International Ministries (organization)
International Ministries is an international Baptist Christian missionary society. It is a constituent board affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. The headquarters is in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States.
| Founded | 1814 |
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| Founders | Walter Gowans Rowland Bingham Thomas Kent |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Location |
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| Fields | Christian Missionary Outreach |
| Affiliations | American Baptist Churches USA |
| Website | internationalministries.org |
History
The society was founded in 1814 as the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions by the Triennial Convention (now American Baptist Churches USA).[1] The first mission of the organization took place in Burma with the missionaries Adoniram Judson and Ann Hasseltine Judson in 1814.[2] Other missions that followed took place in Siam in 1833, India in 1840, China in 1842, Japan in 1872 and Philippines in 1900.[3] In the late 1800s, the society helped fund the Swedish Baptist conference's new seminary, Bethel Seminary, in Stockholm.[4]
It was renamed American Baptist Missionary Union in 1845, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1910, and American Board of International Ministries in 1973.[5] In 2018, it had 1,800 volunteers in 70 countries.[6]
Prominent American Baptist missionaries
- George Boardman, Burma, 1801-1831
- Clinton Caldwell Boone, 1901-1910
- Lott Cary, Liberia, 1821-1828
- David Crockett Graham, Sichuan, China, 1911-1948
- Marilla Baker Ingalls (1828-1902), Burma 1851-1902
- John Taylor Jones, Thailand 1832-1851
- Adoniram Judson, Burma, 1813-1850
- Louis F. Knoll, India
- William M. Mitchell, Canada, fl. 1859
- Issachar Jacox Roberts, Macao and China, ca. 1837-1862
- Charlotte White, Digah, India, 1816-1826
See also
- 19th-century Protestant missions in China
- American Baptist Home Mission Society
- Baptist Christianity in Sichuan
- Central Philippine University (The first Baptist university in Asia established by William Orison Valentine)
- Christianity in China
- Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches
- Emmanuel Baptist Church (Yangon, Burma)
- List of Protestant missionaries in China
- Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th Century
- Timeline of Chinese history
References
- ^ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 63
- ^ Thomas Armitage, A History of the Baptists: Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, The Baptist Standard Bearer, USA, 2001, p. 814
- ^ David Shavit, The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 1990, p. 7
- ^ Larsson, Mats (2007). De "riktigt kristna", deras "wänner" och "motståndare" : en lokal- och frikyrkohistorisk studie av Askers baptistförsamlings identitet och mentalitet, 1858-1887 (in Swedish). LiU-Tryck). Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press. ISBN 978-91-85831-24-1. OCLC 277196809.
- ^ Daniel G. Reid, Robert D. Linder, Bruce Shelley, Harry S. Stout, Craig A. Noll, Concise Dictionary of Christianity in America, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2002, p. 14
- ^ ABIM, HISTORY, internationalministries.org, USA, retrieved November 30, 2018
Primary sources
- The Baptist missionary magazine Multiple issues online free from 19th century
- American Presbyterian Mission (1867). Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese. Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press.
External links
- American Baptist International Ministries Official Website
- American Baptist Historical Society website
- Proceedings of the Baptist convention for missionary purposes: held in Philadelphia, in May, 1814, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (Printed for the convention by Ann Coles, 1814)