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These Younger "churches vary widely in degree of independence and autonomy, spiritual and economic maturity, and strength of indigenous leadershipD We have not attempted to list the missionary agency or agencies with which each indigenous church group has been associated] since such material can be found elsewhere and the purpose of this study is to emphasize the emerging responsible church bodies in their various stages of growth. Exact statistics of membership are always difficult to se­ cure and when available may be interpreted in different ways. We have attempted to give only round numbers, based upon the most recent data available in the Missionary Research Library. "Membership" means adult baptized members and does not include baptized children. "Corrununity" means members and their families and] also.\' cate­ chumens or inquirers. We realize that the statistics are not fully reliable, but we believe that they will furnish a fair picture of the Younger Church movement. Under the heading, "Missionaries from the Younger Churches]" we have surrunarized such in­ formation as we could secure regarding missionaries being sent out from younger church bodies to other countries and peoples. This is a most significant new de­ velopment.

Church bodies which are members of the World Council of Churches are marked #0

We hope that this List of Younger Churches will be of help to all who are study­ ing the growth of world-wide Christianity. We would be glad to receive corrections and suggestions for revision.

We wish to thank all who have helped in the preparation of this Study and those who have read the manuscript in whole or in partD Mr. Kenyon Eo Moyer, Research Assistant in the Missionary Research Library, has given valuable assistance in edi.t-· ing and typing D

F. W. P. - 3 ­ THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS AND THE GUIANAS

Bahamas (Bahama Islands) (British West Indies)

POPULATION. 100,000; one-fifth white, four-fifth colored; English-speaking.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Main religion of the twenty inhabited islands.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Council of Nassau.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Church in the Province of West Indies. Diocese of Nassauo About 7,000 members. Member of W.C.C.

Methodist Church. About 3,000 members.

Church of God. About 4,000 members.

Baptist Churches, independent Baptist unions. About 20,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 800 members.

Assemblies of God. About 400 members. Other small church groups founded by interdenominational societies.

Cuba (Republic of Cuba)

POPULATION. 6 million; Spanish-speaking, English widely understood. PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Membership small, but vital and growing; Protestant community about 100,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.. (1) Concilio Cubano do iglesio evangelicas (Council of Evangelical Churches). Six member church bodies: Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Friends, Salvation Army. Council is member of 1oM.C o with one voting representative. (2) Evangelical Fellowship of Cuba (Associate member of W.E.F. '. YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Iglesia Episcopal (Episcopal Church). About 7,500 members.

Iglesia Metodista (Methodist Church). Cuba Annual Conference (formed 1923), 3 districts. About 10,000 members.

Iglesia Presbiteriana (Presbyterian Church).. Presbytery of Cuba (Synod of New Jersey). About 3,500 members. - 4 ­

Convenci6n Bautista de Cuba Oriental (Baptist Convention of East Cuba). About 7,000 members.

Baptist Churches of West Cuba. About 8,000 members.

Iglesia Los Amigos (Friends, Cuba Annual Meeting). About 1,000 memberS 4

Seventh Day Adventist Church, East and West Cuba Conferences. About 5,000 members",

Assemblies of God in Cuba. About 4,000 members~

Pentecostal Evangelical Church. Several thousand members and adherents~

Other church groups, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, indigenous churches founded by West Indies Mission (2,000 members), etc.

Dominican Republic

POPULATION. 2~ million; majority mixed African and Spanish ancestry; official language Spanish, English widely understood.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Community of about 30,000"

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES ...

Iglesia Evang~lica Dominicana (Evangelical Church of Dominican RepUblic). About 2,000 members. A union of Presbyterian, Methodist and Evangelical Brethren churches.

Seventh Day Adventist churches~ About 3,000 members.

Protestant Episcopal Church~. About 2,000 members"

Free Methodist Church. About 1,000 members.

Assa~blies of God~ About 2,000 members.

Pentecostal churches.

Scattered churches founded by various interdenominational missionary societies.

The Guianas

British Guiana (British Colony)

POPULATION. 500,000; mixed population: Negroes (38 per cent), immigrants from East Indies (42 per cent), Europeans, Indians; official language English. - 5 ­ PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Dominant religion.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Ministers' Association.

YOUNGER CHURCHES~

Church in the Province of the West Indies. Diocese of Guiana (Anglican). About 22,000 members.

Congregational Union of British Guiana. About 4,000 members.

Methodist Church . About 6,000 members.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in British Guiana. Formed in 1943. Includes Europeans. Community of 7,000.

Presbyterian Church. About 1,200 members.

The Moravian Church. About 600 members.

Seventh Day Adventist Churches. About 4,000 member-a,

Assemblies of God. About 900 members~

Pentecostal groups, Pilgrim Holiness Churches, Salvation Army, Baptists, Church of the Nazarene, and other small groups.

French Guiana and West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe)

POPULATION. French Guiana, 30,000. Martinique, 250,000. Guadeloupe, 250,000. People: French ancestry, Negroes and Indians. Office language French, some Indian dialects.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Slight trace.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YO UNGER CHURCHES.

Small number of Anglicans, belonging to Diocese of Guiana.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 3,000 members.

Netherlands Guiana (Surinam) and the Netherlands Antilles (Quracao, Aruba, Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Martin (Dutch port)

POPULATION. Netherlands Guiana, 225,000. Netherlands West Indies, 200,000. Negroes, Europeans, East Indians and others. Official language is Dutch, Spanish and English also spoken. - 6 ­

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION g YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Moravian mission churches. About 45,000; community of 140,000.

Reformed Church. About 10,000 members (mostly Dutch)~

Churches in Diocese of Guiana (Anglican). See British Guiana.

Churches founded by Negro Societies from U.S.A.

Other small groups: Seventh Day Adventists, Baptists, Pilgrim Holiness Salvation Army ..

--Haiti (Republic of Haiti)

POPULATION. 3 million, largely Negro. Main languages French and Creole French o English taught in schools.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Roman Catholicism is the main religion, but Protestant churches are active and growing. Protestant community, over 200,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Jacmel Baptist Church. About 3,000 members.

Baptist churches. About 20,000 members.

Church of God~ About 10,000 members.

Protestant Episcopal Church. About 15,000 members.

Methodist Church. About 2,000 members~

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 13,000 members.

Pentecostal and UevangelicalJl churches. Several thousand members.

Churches founded by various interdenominational missionary societies, several thousand members.

Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S.A.)

POPULATION. 2~ million, languages: Spanish chiefly, and English. .- 7 ­

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Still a minority religion but growing in importance and influence. Protestant community of about 250 )000 ~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Concilio Nacional Evang~lico de Puerto Rico (Evangelical Council of Puerto Rico) includes Baptists, Methodists Mennonites, Presbyterians, Disciples, United Evangelicals and Friends o Member of the I.M.C. with one representative.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

La Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal (Pentecostal Church of God ) or Assemblies of God). About 13,000 members and growing r apidly ,

Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Puerto Rico (United Evangelical Church of Puerto Rico, a union of Congregational-Christian and United Brethren

church bodies) . Membership about 53000, Presbyterian Church, Presbytery of Puerto Rico (Synod of New York). About 5,000 membersr

Baptist Convention. About 8,000 members.

Disciples of Christ Church. Church has new constitution, more responsibilityo About 6,000 members.

Methodist Church. About 5,000 members.

Protestant Episcopal Church . About 10,000 members "

Seventh Day Adventists, Puerto Rico Conference. About 4J OOO members o Other small groups: Church of God, Mennonite Church, Pilgrim Holiness Church, Pentacostal churches, Lutheran Church . Christian and Missionary Alliance churches, Church of the Nazarene.

The West Indies (British)

A British Caribbean Federation will become a self-governing member of the Commonwealth in 1958, (comprising Jan~ica, Trinidad, Tobago~ Barbados, Windward Islands and Leeward Islands but not British Virgin Islands and Bahamas) .

Jamaica (Including Turks, Caicos and Cayman Islands)

POPULATION. l~ million; three-fourths Negroes~ remainder are mulattoes y Europeans, East Indians and Chinese; language - English ~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Dominant faith. - 8 ­ INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION . Jamaica Christian Council, includes most church bodies on the island. Member of IoM.C. with one representative.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Diocese of Kingston (Jamaica), Church in the Province of West Indies (Anglican). About 35,000 members, including Europeans.

Jamaican Baptist Union. About 240 churches and 23,000 members.

The Presbyterian Church of Jamaica~* About 12,000 members.

Congregational Union of Jamaicao* About 4,000 members~

The Methodist Church, Jamaica District.* About 17,000 members~

The Moravian Church, Provisional Elders! Conference.* About 5,000 members.

The Disciples of Christ.~r About 5,000 members.

(*The latter five church bodies are considering union).

Assemblies of God in Jamaica. 35 churches and about 1,300 members.

Associated with 21 independent Pentecostal churches p

The Church of God. About 5,000 members. (20,000 reported under Missionary Board).

Seventh Day Adventists, East and West Jamaica Conferences. About 23,000 members.

Society of Friends, Yearly Meeting. About l~OOO members.

Several other groups: Pentecostal, Open Bible Standard Churches, Pilgrim Holiness, Brethren, etc. Few thousand members.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. Jamaican Home and Foreign Missionary Society sends missionaries to French Guinea~

Other Islands

POPULATION. Barbados, 200,000~ Trinidad (including Tobago), 600 000 0 Windward Islands (Grenada, Grenadines, Dominica, St. Vincent, St. Lucia), 300,000. Leeward Islands (Antigua, Barbuda, Redonda, St. Christopher, Nevis, Anguilla, Monserrat, Sombrero, British Virgin Islands), 110,000. People: European, West Indian and Negro. Language: Engl.Lsh,

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Dominant religion",

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Federation of Evangelical Churches of Trinidad and Tobago.. - 9 ­

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Church in the Province of the West Indies (Anglican): Member of WoC.C., Diocese of Antigua" About 10,000 members .. Diocese of Barbados. About 25,000 members. Diocese of Windward Islands. About 11,000 members. Diocese of Trinidad. About 18,000 members. Diocese of Nassau (Bahamas) ..

The Moravian Church, Provisional Elders 7 Conference. About 6,000 members.

Methodist Church. About 20,000 members.

Pilgrim Holiness Church. About 5,000 members•.

Seventh Day Adventist Churches. About 10,000 members.

Presbyterian Church in Trinidad. About 4,000 members.

Baptist Union of Trinidad and Tobago. Several thousand members.

Other small groups: Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, African M.. E. Church, Evangelical Alliance, Assemblies of God and scattered Pentecostal groups.

MISSIONARIES FROM THE YOUNGER CHURCHES. Pongas Mission to French Guinea. West Indian Mission to Gambia, West Africa.

LATIN AMERICA (Mexico, Central America and South America)

Argentina (Republic of Argentina)

POPULATION. 19 million, mostly European stock; Spanish-speaking; Roman Catholic Church under "National Patronage."

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant membership and community, about 100,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Confederacion de Iglesias Evang~licas del Rio de la Plata (River Plate Confederation of Evangelical Churches - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay), 18 member societies. The Confederation is a member of the I.M.C. with one voting representative.. (2) Union Evangelica de la Argentina.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Iglesia Metodista Conferencia del Rio de la Plata (Methodist Annual Conference of River Plate), now called Latin American Central Conference. Argentina Annual Conference, 5 districts, about 6,000 members. Patagonia Provisional Annual Conference o Iglesia de los Discipulos de Cristo (Church of the Disciples of Christ in Argentina) . About 500 members. - 10 ­

#Iglesia Evangtlica Luterana Unida (United Evangelical Lutheran Church . About 4,000 members. Member of W.C.C ~

District of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod. About 15,000 members~

Sinodo Evang~lico AlemAn del Rio de la Plata (German Evangelical La Plata Synod - inc. Paraguay and Uruguay). Community of 100,000, mostly German descent ... Iglesia Congregacionalista de la Republica Argentina (Congregational Church of Argentina). About 6,000 members.

~onvencion Bautista del Rio de la Plata (Baptist Convention of River Plate)~ About 11,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist, Buenos Aires and Central Argentina Conferences. About 6,500 members.

Iglesia Evange'LLca Mennonita en la Argentina (Mennonite Church in Argentina). About 700 members.

Union de las Asambleas de Dios (Union of Assemblies of God). About 2,000 members~

Evangelical Union. About 1,000 members...

Chiesa Evangelica Valdese (Waldensian Church). About 1,500 members.

Other small groups~ Conservative Baptists, Salvation Army, Church of the Nazarene, Alliance churches, Brethren, Pentecostal Holiness churches, churches founded by New Testament Missionary Union and various other societies from the U.S. and Europe.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. Methodist Conference of River Plate has sent missionaries to Indians of Bolivia.

Bolivia (Republic of Bolivia)

POPULATION. 3~ million, chiefly Ladinos and Indians, 20 per cent European descent; Spanish language and Indian dialects. Roman Catholic is recognized religion.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Small membership and slow growth, with exception of Seventh Day Adventists and Pentecostalists.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 6,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 1,000 members".

