Correspondence of Roger Hedlund: Bible Society of India

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Correspondence of Rodger Hedlund: Letters July-Dec 1995

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UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES Asia Pacific Region ,

Distribution Consultant Ron Penny O~~R9I~~ 3, John Armstrong Road Dr. ~ . E . Hedlund Richards Town Church Growth liesearch Centre 8angalore· 550005 Post B~g 768 Kilpauk1 rJli~DRAS 60010 . ------

, " Dear Dr. Hedlund ,

ecently I was able to obtain a copy of your book INDIGENOU::> ,ISSIONS uF I TDIA .

This is a very valuable book indeed and most useful .

, Would you ple~se be so kind and send me 15 copies as soon as you possibly can . By now, I do trust that our nevi Auxiliary uecretary, there in Madras , has contacted you regarding a Consultation for Chri stian lead8rs that we will be holding in ladras on January 28th . It starts at 9 .. 30 am and willgo to 5 pm in the Centenary Hall of the Emmanuel Me thodist , Church, Jeremiah Road , Vepery . our presence will be of ereat help to us and I am sure you too will be encouraged to learn how the BS I pl ans to prepare for the future . I~e want to give 0 lot of infor.mation and hope to receive a lot'. Together we can make greAt strides for the Gospel in tris l and . If at all Dossible, please do attend .

If you have a mailing list and send out regular information, please do add my name . If there is any subscription, Dlense let ))'le knovT .

Looking forward to mee ting you on 28th January .

l:ours very s incerely;

, " Ron .Penny . ,

, 7 • : 2 i _ ---- 1 i" UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA Tai Sang Commercial Building 20, Mahatma Gandhi Road 24.34 Hennessy R oad, Bangalore, INDIA HONG KONG Phone: 522S6 Mr. Ron Penny 13 January, 1983. The Bible Society of India 20, Mahatma Gand'fti1Road Bangalore

Dear Mr. Penny,

. Your letter dated 6 January, '83 addressed to Dr. R.E. Hedlund is before me. We thank ou for our kind words with regard to the book INDIGENOUS MISS ONS OF NOIA. We are arranging to send you 15 copies of the above mentioned book. Please find herein enclosed our invoice for the order. We received an invitation from your Madras Aux; liary Secretary to attend a one day Consultation to be held on January 28. Either Dr. R.E. Hedlund or I will certainly attend this. I wonder if you are aware of the quarterl that we ublish on Church Grq~th entitled INDIA CHURCH GROWT QUARTERL, which . contai ns a rti c les and case s tudi es, book-rev; eNS, news etc •••• all related to church planting and growth. I am herewith sending you all the particulars pertaining to subscription and enrolment. In case thi s interests you, please let us I know. Also if you are interested in obtaining back issues, we shall be happy to despatch the same to you. Thanking you. Cordially yours in Christ, •

Paul Robin Viswasam. Admfnistratrive Asst. •

cc: Dr. R.E. Hedlund.

Enclosures.

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hi . 55 .i Mr. Ron Penny dictated on 20 January, 1983. 3, John Armstr.ong Road typed on 21 January, 1983. Richards Town Bangalore - 550 005.

Dear Mr. Penny, Thank you for your letter of 6 January, 1983 just received. Thank you for the invitation to attend the Consultation for Christian leaders to be held in Madr~ls . 28 .January. I had already received from the T ilnad~bXili the announcement of this one-day Consultation on distribution. I have marked it down and I have planned to be with you for the day. Thank you for your kind personal invitation. I look forward to meeting you and gaining much through the experience of this day. By all means. let us collaborate in every and every possible way for the extention of the gospel throughout this land. Your name is bein placed on our mailing list to receive our INDIA CI-'URCH GROW H QUARTERLY. I hope that thi s wi 11 be of interest and help to you in your vital ministry.

INDIGENOUS MIS IONS OF II'ljuiA. Thank you for your kind words about the book. We are glad to know that it is useful. You may be interested to know tha~ we are beginning a revision of this material with a view to publishing an,1 entirely new edition in the next couple of years or so. Again, many thanks for your kind letter. I look forward to seeing you. Cordially yours fn Christ,

• Roger E. Hedlund •

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RH: THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA TAMILNADU AUXILI.,\RY , POST BOX 502, P}'\RK TOvJn, MADRAS 600 003

Secretary~ Ref. No.338/Cir.G. , I Rev. Swamiappan David Dated 6th Dec. 18~.

