 4,396 60 242 65 798 65 733 28 6,171 18

CLASSIS OF SCHOHARIE Beaverdam ...... 190 00 190 00 208 50 15 54 25 00 H o w e ’s Cave, Second 40 00 249 04 Jay Gould Memorial .... 444 64 50 00 Lawyersville ... 248 33 5 00 747 97 47 00 10 00 Z j Uv) Middleburgh ... 444 75 107 00 Prattsville ...... 26 70 444 75 Schoharie ..... 194 25 26 70 Sharon ...... 27 50 10 00 231 75 20 00 20 00 Union Meetings .. . 12 60 70 62 130 11 206 50 349 21 Totals ...... 1.679 06 75 54 Sunday Schools

CLASSIS OF SCHENECTADY 400 00 104 80 504 80 Altamont ...... 41 21 Amity ...... 29 98 11 23 160 95 2 50 163 45 Glenville ...... 957 68 Helderberg ...... 801 33 6 75 45 00 50 00 54 60 1,184 69 168 50 27 00 1,380 19 Lisha’s Kill ...... 510 34 Niskayuna ...... 450 00 50 00 5 34 5 00 48 05 752 57 Princetown ...... 583 18 46 34 75 00 174 64 31 57 38 50 41 39 286 10 Rotterdam, First ...... 476 50 Rotterdam, Second .... 418 83 2 67 55 00 2,850 00 136 12 1,450 00 160 00 4,596 12 Schenectady, First ..... 1,306 28 Schenectady, Second ... 1,002 95 3 33 200 00 100 00 1,295 00 100 00 46 70 1,441 70 Schenectady, Bellevue .. 275 08 Schenectady, Lynwood .... 231 30 26 27 17 51 Schenectady, 1,596 49 Mt. Pleasant ...... 1,471 49 ..... 125 00 270 00 ... 130 00 34 20 434 20 Schenectady, Trinity ... 331 34 Schenectady, Woodlawn .. 222 00 72 81 36 53 1,836 50 125 00 65 00 199 25 2,225 75 Scotia, First ...... 1,669 50 Union Meetings ...... 1,249 50 420 00 18,949 30 Totals ...... 13,382 84 663 36 56 34 3,363 00 1,483 76

CLASSIS OF E A S T SI O U X 2,679 62 Alton ...... 2,320 32 258 97 3 33 97 00 211 57 63 41 2 88 17 20 23 40 318 46 Archer ...... 3,291 36 Hospers ...... 2,144 16 492 76 16 67 550 00 87 77 361 14 125 00 128 34 350 00 964 48 Matlock ...... 528 97 Melvin ...... 300 00 84 91 98 25 45 81 1,682 32 400 00 178 66 2,260 98 Newkirk, Hospers .. 950 00 Orange City, American 700 00 150 00 100 00 Orange City, First ... 5,955 90 1,600 00 250 00 1,700 00 287 34 9,793 2,357 Orange City, Trinity ... 2,265 44 92 00 338 Primghar, American ... 300 00 16 00 22 00

1,536 -P* O-t*. SO Sanborn ...... 825 00 585 14 100 00 26 45 2,860 09 Sheldon, Bethel .... 1,875 00 63 03 107 88 814 18 2,136 33 901 02 376 57 211 03 3,624 95 Sheldon, First ...... 877 08 Sibley, First...... 587 02 267 71 22 35 309 12 Spencer ...... 222 52 86 60 Union Meetings .... 50 00 1,383 60 2,302 60 3,736 20 36,426 58 Totals ...... 21,936 72 5,015 52 464 25 5,075 16 3,934 93

CLASSIS OF W E S T S I O U X Boyden ...... 2,906 16 455 00 43 33 527 50 400 00 4,331 99 180 90 Doon ...... 121 62 59 28 Fairview ...... 53 72 276 94 330 66 Hawarden Community .... 15 03 40 00 55 03 2,160 88 Hull, American ...... 591 46 1,209 00 16 67 274 00 69 75 5,415 87 Hull, First ...... 4,298 97 300 00 100 00 608 00 108 90 812 47 58 88 6 67 61 34 939 36 Inwood ...... 158 57 Ireton ...... 153 57 5 00 72 33 50 00 30 00 152 33 Lester, First ...... 3,740 49 Maurice ...... 3,046 34 216 65 425 00 52 50 Middleburg, Free Grace .. 1,028 35 719 93 42 59 246 84 15 00 2,052 71 1,840 81 Rock Rapids, First .... 963 33 508 40 28 93 158 34 181 81 Rock Valley, Carmel ... 4,503 38 1,173 07 153 66 500 02 6,330 13 3,417 43 Rock Valley, First ..... 1,765 00 700 00 65 00 712 03 175 40 Sioux Center, Central .... 2,352 50 1,182 94 25 67 300 00 25 00 3,886 11 Sioux Center, First .... 15,681 98 2,543 65 355 00 1,315 00 50 00 19,945 63 Sioux Falls, Community, 63 23 Eastside ...... 63 23 Sioux Falls, First ..... 448 99 32 40 29 04 39 73 550 16 2,625 16 Union Meetings ...... 103 00 1,954 16 568 00 58,177 45 Totals ...... 38,981 43 9,466 86 842 52 7,200 55 1,686 09 Churches Young CHURCHES and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS OF ULSTER Bloomingdale ...... 402 74 12 36 48 00 468 10 Blue Mountain ...... 37 00 10 82 5 00 Clove ...... 74 00 74 00 Flatbush ...... 309 06 4 17 Gardiner ...... 431 39 456 39 High Wo o d s ...... 20 46 20 46 Hurley ...... 280 66 280 66 Katsbaan ...... 28 88 22 28 Kingston, Church of the Comforter ...... 504 06 81 40 667 46 Kingston, Fair Street .. 1,050 00 22 68 1,072 68 Kingston, First ...... 2,594 22 28 30 2,622 52 Marbletown, Stoneridge . 289 70 37 60 18 12 345 47 N e w Paltz ...... 740 00 865 00 Plattekill, Mt. Marion 92 50 Port Ewen ...... 201 65 20 80 222 45 Rochester ...... 123 91 45 60 169 51 Rosendale ...... 243 81 9 33 10 00 296 19 Saugerties ...... 923 50 1,031 92 Shandaken ...... 36 02 Shokan ...... 28 15 18 46 Ulster Park ...... 5 00 Woodstock ...... 152 32 152 32 Union Meetings ...... 375 87 450 00 825 87 8,564 03 258 85 707 12 633 01 10,200 29

CLASSIS OF WEST CENTRAL Commanche ...... 18 50 2,593 33 350 00 293 71 3,419 05 Denver, Montclair ..... 6 67 Denver, Southridge .... 238 48 1 67 Firth ...... 320 00 1,118 50 144 70 1,620 70 Holland ...... 2,960 53 1,027 00 4,440 56 Lincoln Hope .... 145 00 350 00 6 00 528 75 Mountain View ...... 174 17 13 13 126 94 314 44 Pella, Adams ...... 859 75 200 00 90 00 1,187 75 1,132 18 119 00 13 89 1,449 12 Union Meetings ...... 226 77 600 23 827 00 8,441 94 3,164 50 1,118 82 1,127 38 14,066 04

CLASSIS OF WESTCHESTER Bronxville ... . 6,010 00 525 00 3,731 00 780 00 Cortlandtown ...... 444 00 80 00 612 11 Elmsford...... 200 00 47 50 Greenville ...... 928 70 60 00 1,445 64 Hastings on Hudson .. 1,973 00 15 00 102 00 2,215 00 Hawthorne ...... 183 75 311 80 Mount Vernon, First ... 191 55 Tarry town. First ...... 766 43 140 00 20 00 165 00 86 00 1,177 43 Tarrytown. Second ..... 600 00 100 00 50 00 200 00 950 00 Yonkers, Crescent Place.. 479 79 8 92 15 00 10 00 513 71 Yonkers, Lincoln Park Community ...... 360 00 360 00 Yonkers, Mile Square .. 30 00 30 00 Yonkers, Park Hill, First 25 00 10 00 10 00 Union Meetings ...... 50 694 657 400 00 1,102 15 Totals ...... 12,137 22 956 42 52 50 4,925 65 2,176 10 20,247 89 Churches Young and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total