Bolivian Baptist Union. About 1,000 members~ - 11 ­

Methodist church, Provisional Annual Conference. About 500 members.

Church of the Nazarene. About 500 members~

Society of Friends. About 1,000 members~

Holiness churcheso About 1,000 members ~

Churches among the Indian tribes founded by interdenominational missions.

Other groups: scattered churches founded by various missionary societies.

Brazil (United States of Brazil)

POPULATION. 58 million, rapidly growing cities, moving frontier; multi-racial people (white, Negroes, mulattoes and Asiatics); Portugese language~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. ~<[O and a half mi.Ll.Lon commuru.cant members and adherents, practically four per cent of the population. Most rapid Protestant growth, percentagewise, of any country in the world~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Confederacao Evangtlica do Brasil (Evangelical Confederation of Brazil), organised in 1934 . Five member church bodies: Christian Reformed, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Independent

Presbyterian. Confederation is official member of 1 0M. C., with 2 voting representatives on the Council.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Igreja Metodista do Brasil (Methodist Church of Brazil), formed in 1930. Five annual conferences, 3 bishops~ about 45,000 members. Autonomous church, affiliated with Methodist Church in U.S,A. Member of W.C.C.

#Igreja Evangtlica de Confissao Luterano (Evangelical Church of Lutheran Con­ fession in Brazil) . Related to Federacao Sinodal (Federation of Lutheran Synods). Community of 500,000. Member of W.C.C~

Igreja Evangelica Luterana (Evangelical Lutheran Church , District of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) Community of 84,000.

Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil (Presbyterian Church of Brazil), formed in 1899. About 70,000 members. Igreja Presbiteriana Independata do Brasil (Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil). Formed in 1903. About 22,000 members.

Igreja Crista Reformade do Brasil (Christian Reformed Church of Brazil). About 5,000 members.

Igreja Episcopal Brasileira (Episcopal Church of Brazil). About 6,000 members.

Convencao Batista Brasileira (BraZilian Baptist Convention). Formed in 1907. Over 400 self-supporting churches and about 125,000 members. - 12 ­ Igreja Evangelica Congregacional do Brasil (Congregational Church of Brazil). About 13,000 members,

Assembleias de Deus (Assemblies of God). About 200,000 members.

Igreja Holiness do Brasil (Holiness Ch~rch of Brazil). About 35,000 members".

The Pentecostal Churches of Brazil, including the Assemblies of God and other bodies, are reported to have over 300,000 members. The Pente­ costal movement, largely indigenous, is stronger in Brazil than in any other Latin American country.

Churches among Indian tribes founded by interdenominational missions.

Sierra Amazon Valley Association of Baptist Churches, indigenous~

Other groups: Mennonites, Free Methodists, Evangelical and United Brethren, Church of God, Salvation Army~

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. Missior.aries have been sent to Angola.

British Honduras (British crown colony)

POPULATION. About 80,000; multi-racial (British background); language - English.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. About one-fourth of the population is under Protestant influence.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION p

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Church of the Province of the West Indies, Diocese of British Honduras. About 2,000 members. (Also 2,000 members in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

Methodist Church. About 1,500 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 800 members.

Assemblies of God. About 100 members.

Other small groups: Church of the Nazarene, Church of God, Salvation Army, Pentecostal groups.

Ghile (Republic of Chile)

POPULATION. 6 million, largely Spanish-Indian mixture; Spanish language; Roman - 13 ­ Catholic is national church.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. 3/4 million evangelical Christian followers, about 12 per cent of the population, including an estimated 400,000 Pentecostal adherents.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Concilio Evangelico de Chile. (2) Committee of Cooperation in Christian Work in Chile.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostal (Pentecostal Evangelical Church), completely indigenous. Largest group, with about 70,000 members and several hundred thousand adherents.

Deutsche Evangelische Kirche in Chile (German Evangelical Church in Chile). Community of 25,000~ Methodist Church, Chile Annual Conference (4 districts and 2 missions). About 6,000 members.

Presbyterian Church (24 Churches in Presbytery of Chile, Synod of N.Y.). About 2,500 members•.

Chilean Baptist Convention, formed in 1949.. About 6,500 members.

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches. About 2,000 members~

Assemblies of God in Chile. About 1,500 members.

Seventh Day Adventist, South Chile and North Chile Conferences. About 6,000 members. Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and other small groups.

Colombia (RepUblic of Colombia)

POPULATION. 13 million, mostly mixed ancestry, ten per cent Negro; Spanish language.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Small, persecuted, but virile churches.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Confederaci6n Evang~lica de Colombia. (Evangelical Confederation of Colombia).

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Iglesia Evang~lica Presbiteriana de Colombia. (Presbyterian Church of Colombia). About 1,500 members•.

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches. About 1,500 members.

Baptist churches. About 1,500 members. - 14 ­ Ewangelical churches (founded by Gospel Missionary Union and the Evangelical Alliance Mission). About 1,000 members.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Colombia. Community of 2,000.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 3,000 members.

Episcopal churches (in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama Diocese) •. Few members.

Other small groups: Assemblies of God, Pentecostal churches, Lutheran mission churches, Methodist churches, Mennonite churches, scattered churches founded by various American and British missions.

Costa Rica (Republic of Costa Rica)

POPULATION. One million, 80 per cent of pure European descent; Spanish language.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Small Protestant minority~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION ...

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Anglican churches. About 1,000 members.

Methodist Church, Costa Rica District of Central America Provisional Annual Conference. About 1,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 1,500 members.

National Conference of the Assemblies of God. About 400 members.

Baptist churches. About 500 members.

Other small groups: Society of Friends, Lutheran churches, Pentecostal churches, churches founded by Central American Mission. Latin America Mission and other interdenominational missionary societies. About 2,000 members.

EcuAAor (Repub.Li,c of Ecuador)

POPULATION. 3~ million, one-third pure Indian, one-sixth pure Spanish, others Ladinos; Spanish language and tribal dialects. Roman Catholic dominant religion but has no state support.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant community very small, two or three thousand believers. No strong indigenous church as yet. - 15 ­ INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. National Evangelical Committee of Ecuador, co­ ordinating efforts of eleven mission groups including United Andean Indean Mission.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Small Christian groups founded by various interdenominational societies ­ Christian and Missionary Alliance, Gospel Missionary Union, etc. Few hundred members.

Baptist groups.

Seventh Day Adventist churches, About 750 members.

Other small groups: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ecuador, Brethren.

El Salvador (Republic of El Salvador)

POPULATION. Two million, in the smallest and most densely populated of Central American Republics; mixed-blood, Spanish-speaking people.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY 0 Several small but strong Protestant church bodies.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

National Baptist Convention~ About 1,000 members~

Other Baptist Churches. About 2~000 members.

Church of the Province of West Indies, Diocese of British Honduras. Several hundred Salvador members in this Diocese.

Assemblies of God. 6,000 members~

Seventh D~ Adventist churches. 1,400 members.

Society of Friends. About 300 members.

Other church groups (including those founded by Central American Mission) About 2,000 members.

Guatemala (Republic of Guatemala)

POPULATION. 3 million, the majority pure Indian, the remainder mixed Indian and Spanish blood. - 16 ­

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Small, slowly growing Christian membership, about 30,000~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Iglesia Evang~lica en Guatemala (Evangelical Church in Guatemala), indigenous. About 9,000 members.

Presbyterian Church of Guatemala (Presbyterian Synod, 5 presbyteries). About 5,000 members .

Society of Friends. About 4,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 2,000 members.

Primitive Methodist churches. About 400 members.

Assemblies of God. About 4,000 members.

Baptist churches. About 1,500 members p

Church of the Province of the West Indies. Diocese of British Honduras. Few hundred Guatemala members.

Other small groups ~ Brethren, Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod.

Honduras (Republic of Honduras)

POPULATION . Ii million j mixture of Spaniard, Indian and Negro. Language­ Spanish.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY . Small, active church groups, some with history from

the 19th century, some very newp Few thousand members.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES .

~hurch of the West Indies, Diocese of Honduras (Anglican). Few hundred members" Society of Friends. About 1,000 members.

Reformed Church, Presbytery of Honduras. About 500 members.

Moravian Church . About 750 members.

Assemblies of God. About 700 members.

Evangelical churches, founded by Central American Mission. About 1,200 members. - 17 ­

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 2,000 members.

Baptist churches. About 200 members~

Scattered groups: Mennonite, Lutheran, Pentecostal, etc.

Mexico (Federative Republic)

POPULATION. 27 million, majority mixed Spanish-Indian ancestry, 30 per cent pure Indian; Spanish-speaking.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. About 150,000 church members, in a secular state with strong Roman Catholic history~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Concilio Nacional Evangelico de Mexico (Evangelical Council of Mexico)., Member church bodies: Congregational, Nazarene, Disciples, Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, Friends, Salvation Army, Assemblies of God. COlillcil is member of I.M.C. with one voting representative~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Iglesia Metodista de M~xico (Methodist Church of Mexico). Formed in 1930, autonomous. Central Annual Conference, (J districts) and Frontier Annual Conference, 3 districts. About 20,000 members. Member of W.C~C.

Iglesia Nacional Presbiteri.ana de M8'xico (Presbyterian Church of Mexico). General Assembly formed in 1947. About 80,,000 members..

La Iglesia Presbiteriana Asociada Reformada (Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church)

Iglesia Christiana Nacional de las Assembleas de Dios (Assemblies of God)}. Fully indigenous under Mexican leadership. About 25,000 members of congregations..

Junta General de las Iglesias Congregacionales (Union of Congregational Churches. About 1,000 memberso Feeling way to cooperation with Disciples of Christ and Associate Reformed Presbyterians.

Las Iglesias Cristianas (Disciples). About 1,000 members..

Iglesia Episcopal Mexicana (Mexican Episcopal Church). About 2,500 members"

Iglesia Evangelica Luterana de Mkxico (Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mexico) Few hundred members.

Iglesia Del Nazarene (Church of the Nazarene)~ About 3,500 members.

Convencion Nacional Bautista de Mtxico (Baptist Convention of Mexico). About 6,000 members~

Iglesia de los Peregrinos (Pilgrim Holiness Church). About 4,000 memberso - 18 ­

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 13,000 members.

Iglesia Evang~lica de "Los Amigos" de M~.xico (Friends). About 600 members.

Independent and Pentecostal churches. About 5,000 members.

Scattered churches among Indian tribes~

Nicaragua (Republic of Nicaragua)

POPULATION. If;; million; mixture of Spanish and Indian peoples; most densely populated of Central American republics; Spanish language~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Moravians are largest body; with other groups, total Protestant community is about 30,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES ..

Moravian Church. About 10,000 members

Convenci6n Nacional Bautista de Nicaragua (National Baptist Convention) .o About 2,000 members.

Other Baptist churches. About 2,000 members.

Church of the Nazarene. About 300 members.

Assemblies of God. About 1,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 1,000 members•.

Other church groups (including those founded by Central American Missions). About 800 members.

Episcopal Church. Few hundred members.

Panama (RepUblic of Panama) and Panama Canal Zone

POPULATION. 900,000; mostly Negro, Ladino, and European descent; Spanish­ speaking.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Minority religion; Protestant community about 50,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. - 19 ­ YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Episcopal Church. About 4,000 members. Methodist Church, District of Central America, Provisional Annual Conference. About 500 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches, About 3,000 members.

Baptist churches. About 1,500 members.

Church of the Foursquare Gospel . About 7,000 members.

Pentecostal churches. About 7,000 members.

Other church groups: Lutherans, etco

Paraguay (Republic of Paraguay)

POPULATION. l~ million; overwhelmingly Mestizos, forming homogeneous stock; languages Spanish and Guarani, ancient Indian tongue; Roman Catholic church is established religion of the state.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Tolerated by Roman Catholics; small community but slowly growing.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION . Confederaci6n de Iglesias Evang~licas del Rio de La Plata (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay) . The Confederation is member of the I.M.C. with one voting representative~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Convenci6n Bautista del Rio de la Plata (Baptist Convention of the Ri~r Plate) . 500 members.

Lutheran Church--Missouri Synodo About 200 members~

Mennonite Brethren churches (Indian tribes)~

Seventh Day Adventist churcheso 500 members.

Small groups of Pentecostal churches, Assemblies of God, Evangelicals, Brethren, Disciples, Free Methodists o

Churches founded by interdenominational societies, New Testament Missionary Union, South American Missionary Society, etc~ - 20 ­

Peru (Republic of Peru)

POPULATION. 8 million, largely Indian; Spanish language and Indian dialects (Quochua and Aymara); Roman Catholic religion protected by state.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. About 10,000 members and a much larger Protestant community, chiefly Pentecostal.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Concilio Nacional Evang~lico del Petu (National Evangelical Council). (2) Alianza Evangelica del Peru (Evangelical Alliance of Peru) .

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Iglesia Evang~lica Peruana (Peruvian Evangelical Church). About 10,000 members, many thousand more adherents ~

Methodist Church, Peru Provisional Annual Conference. About 1,000 members~

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 5,000 members, large community.