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Dear Sir, • , 'Sub: Special One Day Consultation on Distri­ bution - a·t Emmanuel Methodist Church, Vepery, Madras 600 007, on Thursday the

• 28th Janua ry 1983. \ ------~------We are planning the above Consultation on Friday the 28th January 1983, from 9-30 a.m. till 5 p.m. in the Centenary Hall of the Emmanuel Methodist Church, O-eremiah Road, Vepery, Madras 600 00.7. This is mainly to improve and increase the distribution of Scriptures and make our 'I-/hole distribution programme a very meaningful one. The information, we gather through th,is Seminar will greatly help us in planning for our future outreach programme •

• Mr. Theodo:r;e John Ramakrishnan, General Secretar ~" 'of the Bible Society or ina·ii~t -" ar1cf-Mi ' . Ron Penny our

experts and Resource Personnel will be there to help us in the Consultation. -

We will meet the hospitality and the travel expenses (two ways). Please let us know before 18th .::ro..V\\a,~) noc. '82, if you are attending the Consultation. Wi th kind regards,

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Yours sincerely, , •

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_ I ~ , Rev. Swamiappan , David, Secretary 4 May, 1983. The Bible SOCiety of ~ndia Tamilnadu Auxillary~ P.O. Box 502 Park Town, Madras - 600 003.

Dear Rev. S. David: , Thank you for continuing to include CHURCH GROWTH RESE ARC H CENTRE on your cirulars ~o institutions and friends of the Bible Society.

Unfor unately, I w 11 not be in Madras on the 8 Hay, so w 11 be unable to attend the special Bible Society service at Egmore Wesley. But I pra God's blessi on the fng and on the work of the Bfble ociety. Your eadership is greatly appreciated. There f s one other matter. I have on desk a', 'thes1 s by the Rev. H.M. Duke of the Karnataka Bible Society Auxfl1ary Which he has written on The Church Growth On The Church of South India, , Karnataka Central Dfocese and St. Markls Cathedral of Bangalore. I had promised to go through these papers and t return the same to Rev. Duke. Since I going out for an extended period of' time, I wf 11 1eave this document wf th my office, instructfng them to carefully package the same for , deli~ry to Rev. Duke in care of ou at the Bible Society Office at park Town. I have included a , ist of c nts for Rev. Duke. I will be grateful if you will kindly keep this on hand for his arrival. Many thanks.

, Cordially yours fn Christ, ,

~ . ~ ~r' Roger E. Hedlund.

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THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA' (Tamilnadu Auxiliary) ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1983 (1st November 1982 to 31st October 1983)

'iNTRODUCTION:

With grateful thanks to God, who revealed Himself in Jesus Christ, the lIfe of · the world and our Lord and Saviour; I submit this report for the year 19 '{ 2-1983 (1st Nov. '82 to 31st Oct. '83). God has done great things beyond our expectations during this period under review.

NEW ,PUBLICATIONS:

, We have brought out two new Selections to help the following special audiences to belp them to find their comfort and peace in Jesus the Saviour of mankind. ,

1. One who loves you Slum dwellers '

2. One who is with you in the sea too Fisherinen

The' Selection for slum dwellers was met with great success. Individuals and orgaoisatio'ns like Women Fellowships came forward to distribute these selections in the slUIns 'of their neighbour- - , . hood. Still there is demand for this selection. The success' of the - project for Fishermen was not upto our expectation. The Kalpak~ kam Branch which is close to the seashore took a special interest and purchased a large q uanlity for distribution.

We 'are still working hard 011 the project of Common Language translation- of the Bible in', co~operation with the Roman Catholic ChurCh. ' The 'Coordlnation Coinmitt'ee meets now and then to sort ' 2 out difficulties and to make plans to expedite the translation work. Biblical Scholars and language experts meet at different places at different times to finish the translation of particular books before the stipulated time. ,

, We are progressing on this work patiently and steadily with the hope of completing the translation before the end of 1985. God is working in a mysterious way uniting His people of various denomi­ nations a unity based on His Word. '

DISTRlBUTION:

, By GJd's grace we were able to reach the target and go beyond. This is Ood's doing and this has given us a new vision that there is need for the Word of God and that there are people and organi­ sation to meet the felt needs of the people. This has given us a great challenge ,and we depend upon God's grace to give m the wisdom and guidance to go about fulfilling the demands of the people. Perhaps we are fortunate to have many Christian organi­ ~a tions and committed people who believe and are interested in d i,tribllting the Word of 0)1. All these people are doing the distriblltion in a system'1tic and meaningful way. We praise God for these people who help the Bible Society in fulfilling its task of , naching out to everyone with the Living Word of God. Many of these organisations are having their head q Darters in Madras and this facili rales our dealings with them very much. For the glory of