CLASSIS OF WISCONSIN 5,298 41 Baldwin, First ...... 4,063 41 1,000 00 10 00 225 00 2,615 18 439 21 70 00 119 07 65 20 3,308 66 Bethel, Brandon ...... 4,543 16 Cedar Grove ...... 3'558 10 161 67 756 25 67 14 '241 71 350 00 108 25 122 00 821 96 Emmanuel, Clinton .... 108 52 Faith, Wisconsin Rapids.. 10 13 101 14 50 24 12 33 10 00 6 15 179 86 Forestville ...... 2,058 72 Friesland ...... 922 67 749 78 54 27 254 00 78 00 5,079 86 1,600 00 33 33 750 00 50 13 7,513 32 Gibbsville ...... 222 60 Grace, Fond du Lac ... 7 00 111 37 2,056 93 851 61 236 35 301 84 53 56 3,500 29 Hingham ...... 2,674 49 Milwaukee, First ...... 183? 50 710 00 131 99 1,899 21 600 00 150 00 834 76 3,483 97 Oostburg, First ...... 224 08 Racine ...... 113 50 50 00 8 33 38 30 13 95 1,460 10 200 50 79 57 150 00 41 16 1,931 33 Randolph ...... 2,265 90 Sheboygan Falls ...... 1,701 27 253 99 74 16 145 00 91 48 3,217 40 Sheboygan Hope ...... 2,524 64 402 76 90 00 200 00 3,750 35 Waupun, Alto ...... 2,698 35 592 00 140 00 320 00 1,691 90 772 34 258 60 36 67 2,759 51 Waupun, Emmanuel ... 3,144 46 Waupun, First ...... 2,044 37 711 61 18 33 353 49 16 66 2,541 14 Waupun, Trinity ...... 1,874 76 350 00 132 31 184 07 4,302 09 Union Meetings ...... 490 42 19 66 2,253 83 1,538 18 57,850 22 Totals ...... 37,172 64 8,993 70 1,145 34 7,920 70 2,617 84

CLASSIS OF ZEELAND 1,893 27 Beaverdam ...... 1,457 00 288 23 11 67 50 00 86 37 2.324 30 Bentheim ...... 1,400 97 33 33 240 00 664 40 Dunningville ...... 634 40 15 00 15 00 2,284 51 2,022 92 439 25 347 00 12 50 5,106 18 Forest Grove ...... 7,390 80 Hamilton, First ...... 4,348 65 2,100 00 376 67 465 51 99 97 1,324 62 710 00 52 27 106 80 156 66 2,350 35 Harlem ...... 458 87 Haven ...... 74 48 620 42 4,012 32 Hudsonville ...... 4,170 30 Jamestown ...... 2,012 80 U 9 5 00 140 00 222 50 29 82 379 82 North Blendon ...... 4,109 31 North Holland ...... 250 00 2,362 82 Ottawa ...... 2,013 11 150 00 23 33 141 08 35 30 Overisel ...... 9,049 07 1,500 00 28 73 734 91 90 33 11,403 04 South Blendon ...... 833 98 710 97 25 00 155 00 79 25 1,804 20 / X J 261 60 3,258 65 Vriesland ...... 1,704 88 Zeeland, Faith ...... 1,200 00 347 55 8 33 105 00 44 00 5,124 30 Zeeland, First ...... 75 00 255 30 244 00 168 50 6,083 50 Zeeland, Second ...... 194 14 Galt, Ont., Canada .... Guelph, Ont., Canada .... 6 25 16 25 2,102 47 Union Meetings ...... , 435 53 1,116 94 550 00 66,914 17 Totals ...... 44,578 33 14,324 22 1,238 38 5,330 04 1,443 20 SUMMARY STATEMENT

Churches Young and Me n ’s Sunday People’s W o m e n ’s Societies Schools Societies Societies Special Total CLASSIS O F p a r t i c u l a r s y n o d O F A L B A N Y Albany ...... 9,321 13 517 06 18 33 1,289 70 1,156 64 12,302 86 Columbia ...... 6,302 00 330 27 26 67 776 67 519 58 7,955 19 Greene ...... 1,775 08 109 18 186 05 421 91 2,492 22 Montgomery ...... 6,204 78 533 30 75 43 1,759 90 719 79 9,293 20 Rochester ...... 13,856 01 .2,024 24 175 00 2,398 31 1,052 08 19,505 64 Saratoga ...... 4,396 60 242 65 798 65 733 28 6,171 18 Schenectady ...... 13,382 84 663 36 56 34 3,363 00 1,483 76 18,949 30 Schoharie ...... 1,679 06 75 54 450 94 280 75 2,486 29 Totals ...... 56,917 50 4,495 60 351 77 11,023 22 6,367 79 79,155 88 CLASSIS OF PARTICULAR SYNOD O F C H I C A G O Chicago ...... 40,842 31 5,673 19 315 30 3,384 22 2,306 81 52,521 83 Uliana ...... 26,604 50 7,359 20 99 09 4,816 60 2,524 50 41,403 89 Illinois ...... 18,024 87 3,811 25 290 16 4,049 03 3,062 53 29,237 84 Wisconsin ...... 37,172 64 8,993 70 1,145 34 7,920 70 2,617 84 57,850 22 Totals ...... 122,644 32 25,837 34 1,849 89 20,170 55 10,511 68 181,013 78 CLASSIS OF PARTICULAR SYNOD O F I O W A Central California ..... 1,448 19 51 85 20 63 757 23 410 07 2,687 97 Southern California ... 17,315 56 1,560 73 287 72 1,711 27 2,344 27 23,219 55 Cascades ...... 8,436 95 2,088 72 103 00 1,465 34 683 48 12,777 49 Dakota ...... 9,137 67 1,890 87 115 16 2,888 65 1,110 01 15,142 36 Germania ...... 7,946 68 1,203 31 112 33 1,946 06 1,139 25 12,347 63 Minnesota ...... 10,848 94 3,483 70 202 55 3,197 80 1,597 14 19,330 13 Pella ...... 30,301 56 6,446 72 667 51 6,191 78 2,754 44 46,362 01 Pleasant Prairie ...... 22,307 58 1,873 67 235 41 2,467 76 1,253 35 28,137 77 East Sioux ...... 21,936 72 5,015 52 464 25 5,075 16 3,934 93 36,426 58 West Sioux ...... 38,981 43 9,466 86 842 52 7,200 55 1,686 09 58,177 45 West Central ...... 8,441 94 3,164 50 213 40 1,118 82 1,127 38 14,066 04 Totals ...... 177,103 22 36,246 45 3,264 48 34,020 42 18,040 41 268,674 98 CLASSIS OF PARTICULAR SYNOD OF MICHIGAN Grand Rapids, North .. 42,403 91 4,627 75 160 09 3,355 53 2,644 71 53,191 99 Grand Rapids, South ... 42,500 32 8,664 98 425 00 4,303 66 5,450 86 61,344 82 Holland ...... 45,980 19 8,037 50 879 89 3,919 38 2,582 39 61,399 35 Kalamazoo ...... 29,103 57 6,785 03 71 92 5,091 00 3,077 36 44,128 88 Lake Erie ...... 4,323 95 630 10 60 39 490 99 1,076 91 6,582 34 Muskegon ...... 36,134 57 6,511 39 136 59 5,711 01 3,107 48 51,601 04 Zeeland ...... 44,578 33 14,324 22 1,238 38 5,330 04 1,443 20 66,914 17 Totals ...... 245,024 84 49,580 97 2,972 26 28,201 61 19,382 91 345,162 59 CLASSIS OF PARTICULAR SYNOD OF N E W JERSEY Bergen ...... 24,090 15 1,423 78 52 88 3,753 48 3,185 62 32,505 91 Metropolitan Jersey .... 9,095 76 719 40 33 33 2,380 69 1,471 76 13,700 94 N e w Brunswick ...... 8,027 15 358 34 5 00 1,897 99 762 97 11,051 45 Paramus ...... 24,706 30 3,525 41 325 33 3,367 88 2,188 87 34,113 79 Passaic ...... 27,257 59 4,495 27 30 67 1,335 70 2,354 78 35,474 01 Philadelphia ...... 7,687 97 1,417 45 25 00 892 02 1,023 41 11,045 85 Raritan ...... 7,294 65 836 81 63 17 1,762 39 947 93 10,904 95 Totals ...... 108,159 57 12,776 46 535 38 15,390 15 11,935 34 148,796 90 CLASSIS OF PARTICULAR SYNOD OF NEW YORK North Long Island .... 19,419 83 560 75 56 50 3,482 96 2,114 61 25,634 65 South Long Island ..... 6,368 54 130 61 4 17 3,026 66 43 7 67 9,967 65 N e w York ...... 10,646 15 453 00 30 50 4,073 90 5,456 67 20,660 22 Orange ...... 7,742 99 623 74 41 13 1,366 68 773 01 10,547 55 Poughkeepsie ...... 3,730 56 242 98 363 30 463 04 4,799 88 Ulster ...... 8,564 03 258 85 37 28 707 12 633 01 10,200 29 Westchester ...... 12,137 22 956 42 52 50 4,925 65 2,176 10 20,247 89 Totals ...... 68,609 32 3,226 35 222 08 17,946 27 12,054 11 102,058 13 CLASSIS OF PARTICULAR SYNODS P.S. of Albany ...... 56,917 50 4,495 60 351 77 11,023 22 6,367 79 79,155 88 P.S. of Chicago ...... 122,644 32 25,837 34 1,849 89 20,170 55 10,511 68 181,013 78 P.S. of Iowa ...... 177,103 22 36,246 45 3,264 48 34,020 42 18,040 41 268,674 98 P.S. of Michigan ...... 245,024 84 49,580 97 2,972 26 28,201 61 19,382 91 345,162 59 P.S. of N e w Jersey .... 108,159 57 12,776 46 535 38 15,390 15 11,935 34 148,796 90 P.S. of N e w York .... 68,609 32 3,226 35 222 08 17,946 27 12,054 11 102,058 13 Totals ...... 778,458 77 132,163 17 9,195 86 126,752 22 78,292 24 1,124,862 26 19 5 8