Assemblies of God, About 5,000 members~

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peru. Community of 1,000 0

Church of the Nazarene. About 1,000 members~

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches. About 1,000 member s ,

Pilgrim Holiness Church. About 1,000 members..

Other groups~ Baptist churches, evangelical churches founded by various interdenominational missions.

Independent Presbyterian churches.

Uruguay (Republic of Uruguay)

POPULATION. 2~ million; predominantly Spanish descent, increasing Italian immigration; Spanish-speaking; majority of inhabitants are Roman Catholic, but church and state are separate.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Growing Protestant congregations under state policy of religious freedom.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Confederaci6n de Iglesias del Rio de La Plata (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay). The Confederation is member of the I.M.C. with one voting representative. (2) Federaci6n Uruguay de Iglesias Evangelicos (Uruguay National Council of Churches, newly organized). Affiliated with River Plate. (3) Associacitn Mutualista Evangelica del Uruguay. - 21 ­

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Convencitn Evangelica Bautista del Uruguay (Baptist Convention of Uruguay). About 1,000 members.

Iglesia Metodista Conferencia del Rio de La Plata (Methodist Conference of the River Plate), Uruguay Provisional Annual Confer-ence ; About 2,000 members.

Chiesa Evangelica Valdese (Waldensian Church). About 4,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. 2,000 members.

Small groups of Lutherans, Assemblies of God, Brethren, Pentecostals, and others.

Venezuela (Republic of Venezuela)

POPULATION . 5 million; majority Ladinos, 300,000 pure Indians; Spanish language; Roman Catholicism is prevailing religion, but religious freedom.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Small, vigorous Christian community of about 15,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

"Evangelical" churches. About 2,000 members.

Presbyterian Church in Venezuela. (Presbytery of Venez:uela) About 1,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 4,000 members",

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 1,500 members.

Baptist and Brethren churches. Few hundred members.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela. Community of, 2,000.

Scattered churches founded by interdenominational and other missionary societies. - 22 ­

AFRICA (South of the Sahara)

Angola (Portugese West Africa)

POPULATION~ 4~ million; mostly Bantu-Negro stock; official language Portugese, along with Afri~an dialects. PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Minority faith but given freedom by Roman Catholic government. Protestant community about 150,000~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Alianca Evange'lica de Angola (Angola Evangelical Missions Conference), with full-time secretary.

YOUNGER CHURCHES. Angola Annual Conference of Africa Central Conference (Methodist) . 2 major districts. About 30,000 members.

Church of Christ in Angola (United Church). About 30,000 members.

Baptist churches , About 6,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 5,000 members~

Church groups founded by interdenominational and other missionary societies from Britain and Europe.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. The Church of Christ in Angola sent a missionary to work among the fisherman on San Tome', island off coast of West Africa.

British West Africa

Gambia

POPULATION. 300,000; Negroid tribes; Madingo language; mostly followers of Islam.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITYo Small group of Methodists.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Church (British background), part of the Methodist Church of West Africa. About 1,000 members.

Anglican churches, Diocese of Gambia and the Rio Pangas, Church of the Province of West Africa. - 23 ­ Togoland (Trust Territory, has voted for integration with Ghana)

POPULATION. 450,000; Sudan Negroes; tribal language.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. One church body with Presbyterian form of polity.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION."

YO UNGER CHURCHES.

Ewe Presbyterian Church (Scotch background) . About 13,000 memberso

(See also Nigeria, Cameroons, Sierre Leone, Togoland)

British South Africa

Basutoland (British Sout h Africa, calony)

POPULATION. Half million Basutos, a Bantu tribe, in this little reservation for natives and British protectorate surrounded by the Union of South Africa. Language: one of the Bantu languages~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Anglican and Evangelical churches, largely self-supporting.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Council of South Africa.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Church of the Province of South Africa. Corrnnunity of about 50,000 -­ figures included under Union of South Africa c ­

Evangelical Church of Basutoland. Many thousand members. Self-governing and almost self-supporting body.

Other small church groups.

MISSIONARll:S FROM THE YOUNGER CHURCHES. Basuto missionaries sent to work among Basutos employed in South African mines c

Swaziland (Protectorate in British South Africa, northeast of Union of S~ A.)

POPULATION. 225,000. The Swazis are a Bantu tribe, akin to the Zulus; Bantu language.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. History of nearly eighty years with record of strong faith and devoted witness. The Protestant community is small but vigorous c­ - 24 ­ INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES. Church groups: Evangelical Alliance, Methodists, Church of the Nazarene, churches founded by international missions.

Bechuanaland (Protectorate in British South Africa)

POPULATION. 300,000 Bechuana tribe people of Bantu stock, with their own chiefs, widely scattered over the country.

PROTESTANT Clffi.ISTIANITY. Bechuanaland is site of early missionary labors of Moffatt and Livingstone. Here too John Mackenzie served. Due to conversion of King Khama at end of 19th century many of the tribe became Christians.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Congregational churches, Reformed churches, Evangelical Lutheran churches, and other groups. Included in statistics for Union of South Africa.

Cameroun (French trusteeship)

POPULATION. 3 million, Bantu-speaking and Sudan Negroes; also Pigmy people. Islam prevails in the north.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITYo History of over a centur,y; large and active church bodies.

IN'IER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Federation Evang~lique du Cameroun et de l'Afrique Equitoriale.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Cameroon Presbyterian Church, 8 presbyterieso Now autonomous. About 75,000 members.

Reformed Evangelical Church. (French background) About 65,000 members.

Lutheran Churches. About 4,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. 2,500 members.

Churches founded by interdenominational missions. Several thousand members. - 25 ­ British Cameroons (British West Africa, trusteeship territory)

POPULATION. l~ million Bantu and Sudan Negroes; tribal languages. Islam influential..

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Checquered history in the past century; nOW fairly strong Church.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION o

YOUNGER CHURCHES .

Evangelical Church. (English Baptist and Basel Mission background). About 25,000 members.

Lutheran Free churches. About 2,000 member-a;

Baptist churches. About 8,000 members.

Congo Belge (Belgian Congo)

POPULATION. 12 million; three ethnical groups and fifty or more tribes, with many languages; white population, 80,000. Official language, French; four main native languages.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Rapidly growing alongside Roman Catholicism. Protestant community is nearly one million.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION o Conseil Protestant du Congo (Congo Protestant Council, formed in 1902). Constitution revised in 1955; object lito unify and develop the work of Protestant Evangelical missions in the conventional basin of the Congo; to foster the Church of Christ in the Congo; and to relate the Protestant Christian Community effectively to the authorities and to Christian bodies in other Lands , It 28 member missions, 6 consultative, one associated, total 35; not members - 8 missionso Rev. Ro B. de Carle Thompson,Secretaryo Beginning in 1957 one African delegate "from the church of each mission" has been admit t ed as a councillor, with voting power. General term for the native church: L'Eglise du Christ au Congo (Church of Christ in the Congo)o Congo Protestant ~ouncil has two voting representatives in the I.MoC.

YOUNGER CHURCHES. Very few church groups have as yet a separate organization apart from their founding missions.

Methodist Church, Central Congo and Southern Congo Annual Conferences

(11 districts). Full and preparatory members, about 30,000 0

Larger church groups, with denominational background: Baptist, about 8Q,000 members; Presbyterian, about 80,000 members; Disciples of Christ, about 80,000 members; Christian and Missionary Alliance, about 25,000 members; Seventh Day Adventist, about 20,000 members; Covenant, about 25, 000 members; Conservative Baptist, about 14,000 memberso - 26 ­

Other groups: Assemblies of God, Free Methodi.sts, Friends, Mennonites, Independent Baptists, Interdenominational, Independent.

Ethiopia (Empire of Ethiopia) and Eritrea (autonomous unit under Ethiopian crown)

POPULATION 0 Ethiopia, 15 million; one-third Ethiopian, or Amharan, main stock Hamitic; one-third of people belong to Coptic Church community; official language Amhiric and English. Eritrea, one million; principal religion Islam; official language Tigrinya. PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. In spite of evangelistic, educational and medical work for a century, the Protestant community is still relatively small; members

are drawn from both the non-Christian population and the older Coptic Church o

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Lnter~mission Council of Ethiopia. (2) A consul­ tative body of native churches, separate from the Council.

YOUNGER CHURCHES .

The Evangelical Churches of Ethiopia (among Galla, Wallame, Gudela and Kambatta tribes). Several hundred congregations, many thousand members.

Evangelical Christian Church of Eritrea. About 5,000 members.

Lutheran Church of Ethiopia (Mekane-Jesus group and Sidomo Church). About 4,000 members. Lutheran Church of Eritrea. About 5,000 members . An Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ethiopia and Eritrea is being planned.

Bethel group of evangelical churches (Presbyterian background). About 3,000 members... Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 500 members.

Small groups ~ Mermonites, Baptists, Anglicans..

French Eguitorial Africa (Afrique Equitoriale" Francaise)

POPULATION. 4~ million, great majority Negroes, speaking Bandu and Sudanese dialects. Official language French.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Taking root, in spite of Roman Catholic strength and

growing Muslim influenceo

INTER~CHURCH COOPERATIONJ. Federation Evangelique du Cameroun et de 1 'Afrique Equitoriale.. - 27 ­ YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Lutheran Church (various groups). About 10,000 members.

Evangelical Reformed Church (French background). About 12,000 members.

Brethren Church. About 10,000 members;

Baptist churches, loosely organized. About 10,000 members.

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches. About 500 members.

Other churches founded by interdenominational missionary societies; a few Lutheran churches~

French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Francaise) (Mauritania, Senegal (Dakar), French Guinea, Upper ~olta, French Sudan, Miger, Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Togo trusteeship)

POPULATION o 17 million, many African tribes, with native languages. Official language French. Moslem influence strong. PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Fairly strong in some of the colonies

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. F~d~ration des Missions Protestante en A.OoF.

YO UNGER CHURCHES.

Evangelical Reformed Church (French background) . About 12,000 members.

Methodist Church. About 10jlOOO members.

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches.

Assemblies of God. About 5j1000 members.

Baptist churches, Conservative Baptist churchesjl churches founded by various interdenominational missionary societies. Few thousand members.

Ghana (Former Gold Coast) (Since 1957 =-rr;e member of British Commonwealth)

POPULATION. 4 million. Fifty Sudan Negro tribesjl Hausa settlements on main routes. Languages - Dagomba, Twi, Ga; English spoken by some.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. History of over a century, resulting in strong Protestant community of 300,000. - 2S ­

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Council of Gold Coast (Ghana) From the beginning representation of both missions and churches. The secretary is a national, the Rev. P. M. Dagadu. Council is applying for I.M.C. member­ ship... YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast (Ghana), About 40,000 menbers. Member of W.C.C. Ewe Presbyterian Church. About 13,000 members. (See British Togoland)

The Methodist Church of the Gold Coast (Ghana), part of the Methodist Church of West Africa. About 60,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 3,000 members.

Baptist churches. About 2,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 5,000 members.

Mennonite churches - spont aneous new development.

Kenya (Kenya colony and protectorate; British East Africa)

POPULATION. 6 million; Bantu, Hamitic and Sudan Negro stock. Tribal languages. Many European settlers and also Arabian and Indian immigrants. Increasingly multi-racial society. Islam and semi·-religious secret societies strong..

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant community of 300,000; Anglicans, Friends, Presbyterians and Pentecostalists being the largest groups~

IN'fER-CHURCH COOPERATION ~ Kenya Ghristian Council..

YOUNGER CHURCHES .

Anglican Church, Diocese of Mombasa. About 40,000 members.

Annual Meeting, Society of Friends. About 20,000 members. Presbyterian Church of East Africa. About 20,000 members. Has applied for W.C.C. membership

Pentecostal and Holiness churches. About 25,000 members.

Methodist Church. About 2,500 members.

Church of God. About 10,000 members .

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 10,000 members.

Churches founded by various interdenominational missions. About 10,000 members. - 29 ­ Liberia (Republic of Liberia, Constituted in 1847)

POPULATION. 2 million. Forty African tribes and small group of descendants of American freed slaves. Tribal languages; English is official language~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant influence strong since founding of the Republic. Protestant community of 50,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Liberia Committee on Reference and Counsel~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Church, 4 districts. About 20,000 members.

Episcopal Church . About 5,000 members•.

Assemblies of God. About 2,000 members.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Liberia. About 3,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 700 members.

Presbyterian Church. About 500 members.

Other church groups: Baptist churches, Pentecostal churches, churches founded by interdenominational missions.

Madagascar (French overseas territory) (Also Reunion and Comoro Islands)

POPULATION. Nearly 5 million; Malagasy people, different tribes; Malay-Polynesian type of language with dialects. Comoro Islands, 130,000; Malagasy, Arab and Negro stock. Mostly Muslims~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Checquered history since 1818, but now quite strong and vital; more than half a million Protestant Christians on the island; churches rapidly approaching autonomy.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Qomit~ Intermissionaire de Madagascar (Madagascar Inter-missionary Committee). (The Pr ot est ant Church of Madagascar is a general term used for the Protestant movement on the island.)

