American Baptist Foreign Mission Society

American Baptist Foreign Mission Society

Day f e t e ' l i t e American Baptist Foreign Mission Society *924 ONE - HUNDRED-TENTH ANNUAL REPORT Presented by the Board of Managers at the Annual Meeting held in Milwaukee, Wis., May 28-June 3, 1924 Foreign Mission Headquarters 276 Fifth Avenue New York CONTENTS PAGE P R E F A C E ....................................................................... 5 B Y - L A W S .................................................................................................................................. 7 O F F I C E R S ............................................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL REPRESENTATIVES, STATE DIRECTORS ............... 12 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR ........................................................ 13-93 I ntroduction ......................................................................................................................... 15 T h e W orld S it u a t io n a t t h e C l o s e of t h e Y e a r ................................ 15 T h e J a p a n E a r t h q u a k e ........................................................................................... 20 T h e «To k y o T a b e r n a c l e C o n t in u e s to S e r v e .............................................. 23 A p p e a l fo r J a p a n R econstruction ...................................................................... 24 A S p e c ia l C o m m i s s i o n to J a p a n ........................................................................ 25 T h e S e v e n t y - f if t h A n n i v e r s a r y o f S w e d is h B a p t is t s ...................... 26 T h e B a p t is t W orld A l l ia n c e a t S t o c k h o l m ........................................... 28 M i s s io n a r y S ignificance o f t h e S t o c k h o l m C o n g r e s s ...................... 30 V i s it s to E u r o p e a n F ie l d s ....................................................................................... 32 S e r vice o f C ommissioner J. H . R u s h b r o o k e .............................................. 33 R e l ie f W o r k i n E u r ope .............................................................................................. 34 C o n d it io n s i n R u s s i a ................................................................................................... 36 P rogress i n t h e N e w R e p u b l ic s ........................................................................ 38 S e r vice o f D r . W . O . L e w is ....................................................................................... 39 E vangelistic T o u r i n t h e B a l t ic S t a t e s ............................... ..................... 40 E vangelistic P rogress i n B r i t i s h I n d ia a n d i n t h e F a r E a s t . 41 E d u c a t io n i n I n d i a ....................................................................................................... 45 E d u c a t io n a n d E v a n g e l is m .................................................................................... 46 P ro per ty A d d it io n s i n B r i t i s h I n d ia ............................................................ 4 9 T h e M is s io n P r e s s a t R a n g o o n ........................................................................... 50 N e w P r o p e r t y A d d it io n s a n d F u r t h e r N eeds i n t h e F a r E a s t . 51 I n c r e a s in g S e l f - s u p p o r t ............................................................................................. 52 T h e P l a c e o f t h e M is s io n a r y i n t h e F a r E a s t .................................... 5 4 ^ B e l g iu m a n d M is s io n a r y E ffo rt i n B e l g ia n C on go .......................... 55 D evelopments i n t h e B e l g ia n C ongo M is s io n ....................................... 56 O p e n in g of a N e w S t a t io n a t M o a n z a .......................................................... 56 C e n t e n n ia l o f T h e A m e r ic a n B a p t is t P u b l ic a t io n S o c i e t y 57 T h e C a n a d i a n B a p t is t M is s io n a r y J u b il e e .............................................. 59 T h e S t u d e n t V o l u n t e e r C o n v e n t io n a t I ndianapolis ...................... 60 T h e W o r k of t h e C a n d id a t e D e p a r t m e n t ................................................. 6 2 T h e B oard of M a n a g e r s ........................................................................................... 64 F o r e ig n M is s io n s a n d t h e C h r i s t i a n F a i t h .............................................. 65 T h e P r o m o t io n a l C a m p a ig n o f t h e Y e a r .................................................. 74 D e p u t a t io n S e r vice of M issionaries ................................................................. 75 L it e r a t u r e a n d P u b l ic it y ......................................................................................... 76 T h e J o in t M a g a z i n e ..................................................................................................... 77 T h e C lo se of t h e N e w W orld M o v e m e n t ................................................... 78 T h e N e w D enominational P r o g r a m ................................................................. 78 A p p o in t m e n t o f D r . A . W . R ider ........................................................................ 79 T h e B o ard of M is s io n a r y C o o p e r a t io n ......................................................... 80 G r o w t h i n t h e S t a t io n P l a n .............................................................................. 81 S p e c ia l G if t s ...................................................................................................................... 82 4 CONTENTS PAG}; H o m e s for M issionaries a n d M issionaries ’ C h il d r e n ........................ 83 ' C a lle d to H ig h e r S er vice ......................................................................................... 84 T h e F aithfulness of G od ......................................................................................... 92 F I N A N C I A L R E V I E W O F T H E Y E A R ........................ 95-111 I ntroduction ........................................................................................................................ 97 S u m m a r y o f F i n a n c i a l O u t c o m e ........................................................................ 97 A n a l y s i s of R e c e ipts ..................................................................................................... 98 F oreig n F ield E xpenditures a n d A ppropriations .................................... 99 B a n k B o r r o w in g s a n d I n t e r e s t P a y m e n t s .............. 99 H is t o r y of t h e D e f ic it .............................................................................................. 100 A n A c t u a l D e f ic ie n c y ................................................................................................ 102 L e g a c ie s a n d A n n u i t i e s ............................................................................................. 103 B udget for 1924-1925 ..................................................................................................... 104 A d v is o r y C o m m it t e e ........................................................................................................ 106 P e r m a n e n t a n d T e m p o r a r y F u n d s ................................................................... 107 F o r e ig n F ield F is c a l Y e a r ....................................................................................... 107 R eserves for E qualization of I n c o m e f r o m L eg ac ies a n d M a t u r e d A n n u i t i e s .............................................................................................. 108 B a l a n c e S h e e t ................................................................................................................... 110 SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM THE MISSIONS ................. 113-197 T h e B u r m a M is s io n ......... 115 T h e A s s a m M is s io n ................................................................................................... 129 T h e S o u t h I n d ia M is s io n ....................................................................................... 143 T h e B e n g a l -O r is s a M is s io n .................................................................................. 155 T h e E a s t C h i n a M is s io n ......................................................................................... 162 * T h e S o u t h C h i n a M is s io n .................................................................................... 168 T h e W e s t C h i n a M is s io n ....................................................................................... 177 T h e J a p a n M is s io n .......................................................................................................

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