FOREIGN MISSIONS CONFERENCE ¿/NORTH AMERICA * 1950 REPORT OF THE F i f t y -S e v e n t h A n n u a l M e e t in g OF THE CONFERENCE OF FOREIGN MISSION BOARDS IN CANADA AND IN THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE DIVISION ASSEMBLY OF THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, N a t io n a l Co u n c il of t h e C h u r c h e s of C h r is t in t h e USA H otel H ollEn d e n , C leveland, O h io N ovember 27-29, 1950 Division of Foreign Missions National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA 156 Fifth Avenue, New York 10, N . Y . UQZ. FUI V . 5 T Contents P age Ch a ir m e n of th e F oreign M issions Conference, 1893-1950 .................... 5 O rganization of th e F ifty -S eventh A n n u a l M eeting ............................. 6 P rogram of t h e M eetings .............................................................................................. 7 ADDRESSES AT THE FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING A Summons to Immediate Action— Charles W. R anson .................................. 9 The One Increasing Purpose— Norman Goodall............................................... 11 The World Mission Enters a New Era— Charles W. R anson .................... 17 Building on Past Experience— Wynn C. Fairfield ........................................... 24 The Challenge of the Future— Eugene L. Smith ....................................... 32 REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1950 Report of the Committee of Reference and C ou n sel........................................... 38 Reports of Representative Committees Reports of Functional and Other Committees Financial Statements, Committee of Reference and Counsel ......................... 87 Report of the International Missionary Council ............................................... 91 Financial Statements, International Missionary Council ................................ 104 M in u t es of t h e S pecial M eeting of th e F oreign M issions Confer­ ence, A pril 25, 1950 .................................................................................................. 109 M in utes of th e F ifty -S eventh A n n u a l M eeting, N ovember 27-29, 1950 ................................................................................................................................... 116 M in ut es of t h e F irst M eeting of th e D ivision A ssem bly, N ovember 29, 1950 ............................................................................................................................. 126 I n M em oriam ......................................................................................................................... 133 Personnel of th e F ifty-S eventh A n n u a l M eeting of th e F oreign M issions Conference .............................................................................................. 134 A ttendance a t F irst D ivision A s s e m b l y ............................................................. 141 ORGANIZATION OF THE DIVISION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS Officers of the Division ................................................................................................ 143 Committee Organization .............................................................................................. 144 Executive Board ........................................................................................................... 144 Committees for 1951 .................................................................................................. 146 Representative Committees ................................................................................ 146 Standing Committees .............................................................................................. 151 Special Committees ................................................................................................ 153 [3 ] CONTENTS P a g e Representatives of the Division of Foreign Missions on the Interna­ tional Missionary Council Committee ................................................. 153 Representatives of Division of Foreign Missions on Related Organ­ izations ...................................................................................................... 154 Representatives of Division of Foreign Missions on Other Units of the National Council .............................................................................. 154 Special Joint Committees within the C ouncil......................................... 