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Malagasy Lutheran Church (Fiangonana Loterana Malagasy), General Synod (organized 1950, constitution adopted 1956), 6 synods. About 200,000 members.

Malagasy Episcopal Church, with resident Bishop. About 30,000 members.

~ongregational Church. Membership about 50,000; one thousand churches. - 30 ­ Reformed Church (French background). About 40,000 members; 200 churches.

Society of Friends. About 7,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 1,000 members.

Church of the Nazarene. Small membership.

Mauritius and Seychelles Islands (British possessions, east of Madagascar)

POPULATION. Mauritius, 500,000; multi-racial; languages English, French and Indo-Aryan. Seychelles, 37,000; people mostly African descent, few hundred English",

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Only a few hundred Protestant Christians among the non-western population; Roman Catholicism dominates. Church of England, Diocese of Mauritius.

Mozambigue (Mo1ambique, Portugese East Africa)

POPULATION. 6~ million; large majority are Bantu tribes people; languages, Bantu and Portugese.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Although the government is nominally Christian, Islam is influence is growing and serious restrictions have been placed on the Protes­ tant faith. However, there is a Protestant community of about 50,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Christian Council of Mozambique (Methodist, Congre­ gational, British and Swiss mission). (2) Cooperative Committee for Mission Work in Portugese East Africa.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Church, Southeast Africa Annual Conference (formed in 1954), 5 districts. About 5,000 members.

Anglican Church, Diocese of Zanzibar. About 15,000 members~

Church of Christ in Mozambi.que.. About 1,000 members.

Evangeli.cal church bodies (British and Swiss background). About 20,000 members.

Free Methodist Church. About 2,500 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. Few hundred members. - 31 ­ Nigeria (Federation of Nigeria; British West Africa)

POPULATION. 31 million, large number of Negro tribes with much intermarriage. Language: Sudan dialects, Arabic, English.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. One of the strongest Protestant communities in Africa, nearing one million in total number of members and adherents.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Council of Nigeria.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Anglican Church, Church of the Province of West Africa, Diocese of Lagos on the Niger. About 100,000 members. Member of W.C.C.

Methodist Church of East Nigeria and West Nigeria, Methodist Church of West Africa. About 40,000 members.

Presbyterian Church of Biafra. About 15,000 members.

Evangelical churches of the Qua Thoe (River) Mission; largely self-supporting. About 40,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 6,000 members.

Baptist Churches. About 30,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 10,000 members.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Nigeria. Community of 28,000.

Lutheran Church of Christ in the Sudan, and other Lutheran groups. About 10,000 members..

Apostolic Churches. About 15,000 members.

Churches founded by interdenominational missions and Brethren churches, forming a Federation. About 15,000 members. Other small groups: Christian Reformed, Disciples, Salvation Army, Reformed churches. Few thousand members.

Nyasaland (Nyasaland Protectorate) (British South Africa, Central African Federation)

POPULATION. 2! million, Bantu tribes and Swahili people; tribal dialects, English spoken by few.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant community is about ene-tenth of the popula­ tion. Largest church body is Presbyterian.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Council of Nyasaland. - 32 ­ YO UNGER CHURCHES.

Church of Central Africa (Presbyterian) . About 150,000 members.

Anglican Church, Diocese of Nyasaland, and other Dioceses. About 20,000 members. (See also Rhodesia).

Evangelical church bodies (British and international background). About 20,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 1,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 8,000 members.

Baptist churches. Few thousand members.

Other small groups of churches.

Portugese West Africa (Portugese Guinea, Azores, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira (Funchal) Islands)

POPULATION. Over one million. Portugese Guinea, Sudan Negroes of several tribes and languages. The islands, people mostly of European stock; language Portugese or Creole. PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant community is very small.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Scattered indigenous churches.

Presbyterian Church of the Azores. Few hundred members.

Church of the Nazarene on Cape Verde. Few hundred members.

Presbyterian and Methodist churches on Madeira Islands. Few hundred members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. Few hundred members.

Rhodesia (British South Africa; Central Africa Federation)

Southern Rhodesia

POPULATION. About 2 million. Chiefly Bantu stock, three main divisions. About 50,000 Europeans, few thousand Asiatics. Bantu dialects and English - 33 ­

language. Society increasingly multi-racial~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant community a century old is strong and grow­ ing) nearly one~tenth of the population.

INTER~CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Conference of Southern Rhodesia. A consul­ tative body of the emerging native churches has been consolidated with this.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Church of the Province of Central Africa (Anglican), Diocese of Rhodesia. About 25,000 members . Member of WoC.C .

Methodist Church, Rhodesia Annual Conference, Southern Rhodesia 7 districts, About 15,000 members.

Methodist Church (British backgrolmd). About 15,000 memberso Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (Presbyterian and Congregational). About 5,000 members.

Reformed churches. About 5,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 15,000 members.

Baptist churches. Few hundred members.

Churches of Christ (Disciples). About 3,000 members.

African Evangelical Lutheran Church. Community of 8,000~

Churches founded by international missions and other missionary societies. Few thousand members.

Northern Rhodesia

POPULATION. 2 million. More than seventy Bantu tribes, six leading languages and many dialects; few Europeans. Growing industrial centers.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Relatively brief history, yet the Protestant community numbers over 50,000, and continues ~o expand .

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Christian Council of Northern Rhodesia. (2) The United Missions in the Copper Belt. YOUNGER CHURCHES .

Reformed Churches. About 15,000 member s.

Church of Central Africa in Rhodesia (Presbyterian and Congregational). About 5,000 membersc­

#Angli.can Church, Diocese of Northern Rhodesia. About 8,000 memberso­ Member of WoC.C. - 34 ­

Methodist churches. About 1,500 members.

Baptist churches. 2,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 5,000 members.

Churches founded by Brethren ani other British missionary societies•. Few thousand members~

Ruanda-Urundi (Territory under Belgian trusteeship, adjoining Belgian Congo)

POPULATION. 4 million, majority are tribes of Bantu race; the ruling class is of Hamitic origin. Bantu and Sudan languages. Territory is densely populated~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. The greater number of Protestants in this territory have been Anglicans; a remarkable spiritual revival has been experienced recently in this church body. The Seventh Day Adventists are growing fast.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Alliance of Protestant Missions in Ruanda-Urundi.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Anglican Church. About 20,000 members, in hundreds of congregations•.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. 28,000 members reported.

Free Methodist Church. Few thousand members.

Other small groups; Friends, Baptists, churches founded by inter­ denominational societies.

Sierra Leone (British West Africa colony)

POPULATION. 2 million. Many races and tribes; various Sudan dialects; European languages spoken by some.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY e- History of a century and a half; early indigenous movements. Protestant community today of about 50,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. United Christian Council of Sierra Leone, formed in 1924. Member of I.M.C . with one voting delegate on the Council.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

The Sierra Leone Church (Anglican), Diocese of Sierra Leone. About 11,000 members. - 35 ­

West African Methodist Church. About 7,000 members.

The Evangelical United Brethren Church, Annual Conference (recently organized). About 3,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 500 members..

Church of God. About 1,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 800 members.

Other sma Ll. groups: United Brethren churches, Pentacostal churches, churches founded by international missions..

Somalilands

Italian Somaliland (Italian trusteeship territory under U. N.)

POPULATION. About one and a quarter million; the largest of the three Somali­ lands. African people; Somali language; mostly shepherds.

PROTESTANT Clffi.ISTIANITY. Young and weak in this dominantly Moslem country.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Evangelical, Lutheran and Mennonite churches. Few hundr-ed members.

British Somaliland (Somaliland Protectorate)

POPULATION. Half million; mostly nomadic; Somali language; Muslims of the Shafi'i sect.

PROTESTANT Clffi.ISTIANITY. Closed to Chr-Lstaan missions because of Muslim power.

French Somaliland (French Territory of the Somali Coast)

POPULATION. About 65,000; smallest of Somalilands. Somali and Danikel people; Hamitic language.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. No Protestant churches. - 36 ­

South-West Africa (Mandated territory under Union of South Africa)

POPULATION e 400,000 made up largely of African tribes. Hottentots and Bushmen; ten per cent Europeans. Tribal dialects of Bantu group. White population, 50,000. PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Missionar,y work for 150 years had resulted in an active Protestant community of 150,000~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Church of the Province of South Africa, Diocese of Damara.Land , 5,000 members.. Evangelisch-Lutherische Synode Sudwest-Afrikas (Evangelical Lutheran Synod

of South-West Africa), formed in 1926, new constitution in 1956e 50,,000 members..

Congregational Church (Finnish mi.sai.onary background}, About 30,000 members.

Methodist Church of South Africa. Few hundred members.

Spanish West Africa (Spanish Guinea; COhtinental Guinea, Fernando Po, Canary Archipelago)

POPULATION. Continental Guinea, population 200,000; African tribes; predominant language Bantu. Canary Islands, population 700,000; mixture of Spanish and Guancho; common language Spanish.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Community of two or three thousand. Roman Catholicism is dominant.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Small number of Methodist, Presbyterian, Seventh Day Adventist, and indigenous evangelical churches. Few thousand members.

Tanganyika (British East Africa) (Trusteeship under Great Britain and U. N.)

POPULATION. 7! million, mostly native Africans, tribes of Bantu orlgln; also some Indians, Arabs, and Europeans. Languages: Swahili, Arabic; Indian

languages and English spoken by small number e - 37 ­ PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. After a century of inspiring missionary history there is a vigorous and growing Protestant community of about 300,000.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Christian Council of Tanganyika, representing both missions and the African churches.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Anglican Church. (1) Central Tanganyika Diocese, over 500 organized con­ gregations, 20,000 members. African Assistant Bishop. (2) Diocese of Zanzibar, Masasi, S.S. Tanganyika. 80,000 member-s,

Lutheran Church of Tanganyika, objective of present Federation of Lutheran Churches in Tanganyika; Lutheran Church of Northern Tanganyika, Lutheran Church of Central Tanganyika, Evangelical Church of Buhaya (Bukoba), and four other Lutheran groups. Total membership about 100~000.

Moravian Church. About 20,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 8,000 members~

Mennonite Churches. About 1,000 members..

Assemblies of God. About 1,500 members ..

Churches founded by interdenominational missions.

Ugand( (The Uganda Protectorate) British East Africa)

POPULATION. 5 million, majority native Africans, Baganda and Pigmy tribes; 40,000 Asians, and few thousand Europeans. Chiefly Bantu languages.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Through the work of many outstanding missionaries, a remarkably large and increasingly indigenous Anglican Church has developed. It is the largest church body in Uganda, but other groups are growingly active.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

The Anglican Church of Uganda, Diocese of Uganda~ About 100,000 members~

Churches founded by interdenominational missions. Several thousand members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 2,000 members~ - 38 ­

Union of South Africa (Dominion within British Commonwealth)

POPULATION. 13 million. Bantus, representing many different tribes, 9 million. Europeans (including native-born whites), 2! million. Cape-coloreds, mixed stock, about one mi.Ll.Lon , Asiatics, Muslims and Hindus, few hundred thousand. Languages: English, Afrikaans (Cape Dutch), Bantu Dialects. Rapid moderni­ zation and insutrialization of the country; social tensions created by aparthoid policy of the Gover-nmerrt ,

PROTESTANT _ CHRISTIANITY... Here Robert Moffatt and David Livingstone began their missiona~ work. The Dutch Reformed churches have a history of about two centuries and are the largest Protestant community, about l! million. Other churches among the white peoples are the Church of England, Presbyterian, German Lutheran churches, etc. Many Protestant churches have been established among the Bantus, by a great variety of missionary societies, and one-third of the non-European population is said to be nominally Christian. The several hundred "Bantu sects" are a mixture of Ghristianity, animism, and pagan super­ stitions. The 1950 Government census gave the Protestant population as 4! million.. INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Christian Council of South Africa, formed 1936. Member of I.M.C. with two voting representatives. (2) Federal Council of the Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa.

YOUNGER CHURCHES (among non-Europeans)

#Church of the Province of South Africa (Anglican). About 200,000 members, 12 bishops. Member of the W.C.C.

~he United Church of South Africa (C.ongregational, Union of South Africa) ..

formed in 1956. About 70,000 members. Member of the W.C ..Co

#Metmdist Church of South Africa. About 250, 000 members. Member of W.. C.. C..

#Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa. About 35,000 members. Member of the W.C.C.

Presbyterian Church of South Africa. About 30,000 membersc-

United Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa, being organized in 1957. About 250,000 members; community of 500,000, in many synods with various mission backgrounds.

Reformed Churches (Dutch) - among non-whites. About 100,000 members..

Baptist church organizations (African United National Baptist Church and native churches of Baptist Union of South Africa, etc, ) About 20,000 members.

Assemblies of God. 25,000 members.

Other Pentecostal and Holiness churches. About 90,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 20,000 members. - 39 ­ Reformed Churches (French background) About 50,000 members.

Other church groups: Brethren, Alliance churches, Churches of Christ (Disciples), Salvation Army, churches founded by international missionary societies, Moravian Church, Society of Friends, Methodist churches (not in Methodist Church of SaA.), etc. Several thousand members.

