Pocahontas star herald., 1924-03-07

Indicating the extent to which the
foreign mission work Of the Southern
Baptist Convention has been set for
ward by the larger proceeds that have
come to It from the Baptist rs Million
Campaign, DR.. ]. F. Love, secretary OF
the Foreign Mission Board, reports
that since 1919, when the Campaign
was projected, the following increases
in the work Of that board have been
made: Number Of foreign mission
aries on the field has increased from
32S to $40, number OF native work
ers from 627 to $3.50, number OF
churches from sos to S91, number Of
church members from 1859 to
103,328, number Of self-supporting
churches from 143 to 211, number H
baptisms per year from $685. to 1851,
number OF Sunday schools from 100
to 1,447, number OF Sunday school
pupils from 36,115 to 67,I07 number
of day schools from 512 to 796, number
of pupils in day schools from l5,722
to 32,7s9, and contributions per year
from s173,372 to s437,56S.
Bsptisms Gain Rapidly
Nearly as many persons have been
baptized by the missionaries on the
foreign fields since the Campaign be
gan as had been baptized during all
the seventy-five years OF missionary
operations prior to the inception Of
this movement, DR.. Love reports. This
does not include Russia, where more
than enc million members have come
into the Baptist churches in recent
years. Nearly onefourth as many
persons were baptized on the foreign
fields last year as there were mem
bers, all told, on the foreign fields
when the Campaign began.
At the time the Campaign began
Southern Baptists we're operating only
in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile,
Uruguay, China, Japan, Africa and
itlay. As a result of the larger pro
ceeds made available from the Cam
paign the board has been enabled to
enter the new fields of Spain, Jugo
Slavia Hungary, Roumania, and Rus
sia in Europe, and Palestine and 81.
IBERIA in Asia This gives to Southern
Baptists a total missionary audience
OF 900, 900 900, or more than one-half
the total population Of the globe.
older Fields Reinforced
But of more significance than the
entry into these new fields is the re.
inforcement that has come to the
work in the older fields, in the esti.
nation of the officials of the Foreign
Mission Board. This reinforcement
consists not only in sending out many
new workers but providing larger
equipment in the way Of church
houses, mission residences, schools,
hospitals, orphanges, publishing houses
and the like Summarizing the growth
that has come in the forces on the
older fields since the Campaign began
the following results are pointed out:
Number of churches, 769o increase;
number OF church members, 10S9o in
crease; number Of church buildings,
459d increase; number Of schools,
55gs increase; number Of pupils, 1880
increase; number Of residences for
missionaries, 949o increase; number
Of foreign missionaries, 500 increase;
number of native missionaries, 2G4go
Increase; number Of hospital build.
ings, 21ao increase; number of treat
ments given, 61qo increase; number OF
hospital beds, 1049o increase.
Much Remains To Be Done
With all the increases that have
come in the foreign mission work only
a portion OF the program that was con.
templated for foreign missions as a
result Of the Campaign has been ac-
complished as yet. Il is in the hope
OF completing this program through
more effectively equipping the work
and workers on both the older fields
and the new ones that the represent.
htiyes Of the Foreign Mission Board
are cooperating with those of the 75
Million Campaign in an effort to com.
plete the payments of all subscriptions
to this movement at this time.
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