God I have to mention, the name of one friend Mr. P. R. Garg, a businessman dealing with heavy machines. He came to know Jesus by re.iding the Word of God and after accepting Jesus as his - p ~ r s onol Saviour, he was inspired to reach the student community in th e Hin di speaking areas. Spending his own time and money" he is arnnging to reach thousands of students in a very systematic way . He has taken the charge of the Hindi Department of 'Jesus C'llh' organisation of Brother Dhinakaran. He is doing the distribution in a big way but at the same time there are others who d0 the S:l'ne according to their means and ability. Let us thank GUll for these people and pray for them. The following are the

, 3 iigures of distribution of Scriptures for tbe p;! riod 1982 '33 with the target.

- - • 1981 '82 198283 Target 1982 '83 ------_. _----_._-_._-- ---

Bibles ... 26,242 43,47l 52,30 I New Testaments ... 1 1,856 9,1 83 I 1,429 Portions ... 4,69,913 11,88,639 6,80,088

• New Reader Portions ... 1,74,916 6,6 ,48(j 4,70. 174 New Readt:( Selections ... 7,812 2 S, 72,521 29 ,39,24 1 Selections .. 23,37,429 3,49,509 5, 11 1. 722 ------_.. _-- Total ,.. 30,28,168 48,24, 803 41, 16,955

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From the figures you will note that there is an increase of 17,96,635 Scripture Units. As we present this report we expect everyone who believe the Bible as the life giving Word of God to become a distributor, giving the Word of God to meet the needs of peo pIe according to their means and ability. I wish to mention here some of the individuals who are interested not only in distri ~ bution of Scriptures but also in personal evangelism.

1. Mr. Johnson, B.Sc., B.Ed., Nagercoil

2. Mr. Kanagarathinam. Krishnagiri

3. Dr. C. P. Samuel, Coimbatore • 4. Mr Sundersingh, Virudbachlam

5. Rev. Raja D. Stephens, Salem

6. Rev. M. D. Rajamony, Palayamkottai 4

CONfRIBUTION: •

Go::! has enabled us to collect Rs. 1,67,000/- which is Rs. 17,000/~ more than the target of Rs. 1.50,000/-. We are greatly indebted to Branches, Institutions and individuals who gave their hearty co-operation and worked hard to collect the above amount.

There are those famil ies and friends who continue to show the same interest in giving their generous contributions to the ministry of the Bible Society. We know there are individuals who go round from door to door to collect contributions. We expect the Branches to recognise them alld encourage them by giving a token of appreciation.

There are branches who increase their contribution every year. We ha~e . planned in the Conference of the Branch Secretaries to institute a Shield which will be awarded to the branch which tops the list of contdbutions. •

1 have to m:lke a special mention to the Diocese of Madras which made a dan:'ltion of Rs .. 5,000/- from the Diocesan funds. J;>erhaps if. a,ll the Dioceses of C.S.I., T.E L.C., A.L.C., and other Churches consider the supporting of the Bible Society as one of their primary responsibilities, the Bible Society will become self supporting and we look forward to that day. Many of our Chris­ tian friends are overseas and few of them send their contributions regularly. One of these friends Mrs. Nancy Ponnuraj (Abmlabi) took special interest to support the ministry of the Bible Society anp. remitted to us Rs. 4,500/-. She went round and collected this amount from her friends. May we request the reader to write to their friends abroad to remind them. of the needs of the Bible Society and some of them will be too glad to respond to their req ucst.

There are others who have contributed generously to reach the tafact amI go beyond. We are obliged to mention a few of them -' 5

and we pray tbat God will raise more of such people who realise the importance of distributing the Word of God.

Mr. J. Samuel, T.M.P. Nagar, Padi, Madras-50, a worker in a factory, voluntarily came forward and contributed Rs. 500/- for the mission of the Bible Society.

Mr. D. Arthur Samuel of Arumuganeri contributed Rs. 1,000/­ on behalf of his father Mr. Jesudason, Arumuganeri, ex-colporteur of the Bible Society in Puthur, Tiruchi. He has also made a pledge to contribute Rs. 1000/- every year to support the ministry of the Bible Society.

. Mr. Rajan Tucker has contibuted Rs. 2,000/- as their family contribution to the mininistry of the Bible Society. Mr. K. D. Timothy has donated Rs. 1000/- in memory of his sister Dr. (Miss) M. Manuel, M.D., for the mission of the Bible Society.

