American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 1936 ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT Presented by the Board o f Managers at the Annual Meeting held in St. Louis, Missouri, May 20- 24, Foreign Mission Headquarters 152 Madison Avenue New York Printed by THE JUDSON PRESS 1701*1703 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa. P u n t e d i n U. S. A. CONTENTS PAGE O F F I C E R S ........................................................................................................................... 5 GENERAL AGENT, STATE PROMOTION DIRECTORS ................ 6 B Y - L A W S ........................................................................................................................... 7 P R E F A C E ........................................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL REVIEW OF THE Y E A R ............................................................13-56 T h e A chievements of a C e n t u r y ................................................................ 15 T h e P resen t P roblem in t h e H o m e l a n d ................................................ 17 U nparalleled O p p o r t u n it y A b r o a d .............................................................. 17 T h e N eed for M is s io n a r y R eenforcements ............................................ 18 T h e E v a l u a t io n S t u d y ....................................................................................... 19 C e n t e n n ia l C elebrations .................................................................................. 20 L a u n c h in g t h e F orw ard M o v e m e n t ......................................................... 22 P l a n s o f t h e S t e w a r d s h ip C o m m i t t e e ..................................................... 23 N o r th e r n B a p t is t Y o u t h C o n f e r e n c e s .................................... 23 E v a n g e l is m A rou n d t h e W o r l d ..................................................................... 24 P u b l ic it y a n d L iter a tu r e ................................................................................ 28 S t a f f D evelopments .............................................................................................. 29 R e t ir e m e n t o f D r. A . W . R ider ..................................................................... 30 R e s ig n a t io n of H . F . C a w t h o r n e ......................... 30 M r. S is s o n ’s J o u r n e y to I n d i a ....................................................................... 31 I n d ia ’s N e w C onstitution ................................................................................ 31 I n d ia ’s U ntouchables B re a k w it h H in d u is m ..................................... 32 A S t r ik in g I n c id e n t in S o u t h I n d i a ......................................................... 34 B u r m a ’ s N e w G overnor a n d G o v e r n m e n t ................................................ 35 J ud so n C ollege R e m a k in g t h e V i l l a g e ..................................................... 35 * N a t io n a l A f f a ir s in C h i n a ........................................................................... 36 C h r is t ia n L e a d e r sh ip S u rvey i n C h i n a ................................................ 36 * L a y L e a d e r sh ip T r a in in g in S o u th C h i n a ........................................... 37 R eligious E m p h a s is W eek a t t h e U n iv e r s it y of S h a n g h a i 38 * T h e N ew B a n g k o k B a p t is t C h u r c h ......................................................... 38 - T r a n sf e r of S u n W u ............................................................................................ 39 E v a c u a t io n of Y a c h o w ................................................... 40 A dministrative C h a n g e s a t K a n t o G a k u i n ............................. 40 F u k u i n M a r u C h u r c h e s in t h e I n l a n d S e a ....................................... 41 I ndependence in t h e P h il ip p in e I s l a n d s ................................................ 41 B oard of T r ustees of P h il ip p in e B a p t is t C h u r c h e s ....................... 42 V is it of t h e H o m e S ecretary to C ongo M is s io n F i e l d ................... 43 E d u c a t io n a l A dviser for C ongo P ro te sta n t M is sio n s .................. 44 D e v elo pm en t of T r a in in g S ch ools for C ongo W orkers ................ 44 T h e B oard of M a n a g e r s ..................................................................................... 44 F a n n i e D o a n e H o m e for M issionaries ’ C h il d r e n ............................ 45 H o m e s for M issionaries .................................................. 46 M is s io n a r y H onored D u r in g t h e Y e a r ..................................................... 46 D e p u t a t io n S ervice of M issionaries ......................................................... 46 C o u n c il o n W orld E vangelization .............................................................. 47 C o u n c il on C h r is t ia n E d u c a tio n ................................................................ 48 * E nd of L if e ’s J o u r n e y ......................................................................................... 48 T h e M e etin g of t h e I nternational M is s io n a r y C o u n c i l 53 F oreign M is s io n s C o n feren ce of N o rth A m e r i c a .............................. 54 A m e r ic a n C ongo C o m m it t e e ........................................................................... 54 4 CONTENTS PAGE W o r k for L epers ..................................................................................................... 55 T h e M odern M is s io n s M o v e m e n t ................................................................ 55 L a y m e n ’s M is s io n a r y M o v e m e n t . .............................................................. 55 O n t h e T h r e sh o l d of a N e w Y e a r ............................................................. 56 SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM THE MISSIONS ......................57-119 B u r m a .............................................................................................................................. 59 A s s a m .................................................................................................................. 64 S o u t h I n d ia ................................................................................................................ 73 B e n g a l -O r is sa ............................................................................................................ 84 C h i n a .............................................................................................................................. 90 E a s t C h i n a ................................................................................................................ 91 • S o u t h C h i n a .............................................................................................................. 95 W est C h i n a ................ ! ............................................................................................. 98 J a p a n .............................................................................................................................. 102 P h il ip p in e I s l a n d s ................................................................................................ 106 B e lg ia n C o n g o ........................................................................................................... 110 E u r o p e .............................................................................................................................. 117 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR ................................................. 121-138 S u m m a r y of B udget O u t c o m e ......................................................................... 123 A n a l y s is of R eceipts—D o n a t i o n s ................................................................ 123 I n c o m e from S ources O u tsid e D o n a t io n s ..................................... 124 B udget E xpenditures ............................................................... 124 F oreign F ield A ppropriations ......................................................................... 125 H o m e E xpenditures ................................................................................................ 126 S pecific B udget ......................................................................................................... 126 J u d so n F u n d ................................................................................................................ 126 L egacies a n d M a tu red A n n u i t i e s ................................................................ 127 R eserve for A n n u i t y A g r e e m e n t s ................................................................ 127 P e r m a n e n t F u n d C h a n g e s ................................................................................ 129 D e sig n a te d T e m p o r a r y F u n d s .......................................................................... 130 I n v e s t m e n t s of F u n d s .......................................................................................... 130 M ortgages ....................................................................................................................