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R.---- 125.00 Gravink, Mr. & Mrs. Roy H. 225.00 Burt, Miss Dorothy------10.00 Green, Miss Katharine R._ 100.00 Busman, Mr. & Mrs. John — 450.00 Greenwood, Miss Mary M. _ 500.00 Calumet Christian Endeavor Hager, Dr. R. John---— 50.00 Union, Chicago, 111...— 10.00 Hainzuka Church, Japan — 5.50 Calverley, Dr. Eleanor Hammond, Mr. Albert W. — 25.00 Taylor------115.00 Hampe, Chaplain Philip R. - 25.00 Central College, Students Harrison, Dr. & Mrs. Paul W. 1,000.00 and Faculty------1,279.72 Hawkins, Mr. Charles____ 5.00 Chapman, Mrs. Tonnetta T. 350.00 Hawkins, Mrs. Ira _.— --- 90.00 Chicago Area Mission---- 25.00 Hegeman, Mrs. Louise Chicago Missionary deMund______— 30.00 Committee______900.00 Hess, Mrs. LeRoy______35.00 Childrens Page of the Hoekje, Mrs. Willis G ____ 20.00 Church Herald______2,808.66 Hoffman, Dr. & Mrs. Community Daily Vacation James E ______30.00 Bible School, Hofstra, Dr. & Mrs. Richard _ 100.00 Sioux Center, Iowa---- 24.32 Hondelink, Miss Margaret E. 150.00 Cooper, Mrs. L. G.----- 155.00 Hotaling, Mr. Clifford____ 250.00 Goughian, Dr. Stuart----- 15.00 Houman, The Misses_____ 20.00 Crous, Mr. Fred R.------50.00 Hyatt, Miss Bertha______100.00 Keisel, Mrs. Emmett.. ... 159.45 Protestant Chaplains Fund, Kistler,, Miss Marthena L. .. 1.00 Fort Leonard Wood, Mo... 250.00 Klerk, Dr. William J_____ 250.00 Punt, Mrs. Arie______250.00 Knickrem, Miss Louise___ 25.00 Kragt, Rev. & Mrs. Earl__ 105.24 Raja Kamala Fund______5.00 Kuite, Miss Helen R._____ 700.00 Ratcliff, Miss Trina______150.00 Reeverts, Miss Clara_____ 15.00 La Cocq, Mrs. Irwin_____ 190.00 Riemersma, Mrs. H. _____ 200.00 Langer, Mr. & Mrs. Simon A. 40.00 Roeder, Miss Shirley F.___ 10.00 Little Neck Community Roff, Mr. & Mrs. Edwin __ 40.00 Church______693.50 Ross, Mr. Harry H .. ... 40.00 Lubbers, Dr. Irwin J.____ 50.00 Roundhouse, Mr. & Mrs. John H ______50.00 Mac Ivor, Mrs. Charles___ 5.00 McDonald, Mrs. B ...... 5.00 Sanson, Miss Kittie M. ___ 25.00 Margaret Chambers Scheidenhelm, Mrs. F. W. 25.00 Warnshuis Foundation, Schmalzreidt, Rev. & Mrs. Inc______2,000.00 Herbert C.______25.00 Margaret Hague Maternity Scholten, Rev. Benjamin 10.00 Hospital______10.00 Schumburg, Mr. & Mrs. J. 10.00 Marquis, Miss Sarah_____ 185.00 Schwager, Mr. & Mrs. Matsumoto, Rev. Toru___ 7.92 Alfred W. ______15.00 Mee Sing-Ling Po Fund__ 95.64 Shields, Jr., Dr. Randolph T. 15.00 Menninga, Mrs. Ajelena__ 10.00 Sibley, Rev. & Mrs. Michigan Branch, Leonard A.______30.00 United Brethren ______25.00 Sikkema, Mr. & Mrs. Mirenda, Dr. Helen P. ___ 20.00 LaVerne______80.00 Moody Bible Institute____ 10.00 Snyder Hill Baptist Church, Moore. The Misses______150.00 Ithaca, N. Y ______25.00 Moore, Mr...... 50.00 Society of Inquiry, Mulder, Dr. & Mrs. B.____ 500.00 Theological Seminary, Muilenburg, Mrs. H. I. ___ 25.00 New Brunswick, N. J.__ 982.50 Stegeman, Mrs. H. V. E ___ 10.00 Nephews & Nieces of Sterk, Mr. & Mrs. Peter___ 20.00 Mrs. A. Whittaker Hopper 25.00 Stull, Mrs. John W ...... 10.00 New Hyde Park Council of the United Church Taylor, Miss Minnie_____ 1,000.00 Te Paske, Mr. Henry J.___ 300.00 W omen ______10.00 Terhime, Mr. Herman R. 74.00 Noeckel, Mr. William G. 2,000.00 North Presbyterian Church, Te Winkel, Miss Sarella__ 196.00 Lansing, Michigan ____ 35.00 Te Winkel, Mrs. William V. 25.00 Norten, Mr. William J.___ 10.00 Tilstra, Mrs. Jane______50.00 Northfield School Church, Thoms, Mr. & Mrs. Peter__ 20.00 East Northfield, Mass.__ 25.00 Todd, Dr. John W. ______15.00 North Fourth Street United Church of Christian School, Los Alamos, New Mexico 105.50 Paterson, N. J______20.00 Urry V. ______5.00 Orwell Federated Church, Vacation Church School, Orwell, Pa.______25.00 First Presbyterian Church, Osterhoudt, Mr. Harold__ 62.99 Jamestown, N. D. _____ 47.83 Vander Meer, Mrs. Alma__ 25.00 Palmer, Mrs. Edna H. ___ 25.00 Vander Molen, Mr. & Mrs. Pannkuk, Rev. & Mrs. Henry 10.00 Peter ______100.93 Patt, Mrs. R. H.______10.00 Vander Ploeg, Miss Jeanette 65.00 Pederson, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd 5.00 Vandervliet, Mr. & Mrs. Poppen, Miss Marcella___ 40.00 William______50.00 Porter, Mrs. Hu g h ______10.00 Vander Woude, Rev. B. T. _ 100.00 Vander Woude, Sr., Yonkman, Dr. Frederick F... 200.00 Rev. B. T ______-_____ 100.00 Youth Conferences: Van Dyke, Miss Jennie___ 10.00 Albany Classis------24.61 Van Gulick, Mr. & Mrs. Camp Alpine------57.99 Leonard__:______100.00 Clear Lake - ...... 65.77 Van Kersen, Mrs. W. J.___ 1,200.00 Columbia------5.91 Van Pernis, Dr. & Mrs. Copniconec ______- 7.57 Paul A ______100.00 Denton Lake ______212.76 Vermeer, Chaplain and Emmaus — ------98.56 Mrs. Kenneth______50.00 Fowler______210.63 Vivan, Mr. & Mrs. George T. 10.00 Geneva ------376.28 Voss, Dr. Bernard J._____ 34.00 14.67 Uliana ------10.00 Walvoord, Mrs. Edith____ 500.00 Iowa Falls______43.72 Wayer, Rev. & Mrs. James - 100.00 Lucerne ______239.65 Weemhoff, Mr. & Mrs. Jay . 300.00 Manitoqua #3 ------32.33 Weiss, Mrs. Elmer S______50.00 Manitoqua #7 ------7.49 Whiteside County Mission Michigan _ - ______15.75 Fest ______53.74 Milford ______66.58 Wibel, Miss Margaret---- 25.00 New Jersey ______84.71 Wiersma Brothers, New York ______40.00 South Holland, 111. ____ 10.00 Orcas Island ______41.07 Wildman, Miss Louise--- 100.00 Rocky Mountain ______20.00 Wiley, Mrs. H. B.______5.00 Sheboygan County---- 39.27 Wissenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Young People’s Summer Herman______25.00 Conference, Canada — 82.90 Women’s Assembly, Sylvester ______147.01 General Synod------97.35 Third National, Holland, Women’s Fall Meeting, Michigan ______— 112.09 New York______283.22 Zeeland ______15.61 Women’s Spring Meeting, New York______213.50 T o t a l ______$41,170.51