There are bookshops run by individuals, institutions and branches which receive supply of Scriptures from us with discount hut there is a bookshop in Tuticorin M/s. A. Jesudasan & Bro., " hich gets discount which is returned to us as contribution or used for supplying Scriptures to the needy and Evangelists.

SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMME •

Throughout last year we had enough stock of Bibles to meet the needs of various bookshops, branches, churches and people. Because of this the Bible Society has regained the confidence of the constituency.

Apart from the usual distribution by the local churches during Hindu festivals such as Chitbirai festival in Madurai we had th e • following outreach progra mme during the period under review. Apart from distribution of special Selections to slum dwellers and fishermen which has already been mentioned, the needs of the following audience were met.

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a) Hill tribals of Kolli Hills : Hill tribals of Kolli Hills are semi literates . It is in Salem District.

b) Hill tribals of Aunaikatti :

• • They are also semi-literates and illiterates . Ann a ikatl i 15 III Coimbatore District.

SCRIPTURES SENT TO N EW ENQU1RERS

Sent to Prisoners: Bibles 72 New Testaments 3 Portions 50 Se lections 1000

Sent to Enquirers : Bible 1 New Testaments Nil Portions 1-162 New Reader Portions

Sent to H)spital : Bibles 2

Sent to College and High Seilllol : New Testaments 3 General enq uirers 128

B. S. I . BRANCHES:

In our effort to have atleast one branch in every revenue laluk we were able to open a branch at Samathan:tpuram. Thirunelvell Diocese and this brings the total number of branches t9 8-L In order to make the branches more active and act on behalf of I he Auxiliary more responsibly we convened a Conference of Branch Secretaries on 8th and 9th October '83 at Dhyana Asbram, Madras-600 028. It was a very useful and helpful Conferen ce and the following are some of the deci5ions we have taken. 7

I. It is better that all Office Bearers of the Branches are Life Members of the Bible Society.

2. It was suggested that Branch Committees meet atleast 4 times a a year.

3. Contributions to the Bible Society must be collected .throughout the year using various methods.

4. As the main purpose and function of the Bible Society is to reach everyone with the Word of God, each Branch must have a 5 year plan to reach all people of their area. They must plan their distribution in such a way to reach 1/5 of the people of • their area every year.

• •- Rolling Shields may be Instituted to be awarded to those who do wdl in distributing Scripture ~ and collecting contributions. T hese can be as fallows. • a) A Shield for a Church which collects the largest amount in a city or town.

b) A Shield for the branches.

c) A gift may be giv~n to any individual who collects more than Rs. 1,000/-. .

d) A special gift to the individual who collects more tban Rs. 1,000/- but tops the list in a city or Branch.

This can be applied to those who distribute largest number of Scriptures also .

• ST AFF CHANGES:

As the Ce ntral Office Unit at Madras was closed during the ye'lf, those staff (two) are with us. The Distribution Promoter Rev. S. D. Soundararaj who was appointed in June 1982 has gone back to the Diocesan wcrk in June 1983. 8

OBITUARY:

The following friends of the Bible Society have passed into glory and we remember them with gra~eful appreciation and thank God for their excellent work in the ministry of the Bible Society. While we thank God for their excellent work in the Bible Society we remember the members of the bereaved families and pray that God may bless them with His peace and comforting presence.

1) Mr. I. Davidson of Madurai 2) Rev. T. Philip of Villupuram .

In conclusion I must say that how grateful I am to the President, the Hon. Treasurer, members of the Auxiliary Committee and Auxiliary staff for their co-operation and kindness. We worked as a team to reach the targets both in distribution and contribution. We are also grateful to the General Secretary and other officers of the Central Office for their timely advice and guidance . .

Finally we thank G0d and praise His Holy name for· all His wonderful mercie, throughout last year. We are also grateful to alI those who have helped us in some measure to carryon the ministry of distributing the Word of God.

Respect fully submitted

Rcv.SWAMIAPPAN• • DAVID Secretary . . • '9

• • List of Patron Members of the Bible Society of India During the Year 1st November 1982 to 31st October 1983.

1 Maj. J. Victor, Madras .

• 2 Mrs. Stella Tucker, Madras.

, 3 Miss Thelma Tucker, Madra-s.

4 Miss Ramona Tucker, Madras. • 5 Mr. M. D. Abraham, Tuticorin.

6 Mr. V. SiIuvaimuthu, Idltiyangudi.

, . 7 Mr. P'- Sam Beimet, Palapilliam

, 8 Mr. J. Samuel, Madras. • 9 Mrs. J. Samuel, Madras.

