International Ministries (organization)
| Founded | 1814 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Walter Gowans Rowland Bingham Thomas Kent |
| Type | Christian Missionary Outreach |
| Affiliations | American Baptist Churches USA |
| Website | internationalministries.org |
International Ministries is an international
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
.
History
The society was founded in 1814 as the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions by the
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
- 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
- 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.