A SUGGESTION FOR LEGACIES

Gifts bequeathed to the Board of Foreign Missions m a k e possible m u c h of the w o r k o n all fields. For any w h o wish to m a k e provisions in their wills for this i m ­ portant work, the following form is suggested:

I give and bequeath to the Board of Foreign Mis­ sions, Reformed Church in America, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, the sum of...... dollars to be applied to the uses and purposes of said Board. DIRECTORY*

AFRICA (General Address: Up p e r Nile Province, Sudan) Went Out Hoekstra, Rev. Harvey T., A ko bo Post...... 1948 Hoekstra, Mrs. Lavina H., A ko bo Post...... 1948 Hostetler, Rev. Paul E., K e n n e d y School of Missions, 85 S h e r m a n Street, Hartford, C o n n ...... 1955 Hostetler, Mrs. Winifred H , K e n n e d y School of Missions, 85 Sher­ m an Street, Hartford, Conn...... 1955 Huisken, Miss Lillian, R.N., Na s i r...... 1949 Kats, Miss Wi l m a J., Ak o b o Po s t...... :...... 1948 Sarr, Miss E. Roxanna, R.N., American Mission, Ler via Adok, W.N.T.P.0...... 1956 Schuiteman, Miss Arlene, R.N., 527 2nd Avenue S.E., Sioux Center, . I o w a ...... 1955 Sikkema, Mr. La Verne A., Ako bo Post...... 1952 Sikkema, Mrs. Lorraine V., A ko bo Post ...... 1952 Swart, Rev. J. Robert, Pibor Po s t...... 1948 Swart, Mrs. Morrell W., Pibor Po s t...... 1948

ARABIAN MISSION

Allison, Mrs. M a r y Bruins, M.D., P.O. B o x 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf...... 1934 Boersma, Miss Jeanette H., R.N., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1944 Boomgaarden, Miss Te Bina G., R.N., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Yo r k 10, N. Y. (Short ter m)...... 1956 Bosch, Donald T., M.D., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1951 Bosch, Mrs. Eloise B., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1951 Dalenberg, Miss Cornelia, R.N., P.O. B o x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1921 D e Jong, Rev. Garrett E., P.O. B o x 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gu l f ... 1926 De Jong, Mrs. Everdene K., P.O. Box 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf 1926 Dekker, Mr. Wilbur G., P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1951 Dekker, Mrs. Anna Ma e H., P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1951 D e Young, Miss A n n e R., R.N. (Service in India 1945-46; China 1946-51), Muscat, O m a n ...... 1945 Diem, Miss Kathleen M., R.N., P.O. B ox 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1958 Draper, Bernard L., M.D., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1956 Draper, Mrs. Jacqueline B., R.N., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1956 Dunham, Rev. James W., Payne Hall, 38-44 Alexander Street, Princeton, N. J...... 1953 Dunham, Mrs. Joyce D e B., Payne Hall, 38-44 Alexander Street, Princeton, N. J...... 1953 * These addresses are as of September 15, 1959 Gosselink, Rev. George, R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... 1922 Gosselink, Mrs. Christina S., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... 1929 Heusinkveld, Maurice M., M.D., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... ,...... 1946 Heusinkveld, Mrs. Elinor C., R.N., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... j...... 1946 Holler, Rev. G. Jacob, Jr., P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf **(1949-1951) ...... 1946 Holler, Mrs. Louise E., R . N , P.O. B o x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1947 Holmes, Miss Madeline A.; P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1952 Hoogeveen, Miss Lavina C, P.O. Box 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf 1954 Jackson, Miss Rachel, Muscat, O m a n ...... 1921 Jackson, Miss Ruth, P.O. B ox 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1921 Kapenga, Rev. Jay R, Muscat, O ma n ...... 1944 Kapenga, Mrs. Marjory U., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1947 Luidens, Rev. Edwin M , 9 Seminary Place, N e w Brunswick, N. J. ( O n leave of absence) ...... 1944 Luidens, Mrs. Ruth S, 9 Seminary Place, N e w Brunswick, N. J. ( O n leave of absence) ...... 1944 MacNeill, Rev. Donald R, P.O. Box 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf 1951 MacNeill, Mrs. Evelyn M , P.O. Box 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf 1951 Nienhuis, Miss Nancy Anne, P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1956 Nykerk, Gerald H, M . D , P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1941 Nykerk, Mrs. Rose W , P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1941 Pennings, Alfred G., M.D., P.O. B ox 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf 1957 Pennings, Mrs. Margaret S., R.N., P.O. B ox 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf ...... ;..... ;...... 1952 Scudder, Lewis R., M.D., P.O. Bo x 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gu l f .... 1937 Scudder, Mrs. Dorothy B„ R.N., P.O. Box 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf 1937 Staal, Rev. Harvey, P.O. Bo x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1949 Staal, Mrs. Hilda V., P.O. B o x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1949 Storm, W. Harold, M.D., P.O. Bo x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf . 1927 Storm, Mrs. Ida P., R.N., P.O. B o x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1936 Teumer, Miss La Don na Mae, P.O. Box 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf 1958 T h o m s , W . Wells, M.D., Muscat, O m a n ...... 1931 Thoms, Mrs. Ethel S., Muscat, O m a n 1931 Veldman, Miss Jeannette, R.N. (Service in China 1930-51), P.O. B o x 80, Kuwait, Arabian Gu l f ...... 1930 Voss, Miss Christine A., R.N., 1022 Fuller Avenue, S.E., G r a n d Rapids, Mich...... 1949