Native separatist churches (sects). About one million members.

(Note: Some of the above figures include Basutoland, Swaziland and Bechuanal.and , )

NEAR EAST I MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (Arabic and Islamic World)

Afghanistan

POPULATION. 12 million, Afghans and other nationalities; 2 million are nomadic tribesmen. Language: Pukhtuh or Pushtu, and some Persian. Religion: an intolerant form of Islam which forbids the entrance of missionaries of other faiths.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Islam completely replaced the earlier Nestorian Christian faith of the area. There are a few Protestant Christian groups today on the borders of Afghanistan but none in the country itself.

Arabian Peninsula

Saudi Arabia (Sovereign kingdom)

POPULATION. 5~ million, sparsely scattered. Arabian people and language. Strongly Moslem in faith and customs.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. The story of Protestant missions in this area is full of heroic devotion and sacrifice and much self-denying Christian service has been carried on. However, the fruits in a Protestant community have been very meager.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

No indigenous churches as yet. The Church of Christ in Arabia is still a dream. Converts in the Reformed, Anglican, Lutheran and other congrega­ tions number a few hundr-ed; - 40 ­

Kingdom of the Yemen (Independent Kingdom), Muscat and Oman (Independent Sultanate), Aden (British Protectorate~Bahrein Islands, Kuwait, etc. (British Protectorate).

POPULATION. Yemen, 5 million" Muscat and Oman, half mi.Lli.on, Aden, 200,000 ", Bahrein Islands and Kuwait, etc. 120,000.,.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Few hundred Protestant Christians.

Cyprus (British crown colony)

POPULATION . Half million Cypriotes; four-fifths have Greek ancestry, one-fifth Turkish ancestry. Languages: Greek, Turkish and English. Main religions, Greek Orthodox and Islam.

~ (Republic of Egypt, proclaimed in 1953)

POPULATION. 23 million. People mostly Coptic and Arabic. Languages: Arabic and Bishari (modern derivative of ancient Egyptian). Islam is prevailing religion; less than ten per cent of the people are Coptic Christians.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. More than a century of Protestant missions has borne fruit in a Christian community of over a hundred thousand (not counting the Christians of the ancient Coptic Church), The largest group is Presbyterian.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Egypt Inter-mission Council. (2) Represented in the Near East Christian Council which is member of the I,M.Co (with 3 voting representatives)~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Evangelical Church in Egypt (United Presbyterian Synod of the Nile), six presbyteries. Autonomous body. Membership of 30,000 and community of

60JOOO . Has applied for membership in W.C.C. Anglican Church of Egypt, Diocese of Upper Nile . About 1,000 members. Self-governing and independent Church.

Assemblies of God. About 5,000 members.

Pentecostal and Holiness churches. Few thousand members.

Churches founded by interdenominational and other missionary societies. About 10,000 members.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES., Evangelical Church, Synod of the Nile, has sent an Egyptian missionary to the Sudan. - 41 ­

Greece (Kingdom of Hellas)

POPULATION~ 8 million. Language, modern Greek~ Official religion, Greek Orthodox Church.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. A few thousand Protestant evangelical Christians.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Through the Near East Christi.an Counci.L,

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Greek Evangelical Church. About 1500 members.

National Episcopal Church in Greece.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 200 members~

Iran (Kingdom of Iran, formerly Persia)

POPULATION. 20 million, ancient Persian stock~ There are also 100,000 Armeni.ans and Nestorians. Languages: Persian, Kurdish, Arabic, Turkish. Islam (Shia branch) is the official religion.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Henry Martyn pioneered here and many able and conse~ crated missionaries have witnessed and served for a century and a half, but no great harvest is yet seen. The Protestant community nwnbers less than t8n thousand, and is not financially strong~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Church Council of Iran. (2) Through Near East Christian Council, member of I.M.C. with 3 representatives.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Synod of the Evangelical Churches of North Iran (Presbyterian)" About 3,000 members. Member of W.C.C.

National Episcopal Church in Iran. About 500 members.

Assemblies of God. About 600 members.

Small Groups. Seventh Day Adventist churches, about 200 members; and others.

Iraq (Limited monarchy, sovereign state)

POPULATION. 5 million, Arabs of Semitic origin~ Languages: Arabic and Kurdish. Islam is the dominant religion. - 42 ­ PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Some remnants of the ancient Eastern churches may be found. Protestantism began more than a century ago and yet, on account of old traditions and Moslem opposition the Christian community established numbered only a few thousand believers. Today the Government attitude to the Church is friendly and the outlook is more hopeful~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. In a conference stage.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

United Church in Iraq (Presbyterian, Reformed, Evangelical). About 500 members.

National Episcopal Church in Iraq~ Membership small; related to Near East Christian Council.

Other small groups: Assemblies of God, Seventh Day Adventists, Lutherans~

Israel

POPULATION. One and three-fourths million, mostly Jews; minority of Arab refugees. Languages: Hebrew, English.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. The Protestant Christian community is not more than 10,;000" INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Israel Regional Council.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

National Episcopal Church in Israel. Few hundred members. Associated with Near East Christian Council.

Arab Evangelical Episcopal Church. Few hundred members~

Baptist churches. 3,500 members. Other small groups: Assemblies of God, Lutheran congregations, Seventh Day Adventist churches, Pentecostal churches and congregations begun by interdenominational missionary societies.

Various Hebrew Christian congregations. Few thousand members, no national body"

Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; constitutional monarchy)

POPULATION. One and three-fourths million, including several hundred thousand Arab refugees from west of the Jordan River. People, Arabian stock, Moslems. Official language, Arabic. - 43 ­

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY e Small community of a few thousand.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. United Christian Council of Southwest Asia.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

National Episcopal Church in Jordan. About 2,500 members.

Arab Evangelical Episcopal Church. About 3,000 members.

Evangelical Lutheran congregations; Church constitution in preparation. About 1,000 members.

Other church groups: Society of Friends, Church of the Nazarene, Seventh Day Adventist churches, Assemblies of God, Pentecostalists. About 1,000 members •.

Lebanon (Independent Republic, since 1941)

POPULATION. l! million, of whom 30 per cent live in Beirut. People of Syrian stock with some European admisture. Languages: Arabic (official), Turkish,

Aramaic and French e

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Moslem, Christian Maronite, and Greek Orthodox influ­ ences are strong, yet Protestant education and evangelism have enjoyed freedom. A vigorous Protestant community of considerable size has developed e

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION e (1) Headquarters of the Near East Christian Council. (2) United Christian Council of Southwest Asia.

YOUNGER CHURCHES e.

Evangelical church (Synod) of SYria and Lebanon (Presbyterian). About 6,000 members in both countries. Member of N.E.C.C.

~ongregational Churches. About 3,000 members in Lebanon and Syria~

Arab Evangelical Episcopal Church. About 3,000 members in Lebanon and Syria.

Other church groups: Reformed, Society of Friends, Assemblies of God, Disciples of Christ, Baptist, Church of God. Few hundred members.

North Africa

Morocco (Monarchy of Morocco; former French and Spanish protectorate; independent kingdom since 1956) -44­ POPULATION. Former French Morocco, 9 million. People: Arabs, Aboriginal Berbers, Moors, Jews, Negroes, Europeans. Languages: Arabic, Berber, French. Former Spanish Morocco, one million and a quarter. Languages: Arabic, Berber, Spanish.

PROTESTANTISM. Very small Protestant gr oups in this dominantly Moslem area, al­ though some earnest missionary work is carried on. Roman Catholicism dominates among the European population~

Algeria (French overseas territory)

POPULATION. 9 million, including a million Europeans. People are Arabs and Berbers, a mixture of many tribes. Languages: Arabic, Berber and French. Islam is the dominant religion.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Missionary work has been done for eighty years but a very small Protestant community has resulted: Methodist and Seventh Day Adventist churches, some congregations established by interdenominational missions.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Church, North Africa Provisional Annual Conference. Few hundred members.

Tunisia (Sovereign state within the French Union, since 1950)

POPULATION . 3 and three-fourths million, 90 per cent Bedouins, Arabs and Berber tribespeople; ten per cent are Europeans. Dominant religion, Islam.<

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Exceedingly small; congregations begun by Methodist and interdenominational missions and Seventh Day Adventists include a few hundred members.

Libya (Independent federal kingdom since 1951)

POPULATION. 1,200,000, scattered over the country. Agricultural and nomadic people of Arabic stock, and Italians. Languages: Arabic, Sudan tribes, Italian. Islam prevails.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Slight trace~ - 45 ­

Spanish Possessions

POPULATION. Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara). 40,000, nomadic and fishing people; language Arabic, Moslem f'ad.t.h; Ifni, 40,000 Muslims. Canary Islands. Half million, misture of Spanish and Guancho; principal language Spanish.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Almost no missionary work and the barest trace of a Protestant community.

Sudan (The Republic of the Sudan, proclaimed in 1956; formerly Anglo­ Egyptian Sudan)

POPULATION. 9 million, mostly SUdanese, some Africans in the South. Islam is the prevailing religion. Languages, Arabic and Sudanese dialects.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Due to Moslem strength, Protestant advance has been slow. However, there are some active congregations. The Anglican Church is the largest Protestant group; the Presbyterian Church is vigorous.

INTER.-·CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Inter-mission Council for the Northern Sudan; (2) Christian Council for South Sudan. (3) North Sudan Christian Council.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

National Episcopal Church in the Sudan. About 6,000 members.

Evangelical Church, Sudan Presbytery and Presbytery of the Upper Nile. About 1,000 members. Churches founded by interdenominational missionary societies. Few hundred members.

Syria (Illdependent RepUblic)

POPUIATION. 4 million. People of SYrian stock with some European admixture. Languages: Arabic, Turkish, Aramaic, French. The great majority are MOslems. The half million Christians include Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholics, Armenian and Syrian Orthodox believers.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. There is a Protestant community of over ten thousand. For statistics see also Lebanon.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. See Lebanon.

YOUNGER CHURCHES. See Lebanon. ~> 46 ­

Turkey (Republic of Turkey)

POPULATION. 21 million, of whom l~ million are in European Turkey. Present inhabitants are descendants of Mongolian race. Language, Turkic. Religion, Islam~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. A long history of educational, medical and other Christian social service, but the community of Protestant believers numbers only a few thousand. Severe restrictions on Christian evangelism persist.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. Through Near East Christian Council.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

National Episcopal Church in Turkey. Member of N.E.C.C .

Congregational Churches. About 1,000 members.

Other small groups: Seventh Day Adventist churches, Armenian church groups"

ASIA (From India and Pakistan, eastward to Indonesia)

Bhut£n (semi-independent kingdom, related to India)

POPULATION. 600,000; Mongolian origin; Sino-Tibetan language. Religion, a form of Tibetan Buddhism.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. No Protestant Christians in Bhutan. The country is closed to missionary work.

Burma (The Union of Burma) (Independent Republic since 1947)

POPULATION~ 19 million. Four-fifths are native Burmese, one-fifth are tribes~ people - Karens, Chins, and Kachins, together with a smaller number of immi­ grants from India and China. Language: Burmese, tribal dialects and Chinese. Main religion, Buddhism.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Strongest among the tribespeople, especially the Karens who are ten per cent Christian and furnish 90 per cent of the Protestant com­ munity of Burma. The Karen Baptist Church is one of the strongest and most missionary-minded of the indigenous churches of Asia. The number of converts from Burmese Buddhism has been much smaller. Total Protestant community, about 400,000~ - 47 ­

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION . Burma Christian Council representing Anglicans~ Methodists, Baptists, and various interdenominational organizations. Member of I oM.Co with one voting representativeo

YO UNGER CHURCHES go

Burma Baptist Convention. About 200, 000 members: Burma Baptist Churches Union, Falam B. Association, Haka B. Association, Indian B. Association, Kachin ¥ussion, Mon B. Christian Churches Union, Fwo Karen B. Conference, Sgaw Karen B. Convention, Shweli Valley Shan B. Mission, Tiddim Bo Asso­ ciation. Has applied for WoC.C o membership.

#Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon; Diocese of Rangoon~ About 12,000 members. Church of IPBC is member of W.CoC o Methodist Church, Burma Annual Conference, 6 districts of Upper Burma and Lower Burma, in the Southern Asia Central Conference. About 5,000 members.

Assemblies of God. About 8,000 members~

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 2, 000 members~

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. A Christian fellowship t eam of five went from

Burma to Thailand 0 Missionaries have gone from the Karen Baptist churches to Thailand.

Ceylon (Dominion within the British Commonwealth)

POPULATION. 8 million; Sinhalese~ Malays, Tamils and a few thousand aboriginal Veddas. Languages: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Ceylonese (Sinhalese modern Indian dialect) and Tamil. Buddhist stronghold; some Hinduism in North Ceylon.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Smaller than Roman Catholicism; Protestant community of about 100~000. Has spiritual life and missi.onary vigour, but is not grow­ ing rapidly.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. ~l) National Christian Council of Ceylon, member of I oM .Co with one voting representative. ( 2) Evangelical Fellowship of Ceylon (Member of W.E.F•.)

