American Baptist Foreign Mission ONE- HUNDRED -TWENTY- FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT Presented by the Board o f Managers at the Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, Calif., June 20—25, *939 Foreign Mission Headquarters 152 Madison Avenue New York Printed by THE JUDSON PRESS 1701-1703 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. P r i n t e d i n U.S.A. CONTENTS PAGE OFFICERS, BOARD OF MANAGERS ..................................... 5 GENERAL AGENT, STATE PROMOTION DIRECTORS 6 B Y - L A W S ............................................................................................................................... 7 PREFACE ............................................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR ..................................................... 13-49 E ffec t of W orld E v e n t s U p o n M is s io n a r y P r o g r a m ................. 15,1 6 G overnmental C h a n g e s i n I n d ia a n d B u r m a ................. 1 6-1 8 B a p t is t U n io n of I n d ia , B u r m a , a n d C e y l o n .................................. 18 T h e M a d r a s M e e t in g of t h e I nternational M is s io n a r y C o u n c il ................................................................................................................ 1 8,1 9 F or e ig n S e c r e t a r y J. 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D e c k e r V is it s t h e F a r E a s t 19 T h e C a s e for C h r i s t i a n M is s io n s i n C h i n a a n d J a p a n 20 T r ib u t e s to M issionaries ................................................................................. 2 0,2 1 C h r i s t i a n C olleges i n C h i n a ........................................................................ 2 1 -2 3 C h i n a R e l ie f ............................................................................................................ 23 R eports fr o m t h e M is s io n s ............................................................................. 2 3 -3 4 B u r m a ........................................................................................................ 2 3-2 5 A s s a m ..................................................................................................................... 25 S o u tfi I n d ia ..................... 26 B e n g a l -O r is s a .................................................................................................. 2 6 ,2 7 ' S o u t h C h i n a .................................................................................................. 2 7 ,2 8 E a s t C h i n a ....................................................................................................... 2 8 ,2 9 W e s t C h i n a ........................................................................................ ............. 29, 30 J a p a n ..................................................................................................................... 3 0,3 1 B e l g ia n C ongo .................................................................................................. 3 1 ,3 2 P h il i p p i n e I s l a n d s ...................................................................................... 3 2 ,3 3 E u r o pe .................................................................................................................. 3 3 ,3 4 V is it to M is s io n F ield s b y A s s o c ia t e S e c r e ta r y J. R . W il s o n 34 C o u n c il o n F i n a n c e a n d P r o m o t io n a n d t h e J u d so n F e l l o w ­ s h i p .......................................................................................................................... 34, 35 T h e B oard of M a n a g e r s ................................................................................. 3 5 ,3 6 » M is s io n a r y P e r s o n n e l ......................................................................................... 36 B a c k g r o u n d of t h e B udget A u t h o r iz e d i n F e b r u a r y for 1939-1940 .............................................................................................................. 3 7 ,3 8 S e r io u s R e d u c t io n s in H o m e E xpenditures ....................................... 38 P e r s o n n e l C h a n g e s a t H eadquarters ................................................... 3 8 -4 0 R e t ir e m e n t of G eorge B. H u n t in g t o n .................................................. 4 0 ,4 1 T h e C o u n c il o n C h r is t ia n E d u c a t io n ................................................... 41 A m e r ic a n M is s io n to L epers ........................................................................ 4 1 ,4 2 A f r ic a n F i l m P ro je ct ......................................................................................... 4 2 * E n d of L if e ’ s J o u r n e y ...................................................................................... 4 2 -4 7 3 4 AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY PAGE F a n n i e D o a n e H o m e ...........................................................................................4 7 ,4 8 H o m e s for M issionaries .................................................................................... 48 D e p u t a t io n S er vice o f M issionaries ....................................................... 4 8 ,4 9 A F a i t h for T h i s H o u r ............................................. 49 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE Y E A R ....................................................... 5 1 -6 2 O u t c o m e of t h e Y e a r ......................................................................................... 53 D e f ic ie n c y of I n c o m e A c c o u n t ................................................................... 53 S u m m a r y of I n c o m e a n d B udget ................................................................. 53 R ec eipts ............................................................................v .......................................... 54 I n c o m e f r o m S o u r c e s O u t s id e D o n a t io n s .................................. 54 D o n a t io n s —G if t s fr o m C h u r c h e s a n d I n d iv id u a l s .......... 54 B udget A ppropriations ......................................................................................... 55 H o m e E xpenditures .............................................................................................. 56 S p e c if ic B u d g et .......................................................................................................... 56 I n v e s t m e n t of P e r m a n e n t F u n d s ............................................................ 57 M ortgages a n d R e a l E s t a t e ........................................................................... 59 C h a n g e s i n P e r m a n e n t F u n d s ................................................................... 60 R eserve for S p e c ia l G if t A g r e e m e n t s ................................................... 60 B a n k B o r r o w in g s a n d F iv e -Y e a r P ro g r a m ......................................... 61 R e c e ipts f r o m L e g a c ie s ....................................................................................... 61 M a t u r e d S p e c ia l G if t A g r e e m e n t s ............................................................ 62 REPORT OF THE TREASURER ...................................................................... 6 3-1 0 3 A u d it o r s’ R eport ..................................................................................................... 64 D e f ic ie n c y of I n c o m e A c c o u n t ................................................................... 65 S u m m a r y of I n c o m e a n d B udget A ppropriations C u r r e n t B udget ................................................................................................................... 6 6 ,6 7 B a l a n c e S h e e t ......................................................................................................... 6 8 ,6 9 S u m m a r y of F o reig n F ie ld s A ppropriations .................................... 70 D e t a il s of H o m e E xpenditures ................................................................... 71-7 3 S u m m a r y of B ook a n d M a r k e t V a l u e s ................................................ 74 G e n e r a l S u m m a r y of I n v e s t m e n t s o f P e r m a n e n t F u n d s 75 I n v e s t m e n t s of P e r m a n e n t F u n d s U nrestricted a s to I n ­ v e s t m e n t .............................................................................................................. 7 6 -7 9 I n v e s t m e n t s of P e r m a n e n t F u n d s R e stric ted a s to I n v e s t ­ m e n t ...................................................................! .................................................. 8 0 -8 4 S u m m a r y of I n v e s t m e n t s of A n n u i t y F u n d .................................... 85 I n v e s t m e n t s of A n n u i t y F u n d ................................................................... 8 5 -8 7 S u m m a r y o f P e r m a n e n t F u n d s a n d I n c o m e E a r n e d ................. 88 P e r m a n e n t F u n d s ...............................................................................................