INDIA

Biegel, Miss Albertha J., R.N., 11134 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111...... XT.. - . 1946 Block, Rev. Russell C., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... 1959 *® Service Intermitted Block, Mrs. Nancy T., M.D., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N.Y...... 1959 Boomstra, Miss Dora, Ranipet, North Arcot District, South India. 1949 Brumler, Miss Harriet, R.N., Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Andhra, South India...... 1923 Cooper, Mr. Edwin R., Katpadi, North Arcot District, South India 1953 Cooper, Mrs. Elaine P., Katpadi, North Arcot District, South India 1953 D e Bruin, Rev. Cornie A., 814'/i M a i n St., Pella, Iowa ...... 1926 D e Bruin, Mrs. Frances L., 8 1 4 ‘/i M a i n Street, Pella, I o w a ..... 1926 D e Jong, Mr. C. Keith, Highclerc School, Kodaikanal, South India (Contract teacher) ...... 1958 D e Jong, Mrs. Marcine R., Highclerc School, Kodaikanal, South India ...... 1958 D e Valois, John J., D.Sc., 174 We s t 15 Street, Holland, Mi c h ..... 1920 De Valois, Mrs. Bernadine Siebers, M.D., 174 West 15 Street, Holland, Mich ...... 1936 D e Vries, Mr. Benjamin, Mission Compound, Katpadi, North Arcot District, South India ...... 1929 D e Vries, Mrs. Mildred V., Mission Compound, Katpadi, North Arcot District, South India...... 1929 D e Weerd, Miss Esther J., Vellore, North Arcot District, South India 1928 Geegh, Miss Mary E., Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Andhra, South India .. 1924 Gibbons, Miss Margaret R., M.D., Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Andhra, South India ...... 1926 Jongewaard, Miss C. Willamina, Sioux Center, I o w a ...... 1925 Kooy, Miss Gladys M. (Service in China 1948-51), Palmaner, Chittoor District, Andhra, South India ... 1946 Korteling, Rev. Ralph G., Hospital Morava, Puerto Cabezas, Nica­ ragua, C . A ...... 1925 Korteling, Mrs. An n a Ruth, M.D., Hospital Morava, Puerta Cabezas, Nicaragua, C . A ...... 1925 Levai, Rev. Blaise, Jr., Ph.D., 2 08 S. Williams Street, Ora ng e City, Iowa ( On leave of absence)...... 1946 Levai, Mrs. Mar ia n K., M.D., 208 S. Williams Street, Ora ng e City, Iowa ( O n leave of absence)...... 1953 Maassen, Miss Wi l m a G., Chittoor, Chittoor District, Andhra, South India ...... 1952 Marsilje, Miss Lois M., R.N., Ranipet, North Arcot District, South India ...... 1939 Muyskens, Rev. John D., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N.Y. **(1919-1923)...... 1915 Muyskens, Mrs. Dora J., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y ...... 1923 Piet, Rev. Jo h n H., Ph.D., Vellore, North Arcot District, South India 1940 Piet, Mrs. Wi l m a V., Vellore, North Arcot District, South India ... 1940 fSmies, Miss Lillian, R.N., Vellore, North Arcot District, South India ..... 1939 Ten Brink, Rev. Eugene L., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y ...... 1946 t Became member of the Mission in 1952 ** Service Intermitted Ten Brink, Mrs. Ruth L., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y ...... 1946 V a n d e Bergs^Rev. Harold J., P.O. Bo x 56, Adoni, Kurnool District, Andhra. South India ...... 1946 V a n d e Berg, Mrs. B. Yvette, P.O. B o x 56, Adoni, Kurnool District, Andhra. South India ...... 1946 V a n Eck, E d w a r d A., Ph.D., Vellore Christian Medical College, Vellore, North Arcot District, South India...... 1958 V a n Eck, Mrs. Dorothy M., Vellore Christian Medical College, Vellore, North Arcot District, South India...... 1958 V a n Vranken, Rev. Herbert E., 270 College Avenue, Holland, Mich. 1917 V a n Vranken, Mrs. Nellie S., 270 College Avenue, Holland, Mich. 1917 V a n Vranken, Miss Marjorie A., 270 College Avenue, Holland Mich. 1948 Wells, Miss Doris A., Ranipet, North Arcot District, South India.. 1930 Wyckolf, Miss Charlotte C., Muttathur, via Anantapuram, South Arcot District, South India...... 1915 Z w e m e r , Mrs. Sara W., Chittoor, Chittoor bistrict, Andhra, South India ...... 1923