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Diocese of Colombo, Church of India~ Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican). About 20,000 members. (Church of IPBC is member of W..CoC.)

#Diocese of Jaffna (Church of South India).. About 5,000 member-a; Church of South India is member of W•.C.C.

#Methodist Church in Ceylon.. About 15,000 members, autonomous church. Member of WgoCgoC. - 48 ­

Ceylon Baptist Council. About 2,000 members.

Reformed Church in Ceylon, Presbyterian Church in Kandy, Presbyterian Church in Colombo. About 2,000 members.

Salvation Army. About 2,000 members w

Seventh Day Adventist churches, Ceylon Union. About 600 members..

Assemblies of God. About 500 members.

Small groups: Lutheran churches, churches founded by interdenominational missions~

United Church. Negotiations are proceeding, looking toward the organiza­ tion of a new united Church of Lanka (Ceylon) which would probably in­ clude the Colombo Diocese, Church of IPBC; Jaffna Diocese of Church of South India; Baptist Council; Methodist Church; Reformed and Presbyterian churches.

China (The People's Republic of China, proclaimed in 1949)

POPULATION. 600 million, according to the census of the new Communist regime. Language, Chinese; Kuo-yu or the "National Language" is official; however, there are also many local dialects. The languages of Tibet and MOngolia are quite different from Chinese. The main religions have been Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism (in its religious aspects) and folk religion. There are 20 million Muslims.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. A history of 150 years, since Robert Morrison went as a missionary from England in 1807. Through many vicissitudes the Protestant Church has steadily grown, with membership in both rural and urban areas, and among all cl.aaaes of the people. In 1950 there was a Protestant commu­ l~ nicant membership of about 9007000 and a vital community of million. INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. The National Christian Council was organized in 1922. Since the Communist victory this Council has continued, without any mission­ ary participation. But more powerful has been the Christian Three-Self Patriotic Movement (formerly Church Reform Movement) with representation from all church groups. It is definitely not a Church but a federation under pro-Communist leadership of existing denominations and indigenous Christian groups. N.C.C. was formerly member of I.M.C.; present relationship uncertain.

YOUNGER CHURCHES (Now completely independent). The church membership figures given are those of 1950. In spite of new accessions reported on the main­ land the total membership is certainly not larger now than in 1950 and is probably smaller.

#Church of Christ in China. Membership about 177,000, in 16 synods. Member of W.C.C. A united church of Presbyterian, Congregational, Reformed, Evangelical, Baptist and other churches. - 49 ­

#Episcopal Church of China (Sheng Kung Hui.}, 13 dioceses, each with a Chinese bishop. About 77,000 members. Member ofW.C .C.

#China Baptist C01IDcil . About 17,000 members. Member of W.C.C ..

#North China Congregational Union. About 18,000 members. Member of W.C.C.

Lutheran Church of China. About 65,000 members.

The Methodist Church (Wei Li Kung Hui.); About 103,000 member.

Chinese Methodist Church (Hs1ID Tao Kung Hui.} , About 44,000 members.

China Assemblies of God. About 12,000 members.

Nei Ti Hui (Churches f'ound.ed by the China Inland Mission). About 85,000 members..

Chinese Presbyterian Church of Christ. About 30,000 members.

True Jesus Church (indigenous church). About 125,000 members..

China Baptist Convention.. About 65,000 members..

The Disciples of Christ in China. About 4,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 21,000 members..

Reformed Church, Tsung Chen Synod. About 22JlOOO members.

Chinese Independent Church. About 12,000 members~

Christian and Missiona~J Alliance churches. About 20,000 members.

China Mennonite Church. About 3,000 members..

Other church groups: Chinese independent churches, Spiritual Food churches, Jesus Family churches (104), China Advent Christian churches, Salvation Army, Society of Friends, Pentecostal churches, Christian Meeting Places (former "Little Flocku ) , Apostolic Faith Churches, other indigenous groups, About 50,000 members.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. Many Chinese evang eli.sts from the mainland are working among Chinese populations of Indonesia and Pacific Islands. The Chinese Foreign Missiona~ Union is one such organization.

Hong Kong (British Crown Colony)

POPULATION~ 3 million, mostly Chinese, including more than one million refugees from the mainland. Languages: Chinese, English.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. The Protestant population is estimated at 100,000.. .. 50 ­

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATIDN. Hong Kong Christian Councilo YOUNGER CHURC HES.

Anglican Church, Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao, Chinese congregationsry

Church of Christ in China, Hong Kong District Association,

United Hong Kong Christian Baptist Chinese Association~

Joint Committee of Swatow Baptist Churches in Hong Kong .

Chinese Tsung Tsin Churches of Hong Kong District (Evangelical Hakka churches).

Hong Kong Lutheran Church .

Assemblies of God J South China District. Other local Chinese churches: Methodist, Lutheran, Evangelical and Re­ formed) Christian and Missionary Alliance, interdenominational.

India (Sovereign democratic republic, member of the Commonwealth since 1950)

POPULATION " About 360 million: Aryans or Hindus proper, Dravidians $ abor-i.gf.na.L tribespeople, and some of Indo-Chinese stock. Fourteen regional languages and large number of dialects; Hindi is used by nearly half of the population and has been made the official language. The Bible is translated into 22 languages. English is spoken by the educated classo Ninety per cent of the people live in rural areas but urbanization and industrialization are Incr-easing, Main religions: Hinduism (85 per cent) and Islam.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY.. Christianity first came to India in the early centuries of the Christian era, and today some of these ancient churches are part of the Protestant ecumenical movement. As a result of Protestant missions for two centuries, the largest and most diverse Protestant church upon the Asia cont.I> nent is now found in India, with 25,000 congregations and places of worship and a Protestant Christian community of four to five million.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION$ (1) National Christian Council of India, of churches, representing 12 national church bodies} 19 regional councils, and 47 missions (out of a total of 59 church bodies and 68 assisting missions listed in the CHRISTIAN HANDBOOK OF INDIA) . The N.C.C. is a member of the IoM.C. with four voting representatives. (2) Evangelical Fellowship of India" Member of W.E oF o YOUNGER CHURCHES, (The nine ancient Armenian and Syrian churches with community of 75,000, are not included in the list of "younger churches.")

#Indian dioceses in The Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican), 10 bishops and one metropolitan. About 100}000 members" The CIPBC is a member of the W.CoC o .- 51 -,

#Church of South India (Union of Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, Congrega­ tional and Reformed churches).. First united church of Episcopal and non~ Episcopal churches, inaugurated in 1947. 14 dioceses, 7 Indian bishops, 1,200 ordained ministers. About 350,000 members, community of one million. Member of W.C .C~

#United Church of North~lIndia (Presbyterian, Congregational, Reformed, Moravian). Negotiations for larger union with Anglican, Methodist, and Baptist churches are proceeding well with hope of consummation in 1960. Present membership about 150,000 in 7 ~ods. Member of W.C.C o

#Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. About 500,000 members; community of one million. Member of W.C.C . The Federation includes most of the Lutheran church bodies in India: (1) Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church; community of 250,000. (2) Gossner E.L.C. in Chotanagpur and Assam; community of 200,000. (3) The Tamil E.L.C., community of 50,000. (4) Ebeneser E.L•.C., community of 33,000. (5) Jeypore E.L.C., connnunity of 35,000~ (6) The South Andhra Lutheran Church; community of 15,000. (7) E.L.C. in Madhya Pradesh; community of 5,000. (8) The Arcot L.C. com­ munity of 12,000. (10) East Jaypore E.L.C., about 1,000 members. (11) India E.L.C. (12) Sirhadi L.C. (13) The Evangelical L.C~ - Missouri SJ710d will be forw~lly organized L~ 1958; community of 27,000.

The Methodist Church of India, Annual ~onferences of Bombay and Gujarat; Delhi and North India; Hyderabad, Madya Pradesh and South India; Bengal and Lucknow; Indus River and Sind Baluchistan. Part of Central Conference of Southern Asia, which is related to the Methodist General Conference. About 150,000 members.

Baptist Churches. Baptist Union of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Con­ stituents are as follows: (1) Convention of the Baptist Churches of the Northern Circas; member of N.C~C.. About 40,000 members. (2) Convention of the Telugu Baptist Churches. About 130,000 members. (3) Baptist Union of North India. About 2,500 members. (4) Tripura State Baptist Christian Union. About 3,000 members. (5) Utical Baptist Central Church Council~ About 10,000 members. (6) Assam Baptist Associations. About 100,000 members. (7) Bengal and East Bengal Baptist Unions. About 15,000 members. (8) Bengal-Qrissa Baptist Yearly Meeting. About 3,000 members~ (9) Garo Baptist Union. (10) Mymensingh Garo Baptist Union. (11) Goalpara, North Goalpara, and Boro Baptist Unions. (12) Other Baptist unions, councils, conventions, etc~

Methodist Church, North India Provincial Synod. About 4~000 members.

Wesleyan Methodist Church, India Conference~ Few hundred members~

Mennonite Evangelical Church in India. About 5,000 members.,

Telugu Mennonite Brethren Convention., About 15,000 members..,

Church of the Brethren., About 10,000 members.

Disciples of Christ. About 4,000 members~

Presbyterian churches (not in union church bodies) Few thousand members.

United Basel Mission Church in India. About 15,000 members. - 52 .0­

Church of God in India, in West India, in Assamo About 8,000 memberso

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches. About 4,000 members.

Society of Friends, Mid-India Yearly Meeting. Friends Service Council. About 200 members.

Churches of Christ. Representative Council of the Churches of Christ (3 conferences). Conference of the Churches of Christ in West India 0 Few thousand members.

Assemblies of God , North India Assemblies of God. 1,000 members. South India Assemblies of God. 3,500 memberso

Seventh Day Adventists churches, Northwestern India Union, South India Union. About 9,000 members~

Other small church groups: Pentecostals, independent evangelical churches, churches founded by interdenominational missions.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER. CHURCHES. Church of South India has missionary work in Papua encl. sent one couple to New Guinea in 1953. The Church of Sout.h India missionary to Papua died in 1955. The Church of South India is sending two Indian Christian couples to work i~ cooperation with the Church of Christ in Thailand. Federation of Evangelical Lutheran churches in India plans to send a missionary couple to work with Lutheran Church of Tanganyika; is considerL~g sending a bi-lingual pastor for work among Tamil and Telegu Lutherans in Ran­ goon, and is inviting a Batak Christian to be a fraternal work in India. Lutheran churches of India have sent a medical missionary and theological professor to work with the Batak Church on Sumatra. Church of Nor-th India sent one couple to East Africa in 1953, and has appoL~ted a missionary couple for service in Kenya (1956) . Diocese of Central. Travancore (CIPBC) ha s appointed ordained missionary to work among Indians of 'I'angany.ika , and a re­ cent theological graduate to work among Maylayese people in the Diocese of Singapore. The YMCA of India has contributed Mr. Co I . Itty to the YMCA in Djakarta, Indonesia.

Portugese India (Colonies of Goa Nova, Damao, Diu)

POPULATION ~ One million.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY 0 Roman Catholic churches are powerfuL Few Pr-ot.est.ant.s,

Indo-China (Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia; self-governing states within French Union)

POPULATION . 29 million, of which 10 million live in Central and South Viet Nam , 13 million in North Viet Nam (Vietminh, Communist), 4 million in Cambodia and - 53 ­

2 million in Laos~ The predominant race is Tai or Annamite, the rest of the population embraces a variety of races. The religious faith of the majority

is a mixture of Chinese religions. The language is Annamese 9 which shows Chinese and Tibetan influence; and Cambodian.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Under French rule the Roman Catholic Church converted about two million. Protestantism entered much later and has a community of twenty to thirty thousand, largely the result of Christian and Ydssionary Alliance effort. In spite of civil war, revival movements have been reported.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. No Christian Council and little ecumenical relation­ ship.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Evangelical Church of Vietnam, organized in 1927 by churches resulting

from Christian and Missionary Alliance work. About 139000 members (in non-Communist areas). Subsequently separate administrations have been set up for churches in Cambodia, Laos, and the Viet Nam tribespeople. Several thousand members.

Small church groups J'ounded by Seventh Day Adventists, Reformed Church, and interdenominational missionary societies.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. Evangelical church of Vietnam sends mission­ aries (9 couples) to Cambodian tribes people who live in Thailand~

Indonesia (Republic of Indonesia) Proclaimed in 1950

POPULATION. 80 million; the largest islands are Java, 50 million; Sumatra, 12 million; western Borneo (Kalimantan), 4 million; Celebes (Sulawesi) 6 million; Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands) 4 million, including Bali, Sumba, Sumbawa and Indonesian Timor; and Western New Guinea (Irian), one million. Other im­ portant islands: Madura, Molucca Islands, Nias. The Indonesian people are Malay-Polynesian in origin and speak many languages; official language is Bahasa Indonesia, based on Malay. Dutch and English are the main foreign languages. A large Chinese population of l~ million resides on the islands~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. The Moslems of Indonesia are more tolerant of Christi­ anity than in other parts of the Islamic world. Protestantism has made striking progress in this island area as a result first of German and Dutch missions and later of Australasian and American societies. Strong indigenous churches have developed. Near ten per cent of the people of Sumatra are con­ sidered Christian; the Protestant community on all the islands is 2~ million or about three per cent of the total population.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) National Council of Churches in Indonesia; 30 member church bodies. The Council has three voting representatives on the I.M.C. (2) National Council of Chinese Churches. - 54 ._.