, , , 10 Mr. M. A. Victor, Yercaud. • • • 11 Mr. D. E. 'P. Paul Dhinakaran, Madras.

12 Mr. M. D. Timothy, Coimbatore.

13 Mrs. F. Timothy, Coimbatore.

-14 Mr. D. Daniel Rajiah, Thanjavur.

t 5 Mr. J u.Iian Williams, Madras.

16 Mr. S. V. Solomon, Madras . • :17 Mrs. A. D. Edwards, T anjore • • COMPARATIVE TABLE . . ... _. . . . Current Year 1982 19f!3 (1 11 1982 to 31 to 1983) New New SI. Testa­ Selec­ • Reader Readers No. Particulars Bible ments Portions tions Portions Selections . I. CUSTOMERS 1. General Sales 35,358 7,203 1,161,485 1,665,042 480,841 190;520 , II. SALES AT REDUCED PRICE

1. Voluntary Colp. • •• 4 21,120 • • •• ...... 2. Needy Christian Homes 6,159 109 ...... • • 3. Boarding Homes 1,721 314 ...... 4. Students 88 137 100 ... 500 ... 5. Fire Victims 56 ...... III. SPECIAL PROJECTS (FREE) 1. Hospitals 2 ... • ...... •

2. Prisons 72 3 50 1,000 .. . •••

3. Graduates ... 900 ... • •• ......

4. Matriculates ...... • •• • 5. Non-Christian Enqllirers I ... t ,462 1 1,110 ... 6. Jatbras & Festivals • •• ••• ••• • ... .., .. . 7. Free at Secy's: Discretion ••• ...... • • • ...... 8. Bible Van Evangelism ••• • • • 4,776 ...... 9. Scripture for Blind ••• ... 379 521 ...... 10. Special • free Grant 13 507 1,267 905,957 177,029 158,989 ] 1. Libraries 1 6 ...... , .. .

Total 43,471 9,183 1,190,639• 2,572,521 659,480 349,509

• The above mentioned Scriptures were issued in Tamil Nadu alone. Scrip- OF CIRCULATION

Previous Year 1981 1982 (1 11 J981 to 31 10 1982) New New Total Bibles Testa­ Portions Selec­ Reader Reader Total ments tions Portions Selections

• 3,540,449 19,968 7,143 425,144 6696,77 147,416 5,436 1,274,784

21,124 • • • ... 24,140 ...... 24,140

6,268 4,965 416 ••• ... • • • ... 5,381 2,035 1,213 554 ...... ••• .. . 1,767 • 825 3 84 ••• ...... 0' 87

• 56 ... • •• • •• .., • •• ......

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1,125 76 • 103 .., ...... 179

900 ... 34,53 ...... " 3,453 • ...... 3,343 ...... 3,343

2,574 ... 22 2,550 ... 260 .. , 2,832

... .. , ...... 300,000 ...... 300,000

... 10 76 2,689 46,050 14,575 360 63,760

• 4,776 ...... 7,585 163,800 11,415 1,944 184,744

• 900 ...... 67 2 ...... 69

1,243,762 3 4,395 1,157,900 1,250 72 1,163,622 •

7 ... ••• • ••• • •• .. . •• • • •• • 4,824,803 26,242 11,856 · 469,913 2,337,429 174,916 7,812 3,028,168

, , '. ' tures senno other Auxiliaries of the BSI and Foreign Agencies are excluded. THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA INCOME & EXPENDIlURE ACCOUNT FOR EXPENDITURE . Rs. P. To Djff~rence between cost and cataloglle prIce• ... 6,80.,638 67 " Stock adjustments (net) • •• 1,476 47 " Discount ·. - . 4,0.6,948 66 " Special Project Distribution ... 1,57,240. 74 " Distribution Promoters/Officers salaries ... 22,104 25

" Bible Van staff salary • • • 17,316 13 " Voluntary Workers' Honararium ... 0,910 DO " Travelling Distribution Promoters, Officer & Voluntary Workers ... 9,991 89 " Travelling Others ... 1,776 95

