P/.M. 
 
 MISC. 
 
 11^3 
 
 Challenging 
 
 Facts 
 
 American Baptist 
 Foreign Mission Society 
 Ford Building, Boston, Mass. 
 
CHALLENGING FACTS 
 
 IN THE WORK 
 OF THE 
 
 American Baptist Foreign Mission Society 
 
 <: Tenmissions are maintained, which 
 are located in Burma, Assam, South 
 India, Bengal-Orissa, South China, East China, 
 West China, Japan, Belgian Congo and the 
 Philippine Islands. Assistance is also given to 
 the Baptists in Europe. In these ten fields there 
 are 128 stations and 3,073 outstations. 
 
 There are 705 missionaries, 
 
 Missionaries lndu<hl , 4 (W o( tW Wo _ 
 
 man’s Society. These include ordained ministers, 
 physicians, teachers, industrial and agricultural 
 experts, business managers, printers and one sea 
 captain. They are assisted by 6,378 native work¬ 
 ers. There are also 2,506 workers in Europe. 
 
 Evangelism In 1915 011 a11 fielcls p^33 
 
 converts were baptized. L/ur- 
 ing the 102 years of missionary work, 328,833 
 baptisms were reported in non-Christian lands, 
 and 284,441 in Europe, a total of 613,274. In 
 non-Christian lands 178,441 members are en¬ 
 rolled in 1,692 regular Baptist churches, of which 
 904, or fifty-three per cent, are self-supporting. 
 
 M _ Seventy-nine agencies for heal- 
 
 CLIlClllb . i r ri 
 
 mg are maintained, i nese con¬ 
 sist of 27 hospitals and 52 dispensaries, and are 
 in charge of 53 medical missionaries assisted by 
 143 American and native nurses. More than 
 94,000 patients received medical and surgical 
 treatment during the past year. 
 
 There are 2,403 schools of all 
 HUULCIUUH gm g eS) inc l u di„g 7 colleges, 
 
 27 seminaries and training schools, with a total 
 enrolment of over 80,000 pupils. Sunday schools 
 number 2,243, with 86,000 pupils. The mis¬ 
 sionaries have translated the Bible, in whole or 
 in part, into over thirty dialects and languages. 
 Three publication plants publish Bibles, periodi¬ 
 cals and other literature. 
 
 FillcLllCG Durill & l J ear °I organized 
 
 missionary effort the total receipts 
 for foreign missions were $1,059. For the fiscal 
 year ending March 31, 1916, the total receipts 
 amounted to $1,297,299.05, including receipts 
 to the Woman’s Society. 
 
 The Challenge These facts present a great challenge to evertj Baptist. The responsibility 
 O for maintaining this great missionary work rests not upon the Society but 
 upon the churches and individuals in the territory of the Northern Baptist Convention. The Society 
 is merely their agent in advancing the Kingdom of God throughout the world. 
 
ThOR additional literature or otlier 
 information regarding tke work 
 of tke American Baptist Foreign 
 Mission Society, write to any of tke 
 following: 
 
 Tke nearest District Secretary. 
 
 Department of Missionary Educa¬ 
 tion, 23 East 26tk Street, New 
 York City. 
 
 Literature Department, Box 41, 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
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