155 D iv i s io n o f F o r e ig n M i s s i o n s : Member Boards and Societies .......................................................................... 156 Consultant A gen cies............................................................................................ 160 C onstitution o f F o r e ig n M is s io n s C o n f e r e n c e ................................................... 162 A c t of I ncorporation ................................................................................................................ 163 B y -L a w s , D iv i s io n of F o r e ig n M is s io n s .................................................................... 164 S t a n d in g R u l e s , D iv is io n of F o r e ig n M is s io n s ................................................... 173 C onstitution of t h e I nternational M is s i o n a r y C o u n c i l ........................... 177 Income and Expenditure of the Boards for 1949 ..................................... 181 N e w M issionaries S e n t D u r in g 1949 ............................................................................ 184 I n d e x ....................................................................................................................................................... 189 Staff Directory .......................................................................................Third Cover (Printed in U. S. A .) CHAIRMEN OF THE FOREIGN MISSIONS CONFERENCE 1893— Rev. A. Sutherland, D.D. 1908—Rev. James I. G o o d , D.D. 1894— R e v . F . F. Ellinwood, D.D. R e v . E r n e s t M . S t ir e s , D .D . 1895—Dr. Augustus C. T h o m p s o n 1909—Rev. J. H. Prugh, D.D. 1896— D r . W . W . B a r r R ev. G eorge D r a c h Dr. Samuel W . D u n c a n R ev . P ro fe s so r E d w a r d C . 1897— R e v . R . M. Sommerville, D.D. M o o r e , D.D. Rev. George Scholl, D.D. R ev. S . O . B e n t o n , D .D . R e v . W m . S. L a n g fo r d , D.D. Rev. M ancius H. H utton, D.D. Rev. M ancius H. H utton, D.D. 1910—R e v . F . P. H a g g a r d , D.D. 1898— R e v . A rthur Given, D.D. 1911— Samuel B. Capen, LL.D. R e v . S. F. U p h a m , D.D. 1912—Mr. Mornay W illiam s Rev. R. J. W illingham , D.D. 1913— Rev. R. P. M ackay, D.D. R e v . C. M. L a m s o n , D.D. 1914—Rev. Charles R. W atson, D.D. Rev. R. P. M a c k a y , D.D. 1915— Rev. George Drach 1899—Rev. Charles H. Daniels, D.D. 1916—Rev. Frank Mason North, Mr. John H. Converse D.D. B is h o p E. G. A n d r e w s 1917—Bishop W alter R. Lambuth, R e v . H. N. C o b b , D.D. D.D. B is h o p O z i W . W h i t a k e r 1918— Rev. P aul de Schweinitz, D.D. 1901— Rev. James I. G o o d , D.D. 1919—Rev. Canon S. Gould, M.D. Rev. George Scholl, D.D. 1920— Mr. James M. Speers Rev. David J. Burrell, D.D. 1921— Rev. Stephen J. Corey, LL.D. Rev. A. S. Lloyd, D.D. 1922—Rev. Ezra K. B e l l , D.D. M r . J a m e s W ood 1923— Rev. James Endicott, D.D. R ev . W m . I. H a v e n , D .D . 1924— Rev. A llen R. Bartholomew, 1902— R e v . F. H. D u V e r n e t , B.D. D.D. Rev. A. Sutherland, D.D. 1925—Rev. Frank Mason North, R e v . F. J. G o u c h e r , D.D. D.D. Rev. Paul de Schweinitz 1926— Dr. Robert E. Speer Rev. Henry N. C obb , D.D. 1927— Dr. John W . Wood 1903—Rev. John Fox, D.D. 1928—Rev. F. W. Burnham, D.D. Rev. R. P. M a c k a y , D.D. 1929— Rev. James I. Vance, D.D. R ev. H a r l a n P . B e a c h 1930— Miss Helen B. Calder R e v . M a n c i u s H . H u t t o n , D .D . 1931— Rev. A. T. Howard, D.D. 1904— R e v . H. C. M a b ie , D.D. 1932—Rev. A. E. Armstrong, D.D. M r. F. M. R a i n s 1933— Rev. P. H. J. Lerrigo, M.D. Rev. W alter R. Lambuth, 1934— R e v . W . I. Chamberlain, Ph .D. D.D., M.D. 1935— Mrs. Thomas Nicholson S a m u e l B. C a p e n , LL.D. 1936—John R. Mott, LL.D. 1905— Mr. Robert E. S p e e r 1937—Dr. Robert E. Speer Rev. W illiam M. Bell, D.D. 1938—Miss M abel E. Emerson Rev. M arion J. Kline, D.D. 1939—Reiv. H. E. Stillw ell, D.D. Mr. James Wood 1940—Rev. C. Darby Fulton, DD. 1906— R e v . J. O. R e a v is , D.D. 1942—Miss Sue Weddell Rev. James Atkins, D.D. C a n o n L e o n a r d A . D ix o n Rev. R. J. W illingham , D.D. 1944— R e v . A . L. W arnshuis, D.D. R e v . B. F. Fullerton, D.D. John R. Mott, LL.D. 1907— R e v . M. G. K y l e , D.D. D r . R obe r t E . S pee r R e v . M. H. H u t t o n , D.D. 1945— R e v . A. V. Casselman, D.D. R ev. A l l e n R . B a r t h o l o m e w , 1946— Rt. Rev. J. H. Arnup, D.D. D.D. 1947— Mrs. Leslie E. Swain" Rev. H. E. Jacobs, D.D. 1948— Rev. Fred Field Goodsell, D.D. 1908— Rev. Henry N. C obb, D.D. 1949—Rev. Carl H einm iller M r . J o h n R . M o t t 1950— R e v . C . M. Y o c u m , D.D. Rev. Charles R. W atson, D.D. M r s .