" Bible Van Expenses • •• 16.158 83 " Publicity , ... 11,181 27 " Freight ... 56,795 19 " Bible Week & Workshop ... 6,864 25 " Other Promotional Expenses ••• 1,255 77 " Newspaper Evangelism ••• 10.,000. 00 " Salary Secretary ... 19,230. 00 " Salary Office Staff ... 2,0.9,0.13 50 " Provident Fund ·Society's Contribution ... lJ,6D4 15 " Travel & Car Expenses Secretary ... 23,0.97 60. " Repairs Equipments ... . 2,0.12 90. " Electricity & Water ... 5,483 27 " Postage, Telegram & Telephone ... 11,772 60. " Printing & Stationery ... 9,495 36 " Sundries ... 2,460. 38 • " Audit Fees • •• 1,0.00. DO " Bank Charges ... 776 10. " Conference & Committee ... 3,680. 69 " Subscriptions ... 12 00. "Bospitality . ... 449 60 " Branch E)Cpenses ... 1,620 3D " Fund raising expenses ... 8,693 48 " Depreciation ... 33,573 95 " Bad Debts ... 574 12 " Excess of Income over Expenditure

carried to Balance Sheet '" 13,93,0.73 87 • " 31,46,283 94 Place: MADRAS For KURUVILLA & KURUVILLA Date: 3D 11 1983 Chartered Accountants (Sd) M. R. SUBRAMANIAN Partner, TAMILNADU AUXILIARY, ...1ADRAS THE YEAR ENDED ~ 1st OCTOBER 1983 , INCOME • Rs. P. By Local Contributions:

Churches " . 14,310 00 Others ••• 1,53,071 28

Interest ••• 13,594 15

" Miscellaneous Income • • • 1,886 90 " Profit on sale of Assets ... 1,190 00 " Revaluation of Bound Stock " . 5,63,685 38 " Contribution received from " Central Office (net) • " . 23,98,546 23

• Z] , n , . ~. 31,46,283 94

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• (Sd) . Rev. SwajaiapPln Da\'id (Sd) Dr. Susikarah TbangasaDii • • I Secretar)! . Hon. Treasurer • THE BIBLE SOCIETY OF INDIA BALANCE SHEET AS AT P'P .... LIABILITIES • Rs. P. Rs. P. Customers' Credit Balances 12,526 05 Liabilities 8,191 77 Ct'utral Office Control Account As per last Balance Sheet 14,24,407 34 Less: Transferred to Capital Account 14,24,407 34

Capital Account • Amount transferred rrom Central Office Account 14,24,407 34 Add: Excess of Income over Expenditure as per Income & Expenditure account 13,93,073 87 --'.--" 28,17,481 21

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,'-' " , , • .. 28,38,199 03 : ...P P... P!7:: a.. ·' .....o;; ·,.....· ....' ... ·'T.... · ""'l ' t b...,Y': ~"'D"' · " :-f' ';'';' .":"' ,_.__ ...... - _" .... ' 0-.... ' :....· , ."" .,,-:, ; ~':",: r ""'t ·...., ..,.:.., . ___--:- ____ PLACE: MADRAS Vide our report of even date D,ATE; 30 II 119S3 For KURUVILLA & KURUVILLA ", . Chartered Accountants , I .. . (Sd.) M. R • .SUBRAMANIAN Partner. , TAMILNADU AUXILIARY, MADRAS 31ST OCTOBER, 1983 ASSETS

Rs. P. Rs. P. Fixed Assets: As per Schedule 81,015 69 Cash on Hand: Cash 15,338 04 Cheques 8,704 75 Branch Imprest 725 00 Stamp and Franking Machine balance 1,260 50 26,028 29 • Cash with Banks in Savings Bank Account: State Bank of India 31,1161 55 United Commercial Bank 2,378 61 --,,--- 34,240 16

6,80,950 81

• Festival Advance 495 00 Cycle Loan 2.260 00 Vehicle Loan 4,916 40 For travelling 200 00 7,871 40 Prepaid Expenses 1,561 35 Stock-in-Trade , 19,90,732 08 Stock·in-Transit 12,799 25 Deposits: Southern Roadways 2,000 00 Against Petrol Supply 1,000 00 . 3.000 00

,28,38 ,199 03

. ' (Sd.) Rev. S. Swamlappan David, (Sd.) Dr. Susikaran Thangasami Hon. Treasure, . Secretary •

• The followi'ng i~ the list of tile Branches and the • • Amount received from them

Previous year Current year Received late SI. Name of Branches from 1-11·'83 No 1981-'82 1982-'83 to 31-12-'83 Rs. P. Rs. P. Rs. P. • 1 Ambur 487 00 277 00 2 Arakkonam • 503 00 150 00 5 00 3 Ambasamudram 1,500 00 522 00 50 00 4 Bal1~guDdu 160 00 230 00 - 0 ) Chid a ill bararn 3 0 00 200• 00 6 Cbingleput ] .546 00 1,420 00 139 00 7 'Coimbatore • 9,392 55 7,379 10 150 00 '8 Cooneor 25 00 525 00 9 Cuddalore 645 00 32 00 10 Dindigul 10 00 10 00 50 00