JAPAN Bogard, Miss F. Belle, R o o m 902, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... 1936 Breed, Miss Jeneva K. (Short term), 37 Y a m a t e Cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan ...... 1959 Brink, Miss Suzanne H., 75 O k a d a Machi, Ku m a m o t o , J a p a n .... 1950 Bruggers, Rev. Glenn, 137 Ka m i Arata Cho, Kagoshima, J a p a n ... 1952 Bruggers, Mrs. Phyllis V., 137 K am i Arata Cho, Kagoshima, Japan 1952 de Forest, Mr. Carroll (Short term), 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w Y o r k 10, N. Y ...... 1959 de Maagd, Rev. John C., R o o m 902, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y. **(1934-1937) ...... 1928 de Maagd, Mrs. Marian M., Ro o m 902, 156 Fifth Avenue, Ne w York 10, N. Y. **(1934-1937) 1928 Flaherty, Mr. Theodore E., 37 Y a m a t e Cho, Naka-ku, Y o k o h a m a , Japan ...... 1949 Flaherty, Mrs. M a r y W., 37 Y a m a t e Cho, Naka-ku, Y o k o h a m a , Japan...... 1953 Hesselink, Rev. I. John, Jr., Baselmattweg 167, Neuallschwil, Basel, Switzerland 1953 Hesselink, Mrs. Etta T., Baselmattweg 167, Neuallschwil, Basel, Switzerland ...... 1953 Hood, Mr. John D., (Short term), Interboard House, 4 of 12 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1959 Kleinjans, Everett, Ph.D., International Christian University, 1500 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1948 Kleinjans, Mrs. Edith K., International Christian University, 1500 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1948 Korver, Mr. Ronald G., 761 1-Chome, Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan 1948 ** Service Intermitted Korver, Mrs. Ruby B., 761 1-Chome, Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan...... 1952 Kuyten, Rev. Rudolf, R o o m 902, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y ...... 1959 Kuyten, Mrs. Trina V., R o o m 902, 156 Fifth Avenue, Ne w York 10, N. Y ...... 1959 L a m a n , Rev. G o r d o n D., Interboard House, 4 of 12 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1959 Laman, Mrs. Evon S., Interboard House, 4 of 12 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1959 McGoldrick, Miss Aileen I. (Short term), 37 Y a m a t e Cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan ...... 1958 Moore, Rev. Boude C., 107 Ohori Machi, Fukuoka, Japan **(1941-50) ...... 1924 Moore, Mrs. Anna McA., 107 Ohori Machi, Fukuoka, Japan **(1941-50) ...... 1924 Norden, Rev. Russell L., 2272 Suwano-machi, 4 Chome, Kurume- shi, Fukuoka-ken, J ap an ...... 1953 Norden, Mrs. Eleanore S., 2272 Suwano-machi, 4 chome, Kurume- shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan...... 1953 Schaafsma, Mr. Henry M., 345 Sanko Cho, Shirokane, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1958 Schaafsma, Mrs. Carol A r m e y , 345 Sanko Cho, Shirokane, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1958 Van Wyk, Rev. Gordon J., 761 1-Chome Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa- ku, Tokyo, J a p a n ...... 1946 V a n W y k , Mrs. Bertha V., 761 1 - C h o m e Kami-Osaki, Shinagawa- ku, Tokyo, J a p a n ...... 1946 Walvoord, Miss Florence C., Baiko Jo Gakuin, Maruyama Cho, Shimonoseki, Japan **(1950-55) ...... 1922 Zander, Miss Helen R., Interboard House, 4 of 12 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan ...... 1928 UNITED MISSION IN IRAQ Block, Rev. Robert J., P.O. Bo x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf,...... 1952 Block, Mrs. Lavina S., P.O. B o x 1, Bahrain, Arabian Gulf .. 1959 Hakken, Rev. Bernard D., 180 West 18 Street, Holland, Mich. 1922 Hakken, Mrs. Elda V., 180 West 18 Street, Holland, M i c h ...... 1922 Nienhuis, Miss M a r y L o u (Short term), Highclerc School, Kodai­ kanal, South India ...... 1957 Weiss, Rev. R ay m o n d E., R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y. ( O n leave of absence) ...... 1957 Weiss, Mrs. A. Dorothy, R o o m 905, 156 Fifth Avenue, N e w York 10, N. Y. ( O n leave of absence) ...... 1957 OVERSEAS CHINESE Angus, Rev. William R., 30 Rizal Street, Ca g a y a n de Or o City, P. I. 1925 Angus, Mrs. Joyce B., 30 Rizal Street, C ag ay an de O r o City, P. I. 1925 Broekema, Miss Ruth, Christian Hospital, Chunghua, Fo r m o s a ... 1924 D e Pree, Rev. Gordon, Service M e n ’s Guides, 4 0 Gloucester Road, Fenwick Pier, Hong K o n g ...... 1959 * * Service Intermitted D e Pree, Mrs. Gladys V., Service Me n ’s Guides, 40 Gloucester Road, F en wi ck Pier, H o n g K o n g ...... 1959 de Velder, Rev. Walter, P.O. Bo x 5915, Kowloon, Ho n g K o n g ... 1929 de Velder, Mrs. Harriet B., R.N., P.O. B o x 5915, Kowloon, H o n g K o n g ...... 1938 Estell, Rev. William H., Jr., c/o English Presbyterian Mission, Tainan, Formosa (Short term service in Japan 1952-55).... 1952 Esther, Rev. Joseph R., 1760 (A) Taft Avenue, Pasay City, P. 1... 1946 Esther, Mrs. Ma r io n B., 1760 (A) Taft Avenue, Pasay City, P. 1... 1946 Hakken, Rev. B. Daniel, Jr., Bo x 3195, Ho p e Christian Hig h School, 1242 Benavides Street, Manila, P. 1...... 1957 H a k k e n * Mrs. D o n n a H., B o x 3195, H o p e Christian School, 1242 Benavides Street, Manila, P. 1...... 1957 Hill, Jack W., M.D., P.O. Bo x 226, Ce b u City, Cebu, P. 1...... 1947 Hill, Mrs. Joann V., P.O. Bo x 226, Ce b u City, Cebu, P. 1...... 1947 Hofstra, Richard, M.D., 1034 W a l s h Street, S.E., G r a n d Rapids, Mich. **(1951-54) ...... 1922 Hofstra, Mrs. Johanna J., 1034 W a l s h Street, S.E., G r a n d Rapids, Mich. **(1951-54) ...... 1922 Holkeboer, Miss Tena, LL.D., H o p e Christian Hig h School, 1242 Benavides Street, Manila, P. 1...... 1920 H o w a r d , Mr. Robert B., H o p e Christian Hig h School, 1242 Benavides Street, Manila, P. 1...... 1959 H ow a r d , Mrs. Ard en e B., H o p e Christian H ig h School, 1242 Benavides Street, Manila, P. 1...... 1959 Kragt, Rev. Earl, C e b u Gospel Chapel, 711 Martires, C e b u City, Cebu, P. 1...... 1955 Kragt, Mrs. Hazel V., Ce b u Gospel Chapel, 711 Martires, Ce b u City, Cebu, P. 1...... 1955 Muilenburg, Rev. John P., Philippine Interboard Office, P.O. B o x 461, 1884 Georgia Street, Manila, P. I.,...... 1946 Muilenburg, Mrs. Virginia T., Philippine Interboard Office, P.O. B o x 461, 1884 Georgia Street, Manila, P. 1...... 1946 Noordhoff, M . Samuel, M.D., M a c K a y Memorial Hospital, North Chungshan Road, Taipeh, Formosa...... 1959 Noordhoff, Mrs. Lucille B., M a c K a y Memorial Hospital, North Chungshan Road, Taipeh, Formosa...... 1959 Peelen, Miss Ethel A., H o p e Christian Hi g h School, 1242 Benavides Street, Manila, P. I. (Short term) ...... 1958 Poppen, Rev. Alvin J., P.O. Bo x 5915, Kowloon, Ho n g K o n g .... 1959 Poppen, Mrs. Geraldine P., P.O. Box 5915, Kowloon, Ho n g Ko n g 1959 Poppen, Rev. Henry A., D.D., 917 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Mich. 1918 Poppen, Mrs. Dorothy T., 917 S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, Mic h. .. 1918 Schroeder, Rev. Carl J., 246 Eastgate Road, Tainan, F o r m o s a ... 1957 Schroeder, Mrs. Lucille V. H., 24 6 Eastgate Road, Tainan, Fo r m o s a 1957 Sybesma, Miss Adeline, P.O. Box 5915, Kowloon, Hong Kong (Short te r m )...... 1958 Walvoord, Miss Jeane W., R.N., Christian Hospital, Chunghua, Formosa **(1936-1948) ...... 1931 ** Service Intermitted EMERITUS MISSIONARIES WITH CAREER SERVICE

Barny, Mrs. Margaret R. (Arabia), 530 East 20 St., N e w York 9, N. Y ...... 1898-1939 Beekman, Miss Edna K. (China), 201 West Catharine St., Milford, Pa...... 1914- 1953 Boot, Rev. Harry P., D.D. (China), 408 College Ave., Holland, Mich...... 1903-1940 Boot, Mrs. Anna H. (China), 408 College Ave., Holland, Mich... 1908- 1940 Bruce, Miss Elizabeth G., Andes, N. Y...... 1921-1959 De Pree, Rev. Henry P., D.D. (China), 200 West 10 St., Holland, Mich...... 1907-1948 De Pree, Mrs. Kate E. (China), 200 West 10 St., Holland, Mich. 1907- 1948 Farrar, Rev. William H. (India), 325 Vine St., Hammonton, N. J.. 1897-1935 Green, Miss Katharine R. (China), 125-56 Avenue South, St. Petersburg 5, Fla...... 1909- 1954 Harrison, Paul W., M.D. (Arabia), Penney Farms, Fla. **(1950- 1952) ...... 1909- 1954 Harrison, Mrs. Anna M. (Arabia), Penney Farms, Fla. **(1950- 1952) ...... 1917-1954 Hoekje, Mrs. Annie H. (Japan), 601 Mayflower Rd., Pilgrim Place, Claremont, Calif...... 1912-1949 Honegger, Mrs. Lavina D. (India), Kodaikanal, South India..... 1910- 1951 Kellien, Miss Charlotte B. (Arabia), Olds Hall. 340 S. Ridgewood Ave., Daytona Beach. Fla...... 1915- 1954 Koeppe, Mrs. Elizabeth M. (China), Columbia Hall, Hope College, Holland, Mich...... 1919- 1955 Kuyper, Rev. Hubert (Japan), 902 S. Euclid Ave., Sioux Falls, S. D. 1911- 1946 Nienhuis, Miss Jean, R.N. (China), 8 East 14 St., Holland, Mich. .... 1920- 1953 Noordhoff, Miss Jeane (Japan), Sioux Union Missionary Home, Orange City, Iowa ...... 1911- 1952 Noordyk, Miss Wilhelmina, R.N. (India), Methodist Hospital, 506 East 6 St., Brooklyn 15, N. Y ...... 1917- 1955 Oltman, Miss C. Janet (Japan), 675 Mayflower Rd., Claremont, Calif...... 1914-1956 Pennings, Rev. Gerrit J., D.D. (Arabia), 206 So. Vander Beek St., Orange City, Iowa...... 1908- 1952 Rottschaefer, Rev. Bernard, D.D. (India), 63-69 East 10 St., Hol­ land, M ich...... 1909- 1954 Rottschaefer, Mrs. Bernice T. (India), 63-69 East 10 St., Holland, Mich...... 1909-1954 Rottschaefer, Miss Margaret, M.D. (India), 10927 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago 28, 111...... 1909-1956 Shafer, Mrs. Am y H. (Japan), Penney Farms, Fla. **(1935-1951) 1912- 1952 Scudder, Miss Ida S., M.D. (India), Kodaikanal, South India **(1895-1899) ...... 1890-1944 Scudder, Galen F., M.D. (India), 713 Bedford Rd., Stockton, Calif. 1919-1956 Scudder, Mrs. Maude S. (India), 713 Bedford Rd., Stockton, Calif. 1919-1956 Taylor, Miss Minnie (Japan), 1018 N. Hobart Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif...... 1918- 1937 ** Service Intermitted Te Winkel, Miss Sarella (India), 511 Daniel St., Orlando, Fla. **(1936-1938) ...... 1909-1947 Vander Linden, Miss Leona H. (China), 506 E. Liberty St., Pella, Iowa ...... 1909-1947 Van Doren, Miss Alice B. (India), Kirkside, Roxbury, N. Y ..... 1903-1951 Van Ess, Mrs. John (Arabia), c/o Mrs. W. D. Brewer, 6004 Wood- acres Dr., N. W., Washington 16, D.C...... 1909-1955 Van Peursem, Rev. Gerrit D., D.D. (Arabia), 104 West High St., Somerville, N. J...... 1910-1947 Van Peursem, Mrs. Josephine S., R.N. (Arabia), 104 West High St., Somerville, N. J...... 1910-1947 Veenschoten, Rev. H. Michael (Overseas Chinese) 80— 79 St., Grand Rapids, Mich...... 1917-1957 Veenschoten, Mrs. Stella G. (Overseas Chinese) 80— 79 St., Grand Rapids, Mich...... 1917-1957 Wierenga, Rev. Cornelius R., D.D. (India), 7916 Irwin Grove Drive, Downey, Calif. **(1920-1923) 1917-1958 Wierenga, Mrs. Ella K. (India), 7916 Irwin Grove Drive, Downey, Calif...... 1923-1958

