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 American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 
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FOREIGN FIELD FACTS 
 
 IN THE WORK OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY 
 
 Micclnn<s Ten missions are maintained by the Society which are located in Burma, Assam, South 
 1 India, Bengal-Orissa, South China, East China, West China, Japan, Belgian Congo and the 
 
 Philippine Islands. The Society also assists the work of the Baptists in Europe. The work in these 
 ten missions is carried on in 126 stations and 2,905 out-stations. 
 
 Missionaries The missionaries number 712 (including those of the Woman’s Society) and among 
 them are ordained ministers, physicians, teachers, industrial directors, agricultural 
 experts, business managers, printers and one sea captain. These are assisted by 6,054 native workers, 
 in addition to 2,480 workers in Europe. 
 
 Fvantfelism In 1914 on all fields 14,590 converts were baptized. During the 101 years of missionary 
 ~ L ' va ^ °— endeavor, 317,790 converts have been baptized in non-Christian lands, and 282,151 
 in Europe, a total of 599,941 baptisms. In non-Christian lands 172,778 church members are enrolled 
 in 1,646 regular, organized.Baptist churches of which 873 or fifty-three per cent, are self-supporting. 
 
 Medical Work Twenty-six hospitals and sixty dispensaries are supported by the Society. These 
 
 i___ eighty-six agencies for healing are in charge of fifty-four medical missionaries, 
 
 assisted by 138 native nurses and other helpers. More than 126,000 patients received medical and 
 surgical treatment during the past year. 
 
 Fdiiration The educational work is conducted in five colleges, twenty-nine theological seminaries 
 
 L,UULa _ and training schools, and 2,378 schools of all grades, with a total enrolment of over 81,000 
 
 pupils. More than 85,000 pupils receive religious instruction in 2,177 Sunday Schools. The missionaries 
 have translated the Bible, in whole or in part, into over thirty dialects and languages. Three printing 
 and publication plants are connected with the Society where Bibles, periodicals, hymn-books, text¬ 
 books and other literature are printed. 
 
 During the first year of organized missionary effort 101 years ago 
 the total receipts for foreign missions were $1,059. For the fiscal 
 year ending March 31, 1915, the total receipts amounted to $1,181,422 of which $1,023,343 came from 
 churches, Sunday schools, young people’s societies and individuals, including the Woman’s Societies, 
 and the remainder from legacies and interest on permanent funds. 
 
 This great missionary endeavor is not that of the Society, but of the 
 
 _Baptist churches in the territory of the Northern Baptist Convention. It is 
 
 the work of every individual Baptist, who aids it by prayer and supports it by contributions. The Society 
 is merely the agent of the denomination in advancing the Kingdom of God throughout the world. 
 
 Financial Development 
 
 The Responsibility 
 
pOR additional literature or 
 other information regarding 
 the work of the American Baptist 
 Foreign Mission Society, write 
 to any of the following: — 
 
 The nearest District Secretary. 
 Department of Missionary 
 Education, 23 East 26th 
 Street, New York City. 
 Literature Department, Box 41, 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 1112-15m-lit Ed,-9-7-1915