YOUNGER CHURCHES . Most of the larger church bodies have regional r ather than denominational names; the background is largely the Reformed faith and polity. The figures given below, furnished by the National Council of Churches, unless otherwise noted refer to the evangelical church community (communicants, children of Christian families and catachumens ) ~

#Batak Protestant Christian Church, Sumatra. (Huria Christen Batak Protestant) . Autonomous since 1930 . Member of W.C,C. Community of 650,000~

#Christian Evangelical Church of Minahassa, Northeast Celebes. Formed in in 1935. Member of W.C ,C. Community of 350,000~

#Protestant Church of the Moluccas (Church of Ambon) . Formed in 19350

Member of W.C.C. Community of 350,000 0

#Evangelical Protestant Church of Timor. Became autonomous in 1947 0 Synod and 3 Klasis. Member of W.C.C. Community of 250,000 ,

#Protestant Church in Indonesia. (Bef'or-e 1945, Protestant Church of Ne ther-­ lands East Indies) < General Assembly of four branches: Protestant ChuTch of Western Indonesia. Corr~unity of 200,000; and Evangelical Churches of Timor, Minahassa and Protestant Church of the Moluccas C~ which are listed above as independent church bodies. Member of WC0 ,

#Toradja (Hillspeople) Church of Central Celebes; larger union formed in 1949. Member of W.C.C . Community of 50,000~

#Christian Church in East Java (Synod of East Javan Church), autonomous since 1931 0 Member of W.C.C. Community of 50,000 membersv

#Javanese Christian Churches in Central Java, autonomous since 1931 , Member of W.C.C . Community of 30 ,000~

#Evangelical Church of Kalimantan (Western Borneo), formed in 19350 Member of W,C.C. Community of 30,000, mostly Dyak Christians ~

Christian Church in Nias. Community of 160,000.

Evangelical Church of Sanghi-Talaud (northeast of Celebes). Community of 120,000~

Other Celebes Churches. Church of Mid-Celebes, community of 80,000. Church of West Celebes, community of 2,000. Church of Southeast Celebes, community of 3 , 500 . Headquarters of latter two are in Makassar and Kendari o

Other Sumatra Churches. Karo Batak Church, community of 13,000 0 Methodist Church, Sumatra (Central Conference of Southeastern Asia}

Provisional Annual Conference, with 4 districts), community of 15 ,000 0

Other Java Churches. Church of West Java (Pasundan), community of 7,000~ Church of Mid-Java (Chinese), community of 3,000. Church of West Java (Chinese), community of 6,500. Church of East Java (Chinese), community of 3,500. Mennonite Church of North Central Java, community of 5, O OO ~

Other Islands. Evangelical Church of Halmahera, community of 3~ 5 00o - 55 ­

Toradja Church of Mamasa, community of 30,000. Evangelical Church of Bolang-Mongondouw, community of 17,0000 Church of Bali, Protestant, community of 2,000. Church of Sumba, community of 6,500~

Reformed Churches (Gereformeede Kerken) in Indonesia (several islands). Community of 8,000~

All the above Church bodies are affiliated with the Indonesian Council of

Churches 0 Unaffiliated groups include:

Churches of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, in Borneo and Celebes o

About 5,000 memberso Member of W.E.F.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 15,000 members",

Chinese Foreign Missionary Union o About 5,000 members. Member of W.E.F.

Assemblies of God . About 1,000 members.

Pentecostal congregations. Community of 20,000.

Other Church groups: Baptist churches, Sclvation Army, churches founded by interdenominational missions, unaffiliated Chinese churches, independent congregregations on various islands. The total membership of groups not affiliated with the National Council of Churches is estimated at 100,OOO~

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. Methodist Church of Sumatra has sent mission­ aries to Sarawak (North Borneo). Batak Church Christians are preaching on neighboring islands. The Church of Ambon and the Church of Minahassa send missionaries to neighboring islands. The Protestant Church of the Moluccas has sent missionaries to Irian. The Christian Evangelical Church of Minahassa has supported missionaries in Lawak, Manggai, Timor. Churches of Java have sent several missionaries to other islands~

Japan (Nippon) (Constitutional Monarchy)

POPULATIDN~ 88 million, and growing rapidly; high density of population. Language, Japanese. Religions: Buddhism, Shintoism.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant Christianity, almost a century old in Japan, has experienced many ups and downs. Today the Protestant membership, largely urban and middle class, numbers about 300,000. A little over one half of these are in the Church of Christ in Japan (Kyodan), but there are also many other denominations and indigenous church groups. The Protestant movement in Japan, though small, is fortunate to have an unusually large number of well qualified national leaders.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATIDN. (1) National Christian Council, organized in 1923, representing nearly 3,000 churches and over 200,000 members. Member of I .M.G.. with two voting representatives~ (2) Japan Association of Evangelicals. Member of W.E.F. (3) Evangelical Missionary Association of Japan. - 56 ­ YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Church of Christ in Japan (Nippon Kirisuto Kyodan). This church body, based on smaller unions before World War II, was organized in 1941 by 34 Protes­ tant denominations. A number of these withdrew after the War) leaving 15 different church groups which are now united in the "Kyodan; " These were formerly Methodist, Congregationalist, Disciples; Presbyterian and Reformed (in part) Churches and a few Baptist and Holiness congregationso A Constitution and Statement of Faith were adopted in 1955. About 17 0 ~000 members in 1,400 congregations. Member of W.C.C.

#Japan Episcopal Church (Nippon Seiko Kwai)~ Autonomous Church, 10 dioce ses~ 3 bishops, one presiding bishop. About 39,000 members. Member of W.C.C.

Convention of Baptist Churches in Japan (Nippon Baputosuto Renmei) . About 10,000 members~

Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (Nippon Fukuin Ruuteri Kyokai) . About 8,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches~ About 3,500 members.

Assemblies of God . About 4,000 members~

Church of Jesus Spirito. About 12,000 members~

Japan Christian Reformed Church (Nippon Kirisuto Kaikaku-ha Kyokai) ~ About 2,000 memberso

Presbyterian Church (Nihon Kirisuto Kyokai, or Shin-nikki) . Presbyterian congregations which left the Kyodan in 1951~ About 3,000 members.

Japan Nazarene Church . About 1,500 membersu

General Associations of Korean Christians in Japan. About 1,200 members.

Japan Salvation Armlf. About 5,000 members.

Other denominations and indigenous church groups: Friends of Jesus, Inde­ pendent evangelical churches, Immanual churches, Christian Brotherhood churches, Free Methodist churches, Christ1s churches, Society of Friends, Pentecostal and Holiness churches, Holy Jesus Society churches, Mennonite churches, Alliance churches, independent Lutheran churches, Disci ples churches, churches founded by interdenominational missions. Mar~~ thousand members.

Non-church Movement (Mu-kyo-kai Un-do). Founded by Kanzo Uchimura (1860­ 1930)~ Several thousand Christian converts and several ten thousand Bibl e students. - 57 ­

Korea (Republic of Korea, established 1948)

POPULATION. 30 million. Of these 22 million live in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and 8 million nopth of the 38th parallel (Korea People's Republic, Communist). The Korean Language, belonging to the Ural-Altaic group, has some affinities with the Chinese language. Undep Japanese

colonial rule the Japanese language was taught to all citizens o Buddhism has been the main religion of the people~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY . Protestant Christianity in Korea, with a history of only eighty years, has excited all Christendom by its rapid growth. In spite of political misfortunes, Korea is today one of the strongest Christian countries of all Asia. Scores of thousands of Christians have moved from Nopth to South Korea in the past few years. Little is known about the Church in the Communist part of the country. In South Korea the future of Christi­ anity is promising in spite of some unhappy theological dissensions within the Church . Protestant community, about one million, including families and inquireps.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) National Christian Council~ reorganized with a new constitution in 1951, includes representatives of Presbyterian, Methodist, Holiness, and Seventh Day Adventist church bodies, five missionary societies, and eight other Christian organizations. Member of the I .M.C ~ with two voting representatives. (2) National Association of Evangelicals~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

#Presbyterian Church of Korea. About 150~000 members. Member of W.C.C .

#The Methodist Church of Korea; 7 districts. Organized 1930. Autonomous. About 50 ~000 members. Member of W.C.C.

Episcopal Church of Korea j with bishop. About 10jOOO members.

Holiness Church of Korea. About 30,000 members.

Presbyterian Church of the Republic of Kopea (a new body which separated from the Presbyterian Church of Korea in 1954). About 20,000 members.

Presbyterian Fundamentalist congregations (Associated with International Council of Christian Churches). About 30~OOO members.

Baptist Convention. About s.ooo member-s,

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 6j OOO members.

Other church groups; Assemblies of God, about 2j500 members. Church of God~ about 1,000 members. Church of the Nazarene, about 1,000 membeps. Sal­ vation Army, Brotherly Love Church, Church of Jesus, national mission churches.

MISSIONARIES FROM THE YOUNCE/. CHURCHES. Presbyterian Church of Korea sent (1956) Rev. and Mrs. Chang Yung Choi as their first missi.onaries to Thailand. Formerly, missionaries were sent to Shantung Province, China. - 58­ Malaya and Singapore (Federation of Malaya, 1948, and British Crown Colony of Singapore; will achieve independent status in 1958)

POPULATION 0 Population of the Federation (former nine States of the Malay Penin·­ sula and Straits Settlements of ¥~lacca and Penang), together with Singapore, is 6 million. The people are Malays, 2! million; Chinese, nearly 3 million; Tamils from India; and a few aborigines. In Singapore 80 per cent of the population is Chinese. Malay, Chinese and Indian languages; English is taught in the schools. Islam is the predominant religion.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Protestant Christianity exists almost entirely among the Chinese population of Malaya and Singapore; very few Malays are Christians.

The Protestant community numbers about 50 pOOO.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Malayan Christian Council, ~nth representatives of Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Mar Thoma Syrian Churches, and Seventh Day Adventist groups; also interdenominational organizations. Member of the I.M.C. with one voting representative. (2) Singapore Evangelical Fellowship~ Member of W.E.F.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Church. Malaya and Malaysia Annual Conferences. About 12,000 members.

Anglican Church, Diocese of Singapore. About 6,000 members.

Presbyterian Church; Chinese Christian Church of Malaya (former Synod of Malaya). About 4,000 members.

Lutheran Church of Malaya (Tamil). About 1,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 1,500 members.

Assemblies of God. About 500 members.

Other small groups: Brethren churches, Baptist churches, churches founded by China Inland Mission Overseas Fellowship (especially in the IINew Villages,1I churches founded by interdenominational missions.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. The Methodist Church has sent mdssionaries to Sarawak (North Borneo) to work among the Dyak people.

Nepal (Constitutional monarchy)

POPULATION. 8 million. Hill clans of Mongolian-Hindu stock; dominant tribe is the Ghurkas. Languages: Nepali and Newari (Sino-Tibetan and Indo-Aryan families). Ancient Hinduism and Lamaistic Buddhism are prevailing religions.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY is very new in Nepal and no churches as yet exist. Missionary work, largely medical, was begun in 1954 through the United Medical - 59 ­

Mission to NepaL The Mar Thoma Syrian Church of India sends evangelists.

Pakistan (Islamic Republic, federation of two units - West Pakistan and East Pakistan, parts of Bengal and Assam)

POPULATION o' 78 million; East Pakist.an 43 million, West Pakistan, 35 million", Largest Muslim state in the world, but religious freedom is guaranteed in the new Constitution. The people are Aryans; the language is Punjabi, a mixture of Indic and Iranic. Urdu is also spoken, and English by the educated class c -

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. A century of missions has resulted in a Protestant com­

munity of a quarter of a million, largely a mass movement Church o The strong­ est indigenous churches are in the Punjab.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. All-Pakistan Christian Council. Member of the I.M.C . with two voting representatives. The Council includes six church bodies and ten missionary societies in (a) East Pakistan Christian Council, and (b) West Pakistan Christian Council.

YOUNGER CHURCIlliS.

Presbyterian Synod of the Punjab, 6 presbyteries in West Pakistan. About 20,000 memberse-

Methodist Church, Pakistan annual conferences in the Central Conference of Southern Asia. About 25,000 members.

Pakistan Dioceses in the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon, (Anglican). (Lahore Archdeaconry Council). About 10,000 members.

Presbyterian Synod (Montgomery Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church). About 5,000 members.

·Sirhadi Evangelical Lutheran Church. About 500 members.

Pakistani Lutheran Church. Community of 1,000.

Church of the Nazarene. About 1,500 members.

Baptist chur ches, About 8,000 members",

Seventh Day Adventist churches, West Pakistan Union, about 1,000 members.