1l Pharapu,ram , 955 90 290 00 50 00 J2 Dharmapuri 100 00 13 Eral 270 00 317 00 • 14 Erode 12 00 420 00 • ]5 Gudiyatham 1.010 00 1,530 00 110 00

16 ~~ Gingee 240 00 •' . 100 00 17 .. Idaiyangud i 1,523 00 460 00 10 00 297 . 00 ]8 ;t

• 47 Pannaivilai 1,320 40 5 00 • 48 Pondicherry 512 00 556 65 105 00 49 Pollachi S60 00 361 00 50 Palani • 51 Perambalur ]05 00 52 Rajapalayam 625 00 626 00 53 Ranipet 306 40 560 00 400 00 S4 Ramnad 340 00 55 Salem 1,382 00 1,005 25 3 50 56 Sawyerpuram 190 00 57 Srivilli puthur 808 00 601 00 70 00 58 Shenkottah 384 00 800 00 59 Sivakasi 561 00 1,823 00 110 00 60 Sholinghur • 11 50 155 00 61 Spic Nagar 170 00 749 00 62 Sattur 280 00 140 00 400 00 63 Military Line (New) 620 00 64 Tanjore 792 00 3,638 00 65 TrichY 3,572 70 80 00 1,000 00 66 Tuticorin 4,895 50 4,796 75 821 00 67 Tiruvannamalai 247 00 315 00 68 Tindivanam 170 00 69 Trivallur 10 00 10 00 70 Tisayanvillai 973 00 1,150 00 1,1 05 00 71 TranquebarjKaraikal 400 00 276 00 90 00 72 Thirutani 120 00 73 Tirupur 1~2 50 20 00 74 Tirupattur (Ramnad Dist ) 25 00 75 Tambaram 326 00 1,920 00 794 50 76 Tirukoilur 250 00 140 00 77 Tirupattur (N A. Dist.) 20 00 250 00 78 Usilampatti , 25 00 25 00 79 Udumalpet 300 00 300 00 80 Vellore 460 00 1,129 00 302 50 81 -Virudhachalam 279 00 930 00 10 00 82 Virudhunagar 13 10 100 00 . • 83 Villupuram 1,161 00 567 00 84 Valparai 259 00 Total Rs. 1,12,675 22 1,53,700 86 17,696 05 BIB L E SOC lET Y OF I ND I A

TAMILNADU AUXILIARY

Programme or THE ANNUAL MEETING

and • THANKSGIVING SERVICE

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at the EMMANUEL METHODIST CHURCH

Jeremiah Road, Vepery, Madras· 600 007.

Tuesday 28th February, 1984 at 6 - 00 p. m.

Chairman: The Rt. Rev. Jayaseelan Jacob

• Bishop of TraRquebar

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Guest Speaker I •

Mr. A. C. Dharmaraj Associate General Secretary Bible Society of India. Ballga)ore. Opening Hymn

1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation ; o my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation: Come ya who hear, Brothers and sisters draw near, Praise Him in glad adoration.

2 . Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth, Shelters, thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth : Hast thou not seen All that is needful hath been Granted in what He ordaineth ?

3. Praise to the Lord! 0 let all that is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath come now with praise before Him I

Let the amen • Sound from His people again: Gladly for ay we adore Him.

Prayer : The Rt. Rev. Dorairaj Peter Director, Gurukul Research In stitute, Madras 600010.

Scrirture Reading: Col. V. Sughanantham Territorial Commander, Tirunelveli.

Annual Report: The Rev. SwamiappiJn David Secretary.

• Presentation of Accounts: Dr. Susikarnn Thangasami • Han. Treasurer.

RESOLUTION :

This meeting receives the Report and the Statement of Receipts and Payments for the year November 1. 1982 to October 31, 1983.

Give praise and thanks to God for His blessing on the work of the Bible Society during the pasr year. And calls upon ali tl10se who love the Word to assist in a new and decisive way in the Society's task of bearing the same Word to our people . •

Song: Bain School

Introduction of the Speaker:

Addre ss: Mr. A. C. Dh ar maraj • • Associate General Secretary . • i Bible Society of India, Bangalore.

Song: Balar Kalvi Nilayam. - Chairman's Remarks :

The list of names of the General Committee for 1984

Vote of thanks : Prof. Arputhamurthy, •

• American College, Madurai.

(OFFERTORY will be taken during the singing of the Hymn) • HYMN 1. lead us, heaveflly Father, lead us O' er the world's tempestuous sea ; - Guard us guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but thee; Yet possessing every blessing If our God our Father be.

