AMBIR) SAH &A Pr/sr M / ssicW SoeJFTY, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 1927 ONE - HUNDRED-THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Presented by the Board of Managers at the Annual Meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, May 3 1 to June 5, 1927 Foreign Mission Headquarters 276 Fifth Avenue New York • NEC* A •v'v 113-/ IG Printed in U. S. A. 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 AGENT, STATE PROMOTION DIRECTORS ................. 12 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE Y E A R ............................................................ 1 3-62 I ntroduction ...................................................................................................................... 15 E v a n g e l is m a n d t h e W orld T u r m o i l .............................................................. 16 C o n d it io n s i n C h i n a .................................................................................................... 17 A S u m m a r y of t h e D e m a n d s o f C h i n a ......................................................... 18 A t t it u d e o f B a p t is t M is s io n B oard s .............................................................. 19 A S p e c ia l D e p u t a t io n to t h e F a r E a s t ......................................................... 20 * B a p t is t M is s io n s i n C h i n a ............................................................................ 21 E ffec ts of t h e S it u a t io n i n C h i n a o n B a p t is t M i s s i o n s ................. 23 * T h e L in g T o n g B a p t is t C o u n c i l ........................................................................ 24 E r r o n e o u s N e w s p a p e r R eports ............................................................................ 25 R egistration of M is s io n S c h o o l s i n C h i n a ................................................ 26 D evelopments a t S h a n g h a i B a p t is t C o l l e g e ........................................... 27 T h e F u t u r e of M is s io n s i n C h i n a ................................................................... 28 T h e R e t u r n of M issionaries ................................................................................. 29 U n fo r e se e n E x p e n s e D u e to C r is is i n C h i n a .......................................... 30 R econstruction i n J a p a n ........................................................................................ 31 F u t u r e W o rk i n t h e I n l a n d S e a ..................................................................... 31 H in d u s a n d M o h a m m e d a n s C l a s h i n I n d i a ............................................. 32 E d u c a t io n i n I n d ia ...................................................................................................... 32 J u d s o n C o l l e g e ................................................................................................................. 33 P o l it ic a l D evelopments i n I n d ia ...................................................................... 34 R ip e H a r v e s t F ield s i n I n d ia ............................................................................... 35 T h e C o n f e r e n c e on A f r ic a a t L e Z o u t e , B e l g i u m ................................ 35 D evelopments i n t h e B e l g ia n C on g o F i e l d ............................................... 36 T h e C ongo J u b i l e e ....................................................................................................... 37 P rogress i n M ed ic a l M i s s i o n s ............................................................................ 38 C oope r a tio n w i t h t h e C h i n a M e d ic a l B o a r d ........................................... 39 N e w B u il d in g s ................................................................................................................. 39 -N * T h e G if t of T o n g u e s .................................................................................................. 41 G r o w t h i n S e lf- s u p p o r t ............................................................................................. 42 I nternational M is s io n a r y C o u n c il i n J e r u s a l e m i n 1928 .............. 43 E u r o p e a n T o u r of t h e P r e s id e n t of t h e B a p t is t W orld A l l ia n c e 44 T h e S e r vice of J. H . R u s h b r o o k e a s B a p t is t C ommissioner for E u r o pe ............................................................................................................................ 45 S er vice of R epresentative i n E u r ope, W . O . L e w i s ............................. 45 \ v T h e E n d of L if e ’ s J o u r n e y ...................................................................................... 46 R eenforcements N eeded ............................................................................................ 51 T h e C a n d id a t e D e p a r t m e n t ................................................................................... 53 j- N e w M issionaries .......................................................................................................... 53 j» T h e A p p o in t m e n t o f N e w M issionaries ....................................................... 53 C o n f e r e n c e w i t h O u t g o in g M issionaries ................................................... 54 T h e B oard of M a n a g e r s ........................................................................................... 55 T h e S e c r e t a r ia l S t a f f .............................................................................................. 56 4 CONTENTS PAGE T h e C o m m is s io n o n I nvestigation ..................................................................... 56 T h e B oard of M is s io n a r y C o o pe r a tio n .......................................................... 56 A F o reig n M is s io n Y e a r : 1928-1929 ................................................................. 57 D e p u t a t io n S ervice of M issionaries ................................................................. 57 P u b l ic it y ......................... 58 H o m e s for M issionaries a n d M issionaries ’ C h i l d r e n ........................ 58 O r ie n t a l S t u d e n t s i n t h e U n it e d S t a t e s .................................................. 59 V is it of T r e a s u r e r G eorge B . H u n t in g t o n to t h e M is s io n F ie ld s 60 F r a t e r n a l V is it o r s to M is s io n F i e l d s ............................................................ 60 O p e n D oors E v e r y w h e r e ........................................................................................... 61 A C h i n e s e M e s s a g e to A m e r ic a n C h r is t ia n s ......................................... 62 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE YE A R ..................................................... 6 3 -6 9 A R e a l C r is is .................................................................................................................... 65 F i n a n c i a l O u t c o m e of t h e Y e a r ........................................................................ 65 A n a l y s i s of R e c e ip t s .................................................................................................. 66 B u dget E xpenditures .................................................................................................. 66 L e g a c ie s a n d M a t u r e d A n n u it ie s ...................................................................... 67 B udget for 1927-28 ......................................................................................................... 68 SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM THE MISSIONS ................... 71-1 6 2 T h e B u r m a M is s io n .................................................................................................. 73 T h e A s s a m M is s io n ..................................................................................................... 89 T h e S o u t h I n d ia M is s io n ....................................................................................... 101 T h e B e n g a l -O r is s a M is s io n .................................................................................. 120 T h e E a s t C h i n a M is s io n ...................................................................................... 125 * T h e S o u t h C h i n a M is s io n .................................................................................... 130 T h e W e s t C h i n a M i s s i o n ......................................................................................... 135 T h e J a p a n M is s io n ....................................................................................................... 147 T h e P h i l ip p in e I s l a n d s M i s s i o n ........................................................................ 153 T h e B e l g ia n C ongo M is s io n ................................................................................. 157 BAPTIST PROGRESS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 163-167 N o r w a y .................................................................................................................................