EMERITUS MISSIONARIES W H O SERVED ABROAD FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARS

Conklin, Miss Elisabeth (India), Box 984, 472 Third St., Laguna Beach, Calif...... 1915-1934 Dame, Mrs. L. P. (Arabia), 901 Paris Ave., Rockford, 111...... 1918-1936 Darrow, Miss Flora (Japan), 609 Orizaba Ave., San Francisco 12, Calif...... 1922-1942 Day, Rev. and Mrs. Steward (China), 41 Kent Place Blvd., Summit, N. J...... 1908-1930' Holleman, Dr. and Mrs. C. H. (China), MacKay Memorial Hospi­ tal, North Chungshan Road, Taipeh, Taiwan...... 1919-1950 Oilmans, Miss Evelyn (Japan), 675 Mayflower Rd., Claremont, Calif...... 1914-1933 Pieters, Mrs. Albertus (Japan), 44 East 15 St., Holland, Mich..... 1891-1925 Renskers, Mr. and Mrs. H. (China), 85 Adelaide, Highland Park, N. J...... 1909-1933 Ryder, Dr. and Mrs. S. W. (Japan), Olds Hall, Box 791, Daytona Beach, Fla...... 1913-1930 Stegeman, Mrs. H. V. S. (Japan), Orange City, Iowa...... 1917-1941 Talman, Rev. and Mrs. Lyman (China), 132 Stark Ave., Penn Yan, N. Y ...... 1916-1931 Ter Borg, Rev. and Mrs. John (Japan), 601 South Downing St., Denver, Colo...... 1922-1944 Vander Meer, Mrs. William (China), Hygeia Hall, Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio ...... 1923-1951 Van Pelt, Miss Mary C. (Arabia), c/o Gallaudet College, Kendall Green, Washington 2, D.C...... 1917-1940 Walvoord, Mrs. Edith (Japan), 56 West 18 Street, Holland, Mich. 1905-1920

** Service Intermitted BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION O F T H E REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

1959 — 1960 (Subject to approval by the Board in October, 1959)

President Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom Vice-President Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Vice-President Mr. Henry S. Te Paske Recording Secretary Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Honorary Member Rev. John W. Beardslee, Jr. Executive Committee

Rev. Richard P. Mallery — Chairman Mrs. Philip T. Wagner — Secretary Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander Rev. Leroy J. Hess Mr. Henry S. Te Paske Rev. Daniel Y. Brink Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Rev. R. R. Van Heukelom Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Rev. Harry Ver Strate Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Rev. David A. Laman Rev. Dick W. Vriesman Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen Rev. Richard P. Mallery Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Rev. Herman J. Ridder Rev. Robert B. Wildman Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Mrs. Howard C. Schade Finance Committee Rev. Norman E. Thomas — Chairman Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander Rev. Richard P. Mallery Rev. Norman E. Thomas Rev. Daniel Y. Brink Mr. Gust G. Orphanides Rev. Harry Ver Strate Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Mrs. Howard C. Schade Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Mrs. Irwin LeCocq Mr. Henry S. Te Paske Mr. Samuel H. Woolley Personnel Committee Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen — Chairman Mrs. Robert Gosselink Rev. Richard P. Mallery Rev. Herman J. Ridder Rev. David A. Laman Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Africa Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander — Chairman Rev. Daniel Y. Brink Rev. Ray Olthof Mrs. Arthur Schiereck Rev. Leroy J. Hess Mrs. Howard C. Schade Rev. Norman E. Thomas Arabia Mr. Henry S. Te Paske — Chairman Rev. William R. Buitendorp Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Rev. Daniel H. Fylstra Mr. W. Van Eenenaam Rev. Orville J. Hine India Rev. David A. Laman — Chairman Rev. John W. Beardslee, Jr. Rev. Harold Englund Mrs. W. J. Vander Kooi Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Rev. Dick W. Vriesman Dr. David L. Dykstra Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Japan Rev. Herman J. Ridder — Chairman Rev. Chester J. Droog Rev. Ralph M. Menning Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Mrs. Robert Gosselink Rev. Harry Ver Strate Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand Overseas Chinese Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom — Chairman Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen Mr. Gust G. Orphanides Mrs. Nicholas Rozeboom Mr. E. Leroy Hand Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Dr. Harold E. Veldman Mrs. Irwin LeCocq Mrs. Lois W. Peterson Rev. Robert B. Wildman Education and General Publicity Rev. Robert B. Wildman — Chairman Rev. Wm. R. Buitendorp Rev. Leroy J. Hess Mrs. Nicholas Rozeboom Rev. Chester J. Droog Rev. Orville J. Hine Mrs. Arthur Schiereck Dr. David L. Dykstra Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Mrs. Willis J. Vander Kooi Rev. Harold Englund Mrs. Irwin LeCocq Mr. Wm. Van Eenenaam Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Rev. Ray Olthof Rev. Dick W. Vriesman Rev. Daniel H. Fylstra Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand Mr. E. Leroy Hand Mrs. Lois W. Peterson Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom — Chairman Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Robert Gosselink Mrs. Nickolas Rozeboom Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Mrs. Arthur Schiereck Rev. Chester J. Droog Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Nominations Mrs. Howard C. Schade — Chairman Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Rev. Herman J. Ridder Mr. E. Leroy Hand Rev. Ray Olthof Mrs. W. J. Vander Kooi Organization Rev. Richard P. Mallery — Chairman Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Henry Kinkema Mrs. Howard C. Schade Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Rev. David A. Laman Rev. Norman E. Thomas Within the Denomination C h i l d r e n ’s C o m m i t t e e : Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom, Rev. Leroy J. Hess C e n t r a l Y o u t h C o m m i t t e e : Rev. Chester J. Droog, Rev. Ralph M. Menning V i s u a l A i d : Rev. Orville J. Hine, Miss Ruth Ransom St e w a r d s h i p C o u n c i l : Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk F r a t e r n a l R e l a t i o n s (Committee of General Synod) Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom Rev. David A. Laman Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen Interdenominational Committees A f r i c a : Committee on Cooperation in Ja p a n : Inter board Committee for the Upper Nile Christian Work in Japan Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk International Christian University Rev. Leroy J. Hess Rev. Harry Ver Strate Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Rev. Ray Olthof Tokyo Woman's Christian College Mrs. Howard C. Schade Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Rev. Norman E. Thomas (alternate) Miss Ruth Ransom A r a b i a : Joint Committee of United Mission Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand (alternate) in Iraq United Board for Christian Higher Rev. William R. Buitendorp Education in Asia Mr. Harold J. Dobbs (alternate) Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Christian Literature for Wo m e n and Children Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Miss Ruth Ransom In d i a : W o m e n ’s Christian College of Madras Committee on World Literacy and Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Christian Literature Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Rev. John E. Buteyn Miss Ruth Ransom Miss Ruth Ransom Commission on Missionary Education St. Christopher’s Training School Rev. John E. Buteyn Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Miss Ruth Ransom Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Rev. Leonard A. Sibley Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick (alternate) Interchurch Center Corporation Miss Ruth Ransom Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Vellore Christian Medical College RAVEMCCO Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Miss Ruth Ransom Miss Ruth Ransom Rev. Leonard A. Sibley BOARD FOR THE CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION O F T H E REFORMED CHURCH IN AMERICA OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES 1959 — 1960 (Subject to approval by the Board in October, 1959)

President Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom Vice-President Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Vice-President Mr. Henry S. Te Paske Recording Secretary Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Honorary Member Rev. John W. Beardslee, Jr. Executive Committee Rev. Richard P. Mallery — Chairman Mrs. Philip T. Wagner — Secretary Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander Rev. Leroy J. Hess Mr. Henry S. Te Paske Rev. Daniel Y. Brink Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Rev. R. R. Van Heukelom Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Rev. Harry Ver Strate Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Rev. David A. Laman Rev. Dick W. Vriesman Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen Rev. Richard P. Mallery Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Rev. Herman J. Ridder Rev. Robert B. Wildman Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Mrs. Howard C. Schade Finance Committee Rev. Norman E. Thomas — Chairman Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander Rev. Richard P. Mallery Rev. Norman E. Thomas Rev. Daniel Y. Brink Mr. Gust G. Orphanides Rev. Harry Ver Strate Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Mrs. Howard C. Schade Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Mrs. Irwin LeCocq Mr. Henry S. Te Paske Mr. Samuel H. Woolley Personnel Committee Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen — Chairman Mrs. Robert Gosselink Rev. Richard P. Mallery Rev. Herman J. Ridder Rev. David A. Laman Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Africa Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander — Chairman Rev. Daniel Y. Brink Rev. Ray Olthof Mrs. Arthur Schiereck Rev. Leroy J. Hess Mrs. Howard C. Schade Rev. Norman E. Thomas Arabia Mr. Henry S. Te Paske — Chairman Rev. William R. Buitendorp Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Rev. Daniel H. Fylstra Mr. W. Van Eenenaam Rev. Orville J. Hine India Rev. David A. Laman — Chairman Rev. John W. Beardslee, Jr. Rev. Harold Englund Mrs. W. J. Vander Kooi Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Rev. Dick W. Vriesman Dr. David L. Dykstra Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Japan Rev. Herman J. Ridder — Chairman Rev. Chester J. Droog Rev. Ralph M. Menning Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Mrs. Robert Gosselink Rev. Harry Ver Strate Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand Overseas Chinese Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom — Chairman Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen Mr. Gust G. Orphanides Mrs. Nickolas Rozeboom Mr. E. Leroy Hand Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Dr. Harold E. Veldman Mrs. Irwin LeCocq Mrs. Lois W. Peterson Rev. Robert B. Wildman Education and General Publicity Rev. Robert B. Wildman — Chairman Rev. Wm. R. Buitendorp Rev. Leroy J. Hess Mrs. Nickolas Rozeboom Rev. Chester J. Droog Rev. Orville J. Hine Mrs. Arthur Schiereck Dr. David L. Dykstra Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Mrs. Willis J. Vander Kooi Rev. Harold Englund Mrs. Irwin LeCocq Mr. Wm. Van Eenenaam Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Rev. Ray Olthof Rev. Dick W. Vriesman Rev. Daniel H. Fylstra Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand Mr. E. Leroy Hand Mrs. Lois W. Peterson Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom — Chairman Mr. Max De Pree Mrs. Robert Gosselink Mrs. Nickolas Rozeboom Mr. Harold J. Dobbs Mrs. Henry J. Kinkema Mrs. Arthur Schiereck Rev. Chester J. Droog Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Nominations Mrs. Howard C. Schade — Chairman Mrs Raymond Fairchild Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Rev. Herman J. Ridder Mr. E. Leroy Hand Rev. Ray Olthof Mrs. W. J. Vander Kooi Organization Rev. Richard P. Mallery — Chairman Mr Max De Pree Mrs. Henry Kinkema Mrs. Howard C. Schade Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Rev. David A. Laman Rev. Norman E. Thomas Within the Denomination C h i l d r e n ’s C o m m i t t e e : Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom, Rev. Leroy J. Hess C e n t r a l Y o u t h C o m m i t t e e : Rev. Chester J. Droog, Rev. Ralph M. Menning V i s u a l A i d : Rev. Orville J. Hine, Miss Ruth Ransom St e w a r d s h i p C o u n c i l : Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk F r a t e r n a l R e l a t i o n s {Committee of General Synod) Rev. Raymond R. Van Heukelom Rev. David A. Laman Rev. Arnold E. Dykhuizen Interdenominational Committees A f r i c a : Committee on Cooperation in Ja p a n : Interboard Committee for the Upper Nile Christian Work in Japan Mrs. Gordon P. Alexander Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk International Christian University Rev. Leroy J. Hess Rev. Harry Ver Strate Rev. Barnerd M. Luben » Mrs. Philip T. Wagner Rev. Ray Olthof Tokyo Wo m a n ’s Christian College Mrs. Howard C. Schade Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Rev. Norman E. Thomas (alternate) Miss Ruth Ransom Mrs. Frank C. Wiegand (alternate) A r a b i a : Joint Committee of United Mission in Iraq United Board for Christian Higher Rev. William R. Buitendorp Education in Asia Mr. Harold J. Dobbs (alternate) Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk Mrs. Raymond Fairchild Christian Literature for Wo men and Children Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick Miss Ruth Ransom In d i a : W o m e n ’s Christian College of Madras Committee on World Literacy and Mrs. Wilhelm K. Haysom Christian Literature Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Rev. John E. Buteyn Miss Ruth Ransom Miss Ruth Ransom Commission on Missionary Education St. Christopher’s Training School Rev. John E. Buteyn Mrs. Gerard J. Koster Miss Ruth Ransom Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Rev. Leonard A. Sibley Mrs. Andrew C. Patrick (alternate) Interchurch Center Corporation Miss Ruth Ransom Rev. Henry G. Bovenkerk

Vellore Christian Medical College RAVEMCCO Rev. Barnerd M. Luben Miss Ruth Ransom Miss Ruth Ransom Rev. Leonard A. Sibley EXECUTIVE STAFF Henry G. Bovenkerk Ruth E. Joldersma Treasurer, Administrative Assistant Secretary for Japan and Executive Secretary- and Overseas Chinese elect

Edwina Paige Associate Treasurer, John E. Buteyn Purchasing and Travel Field Secretary for Synods of Chicago, Ruth Ransom Iowa and Michigan Secretary for Home Department, Personnel 1021 Homecrest Avenue and Women’s Work Kalamazoo, Mich. Tel Fireside 3-4998 Leonard A. Sibley, Sr. Field Secretary for Synods of Albany, New Jersey and New York Barnerd M. Luben 1801 Broad Street Secretary for Africa, Fishkill, N. Y. Arabia and India Tel. BEacon 9-7546

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND

DOMESTIC MISSIONS

In Children’s Work: Miss Grace Pelon, Miss Elsie B. Stryker

In Youth Work: Rev. Harold De Roo

In W o m e n ’s Work: Mrs. J. Foster Welwood

In Visual Aid: Rev. Roy P. Adelberg %

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