Other church groups ~ Assemblies of God, 500 members. Church of God, Society of Friends, Salvation Army, Pentecostals, churches of interdenominational missions.

Presbyterian and Baptist Churches are included in Indian church bodies. -- 60 _.

Philippine Islands (Republic of the Philippines, proclaimed in 1946

POPULATION" 19~ million, with variety of tribal and language groups on the eleven main islands and hundreds of smaller inhabited islands, The Filipinos consti­ tute about nine-tenths of the total; the other tenth are Negritos (original

inhabitants), Igorots (mountain tribes people) and Moroso The Chinese form the largest foreign groupo Language: Spanish and scores of native languages and dialectso English widely understood@ Under Spanish rule Roman Catholicism be­

came the principal religion 0

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Although Protestant missionaries did not arrive until 1899 the eleven major islands and many of the smaller islands now have Protes­ tant churches, with a total Protestant community of about 600,OOO~

INTER-CHURCH CooPERATION o Philippine Federation of Christian Churches) which

includes United Church of Christ, Methodist Churches, Disciples Churches J Baptist Churches, and some indigenous groups. The Federation is a member of I.MoC . with two voting rperesentatives~

YOUNGER csusc HES.

#United Church of Christ in the Philippines. Union of Presbyterian, Congrega­ tional, Evangelical United Brethren, Methodist (in part) and Disciples (in part) churches. About 100,000 members. Member of WoC.C .

Methodist Church, Central Conference of Southeastern Asia. Philippine Annual Conference, Northern Philippines and Northwest Philippines Annual Confer·­ ences, Mindanao Provisional Annual Conference. About 85,000 memberso Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches. About 25,000 members.

Episcopal Church o About 12,000 memberso Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 41,000 members reported,

Churches of Christ (Disciples) of the Philippineso About 15,000. (Other churches of this body are within the United Church of Christ) ~

Christian and Missionary Alliance churches, About 8,000 members.

Other Baptist churches, About 10,000 members.

Lutheran Church-·-Missouri Synod. Few hundred members ;

Other church groups: Assemblies of God, Pentecostal and Holiness churches, Church of the Nazarene, Church of God, Reformed Church, churches founded by interdenominational missionso Few thousand members.

Non-Protestant and non-Roman Churches

Philippine Independent Church (Iglesia Filipina Independiente, also called Aglipayan Church) This Church is composed of priests and members who broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in 1902. The American Protestant Episcopal Church ordains its new bishops; otherv,ise it is not

related to the Protestant movement. Membership about l~ million Q - 61 ­ Iglesia ni Kristo (Church of Christ). Founded by Felix Manalo in 1949. Membership, about 100,000.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. The United Church of Christ in the Philippines supports seven missionaries: four in Thailand, two in Indonesia, one in Hawaii~ The Methodist Church supports a woman missionary in Okinawa and another in Nigeria; this Church has organized its O,fl1 mission board. The United Church and Methodist Church together sponsor two nurses and one music teacher in Indonesia. Miss Leonara Flores has already served one missionary term in Nigeria. The United Church has sent a missionary nurse to Thailand and a woman missionary to Nigeria. Altogether thirteen missionaries from Filipino Churches serve in other countries.

Ryukyus (Loochoo Islands) (United Nations and U.S.A. Trusteeship)

POPULATION. Half million, ethnical~ related to the aboriginal Japanese. Languages: Okinawan and Japanese. Religion: Buddhist and folk religion~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Most Protestant Christianity work has been on the main island of Okinawa; in this century Japanese church groups have assumed some responsibility for evangelizing their fellow-countrymen in the archipelago c-

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

The Church of Christ of Okinawa (Okinawa-jin Kirisuto Kyokai) . United Church formed during World War II, including Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Salvation Army. Membership, about 2,000. 12.ay Small groups - Episcopalians, Baptists, Church of Christ, Seventh/Adventists.

Taiwan (Formosa) (Headquarters of the exiled Chinese National Government)

POPULATION. 8 million, including over one million refugees from the China main­ land. The hill aborigines, probably of Malayan origin, number about 150,000~

PRDTESTANTISM. Before World War II only Presbyterian churches, the result of Canadian and English Presqyterian missions, existed on the island. Now the in­ flux of refugees from the mainland and the entrance of over fifty new denomi­ national missions have brought about an exceedingly diverse Christian community, numbering about 150,000. The Roman Catholic community is reported as 50,000~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. (1) Taiwan Missionary Fellowship. (2) Evangelical Fellowship of Taiwan . Member of W.E.F. (3) Cooperation in connection with Tunghai Christian University and other educational efforts. - 62 ­

YOUNGER CHURCHES u

#Presbyterian Church of Taiwan. The former two Synods of North and South Taiwan were united, February 1957, into one General Assembly. Membership, about 24,000 in the Taiwanese churches; about 13,000 in the mountain

aboriginal churches. Total, 27,000 0 Member of W.C.C.

Little Flock churches, about 30,000 members. True Jesus churches (Pente­ costal type), about 15,000 members. These are indigenous Chinese groups which have come from the mainland.

Baptist churches. About 5,000 members.

Taiwan Lutheran Church. About 3,000 members..

Methodist churches, 600 members. Free Methodist churches, 150 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 1,000 members.

Other church groups: Episcopal churches, Society of Friends, Lutheran-­ Missouri Synod, Independent Kuoyu (National Language) churches, Pentecostal and Holiness churches, independent evangelical congregations. Several thousand members.

Thailand (Formerly Siam, constitutional monarchy)

POPULATION. 19 million~ The people are a mixture of races: original Thais who come from China, one million Laos, and several million of Chinese ancestry. Languages: Thai (Sino-Tibetan language), Annamese, Chinese o Buddhism has a powerful hold upon the people. Islam is growing in influence.

PROTESTANTISM. In spite of a century and more of earnest missionary effort, chiefly Presbyterian, the Protestant community is relatively small, between twenty and thirty thousand.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION. National Christian Council of Thailand; member of LMoC. with one voting representative. There has been a strong trend toward church union.

YOUIDER CHURCHES.

#Church of Christ in Thailand, formally organized in 1934, recognized by the Government as an indigenous body. This now embraces Presbyterian, Bap­ tist (Karen), and Disciples of Christ congregations. About 17,000 mem­ bers. Member of W.C.C.

Karen Baptist Convention in Thailand, 3 associations, affiliated with Church of Christ in Thailand. Few thousand members.

Other small church groups: Churches of Christ, Christian and Missionary Alliance churches, Pentecostal churches, Baptist churches, Brethren churches, churches founded by interdenominational missions. About 2,000 members. - 63 ­

PACIFIC ISLANDS (Not including Japan, Taiwan, Philippine Islands and Indonesia)

Bismarck Archipelago (Australian Territory: New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai, Admiralty Islands and many smaller islands)

POPULATION. 140,000 indigenous population. People are Melanesian and Papuan. Religion, animism.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. A good beginning has been made in eighty years of missionary effort.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Church. About 10,000 members.

Anglican Church. Few hundred members...

Lutheran Church. Few hundred members.

British Borneo (British Protectorate, including North Borneo, Sarawak, Labuan Island)

POPULATION. One million. Po'Iynesd.an peoples and 250,000 Chinese. Languages: Malay-PolYnesian and Chinese~ Religions, primitive tribal religion and Islam.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Strong Anglican and Methodist churches have developed.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Anglican Chur-ch, Diocese of Borneo (Lebuan and Sarawak}, About 10,000 members.

Methodist Church, Sarawak Provisional Annual Conference, 3 districts; Central Conference of Southeastern Asia. About 15,000 members.

Seventh D~ Adventist churches. About 2,500 members.

Other church groups, about 3,000 members.

Cook Islands and Nieu (Savage Island) (New Zealand Territory)

POPULATION. 28,000, Malay-PolYnesian race. - 64 ­ PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY , Brought by Christians from other islands and by mission­ aries v Largely Congregational.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Congregational churches. About 6,000 tlembers. Self-governing since 1945..

Seventh Day Adventist churches. About 400 members.

Fiji Islands (British Crown Colony)

POPULATION of the 106 inhabited islands totals about 350,000. The natives are

mixed Melanesian and Polynesian stocka Over 160,000 are immigrant families from India (Hindus and Koslems)~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY was brought by Christians from other islands and by missionaries. Today the native population is largely Christian. Among the Indian irrndgrants only a small proportion are as yet Christian~

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

The Methodist Church in Fiji. (Methodist Church of Australia) About 30,000 communicant members; community of 100,000~

Other church groups: Assemblies of God, Seventh Day Adventists. Few hundred members.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. More than three hundred Fijian missionaries have gone to the aborigines of North Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons.

French Oceania (French settlements: Society Islands, Tahiti, etc.)

POPULA.TION. 60,000; Malay-Polynesian race.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Early Protestant missions bore fruit but French control and the growing strength of the Roman Catholic Church has severely limited Protestant growth and influence in thi s century.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Reformed Church (French background). About 4,000 members v - 65 ­ Gilbert and E,llice Islands Colony (British)

POPULATION . 35,000; Malay~Polynesian stock.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Most of the islanders have become Christians.

YOUNGER CHURCHES o

Cong~egational Church . About 7,000 commilllicant members.

Seventh Day Advent ist chur ches , About 100 members.

New Gu.li1ea Weste:rTl New G1L~ .ea '( I r i an ) . See Indones.La, NOrth~asLQL~ ~e'~~uiri~a (Trust Territory of United Nations, manda.ted to Australia) and Papua (Australian territory)

POPULATION. 1,300,000; Papuan tribes and language. Tribal religion.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Northeast New Guinea now has the largest and fastest growing Protestant chu~ch body in the South Pacific. Papua is forty per cent a Christia.n community" INTER,-GHURCH COOPERATION" Protestant Missionary Council is being planned..

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Evangelical Lutheran Chu~ch of New Guirlea, organized January 13, 1956, with its own constitution. 165 ~ OOO baptized members, increase from 63,000 in 1945 . Methodist Chur-ch, About 15,C100 member-s,

Congregational ChUTeD. About 12,000 members.

Mennonite Church. About 5,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches, About 1,500 members.

Churches founded. by interdenominational missions. About 5,000 members..

New Caledonia and Dependencies (Loyalty Islands etc., French overseas territory)

POPULATION.. 65,000, including 22 :-0nO Europeans. Native people and language, Malay-Polynesian" ROIDa.Tl Cathol:::"cism dominates",

PROTESTANT CHR.ISTIANITY. Introduced in the first half of the 19th century, but - 66 ­ hindered by strong Roman Catholic influence. Small Protestant community.

YO UNGER CHURCHES.

Reformed Church (French background)~ About 5,000 members~

Seventh Day Adventist churches.

New Hebrides (~~ndominium jointly administered by France and Great Britain)

POPULATION. 60,000; Melanesian stock. Malay-Polynesian language, several dialects. Tribal religion and animism; increasingly Christian population~

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Missionaries of heroic stature, such as John Go Paton, labored here, and their converts have become mission-minded. As a result nearly half the population now belongs to the Protestant Christian communityo

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION~

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Anglican Church, Diocese of Melanesia. Church of the Province of New Zealand~ About 10,000 members.

Presbyterian Church. Autonomous. About 5,000 members.

Churches of Christ. About 2,000 members"

Seventh D~ Adventist churches. About 1~000 members.

Other church groups. Few thousand members.

Samoa Islands (New Zealand Territory of Western Samoa; American Samoa)

POPULATION. 110,000; fair-skinned POlYnesians~ PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. The Samoans were evangelized by Christians from other islands and by missionaries; they themselves have become most mission-minded toward other islands of the Pacific. The churches have long been self­ supporting and are vital in the life of the islands.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Samoan Congregational Church. About 15,000 members. - 67 ­ Methodist Church of Samoa. About 6,000 members.

Anglican Church. About 1,000 members.

Other church groups: Seventh Day Adventist churches, Assemblies of God. Few hundred members.

MISSIONARIES FROM YOUNGER CHURCHES. For decades native Christian teachers from islands of the eastern Pacific have gone to islands of the western Pacific and to Papua, Gilbert-Ellice Islands, etc.

Solomon Islands (Partly British protectorate, partly Australian territory of New Guinea)

POPULATION. 150,000. Malay-Polynesian people. Tribal religion and animism.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. Against severe opposition of the native islanders and by way of many difficulties a Protestant connnunity of 40,000 has been planted and nurtured. Some villages are entirely Christian.

INTER-CHURCH COOPERATION ..

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Anglican Church, Diocese of Melanesia. Church of the Province of New Zealand. About 10,000 members.

Methodist Church. About 10,000 members.

Seventh Day Adventist churches, about 3,000 members. Churches founded by interdenominational missions, about 5,000 members.

Tonga, or Friendly Islands (Monarchy under British Protectorate)

POPULATION. 55,000; Polynesian stock.

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY. About half the inhabitants are now Christian, the fruit of missionary work and revivals. Methodist churches predominate.

YOUNGER CHURCHES.

Methodist Churches: Wesleyan Church (Methodist Church of Australasia). Community of 25,000.

Church of Tonga. Community of 8,000.

Free Church of Tonga. Community of 10,000.