2. Saviour! breathe forgiveness o'er us, All our weakness thou dost know, Thou didst tread this earth before us, Thou d idst feel its keenest woe ; Lana and dreary, faint and weary, Through th e desert thou didst go .

• 3. Spirit of our God, descending, Fill our hearts with heavenly joy, Love with every passion blending, Pleasure that can never cloy : Thus provided, pardoned, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy! • Prayer and Rene(liction. ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY?

The Bible Society exists so that each person may obtain in his own language a Bible or at least a part of the Bible at a price he can afford.

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The cost of producing and distributing Scriptures is normally much higher than the price charged, and we rely on the support of all Christian people to bridge this gap.

We welcome as members of the Society all those who can contribute Ten Rupees or more during the year, as Life Members who send a contribution of One Hundred Rupees or more and as Patron Members who send a contribution of Two Hundred and • Fifty Rupees or more.

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Post Box 502/ The Secretary, Park Town, BIBLE SOC IETY OF INDIA Madras - 600 003. Tamilnadu Auxiliary.

- .-. - - SERVINOIA PflESS 7 March, 1984.

,:u...... tJ,...... ;. C • D''''"c;J.''''' ..''''n ,,- (':"'' '"' ~-::' j , Associat.e General Secretory, nle Bibl~ Society of India, 20, Mahatma Gcmdhi Road, BANGALORE - 560 001.

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Thank you vGry much f or yo:.:.r prompt and gracious resp onse t.o my request.

I am handing t.he copy on to ~ur editor. WOe are grateful to you and QO the Bible S~iety,for this e.'llphasis on its rcll in the Churchs:, mission of evangelization in the Ind:1.an , context.

May God continue to enfotd in His love and grace •

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Yours in Christ;.,

Roger E. Hedlund.

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COl Mrs. Beulah• Herbert (editor India Churoh Growth Q~arterly)

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REB/gh. Mr. Theodore ~ ama!(rishnan 22 November, 1984 General Secretary Bible Society of India 20, Mahatma Gandhi Road Bangalore - 560 001

Dear Mr. Ramakrishnan: Greetings fn Jesus' Name from Madras . I writing to express appreciation for all of the copies of your Nel.'/s Letters sent to us 'In September.. vie are grateful to you. These are full of news. We are uti I1 sing many items for the January 1985 issue of INDIA CliUnCH GRO\'JTH QUARTl:.HlY s You will be receiving the issue. I trust you will find 1tfnsp1rfng. We appreci ate very much your warm spi rit and concern for out reach \.;1 th the Good News. The address by your co l1eague, Rev. A.C, Oharamaraj, will appear in this same issue.

~/arm regards.

, Yours in Christ, Note to Beulah: Only yesterday I saw the News Letters , received from the Bible Society of India. I note that there is a letter Roger E. Hedlund. enclosed addressed to me which was dated 18 Sept., '84. I was away from Madras at that time. so quite likely the office handed the material to you CC: ,Mrs. 8eu lah Herbert directly. So far as I know, no ack­ Rev. S. Vasantharaj Albert nowledgement has been sent to Mr. Rama­ krishnan. Hence my letter to him at this time. If it has already gor'le fran , you, no harm done. There is a lot of Ene1: brochure good material here. I hope they wi 11 continue to send this news letter to us. -R.E. Hedlund. cc: Vasanth. RH:pm

P.S. - We will be extremely grateful if your office will continue to send to us these News letters as we would Hke to be kept up-to-date. We wf 11 a 1so be keepi ng a 11 of the back issues for our CGRC Research Library_ Many t ks. - Ii:.t. .H. Bro. Ron Penny, 27 November, ' 84. 3, John Annstrong Road, Ri cha rds Town, Bangalore - 560 005

Dear Bro. Penny, Your letter to Dr. Hedlund dated November 20, 1984, was handed over to me to rep ly to you" •

• Or. Hedlund will be going on II leave of absence" f or a ye a r from Jen ua ry 1985. So he will not be at tending the U £ ~I National Missionary Conference.

I . am planning to represent CHUI~ CH GRm ~ TH RE::i [;·IRC H C E NT 1~ £ at this Conference. I will be very happy to take time with you during the Conferenc ~ to discuss the possibi ltti ~ s of \¥orki n9 together to plan to reach the youth and othe r related areas of research. Hoping to meet you at Cuttack.

With warm greetings.

Yours in Him,

s. Vasantharaj Albert. cc: Or. R.E. Hedlund • •

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