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International Ministries (organization)

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Baptist Christian missionary society
International Ministries
Founded1814; 212 years ago (1814)
FoundersWalter Gowans
Rowland Bingham
Thomas Kent
TypeNon-profit
HeadquartersKing of Prussia,Pennsylvania,United States
Location
  • 70 countries
FieldsChristian Missionary Outreach
AffiliationsAmerican Baptist Churches USA
Websiteinternationalministries.org

International Ministries is an internationalBaptistChristian missionary society. It is a constituent board affiliated with theAmerican Baptist Churches USA. The headquarters is inKing of Prussia, Pennsylvania,United States.

Seal of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (ABFMS), established under theTriennial Convention in 1814.

History

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Adoniram Judson, co-founder of the Missionary Society

The society was founded in 1814 as theBaptist Board for Foreign Missions by theTriennial Convention (nowAmerican Baptist Churches USA).[1] The first mission of the organization took place inBurma with the missionariesAdoniram Judson andAnn Hasseltine Judson in 1814.[2] Other missions that followed took place inSiam in 1833,India in 1840,China in 1842,Japan in 1872 andPhilippines in 1900.[3] In the late 1800s, the society helped fund theSwedish Baptist conference's new seminary,Bethel Seminary, in Stockholm.[4]

It was renamedAmerican Baptist Missionary Union in 1845,American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1910, andAmerican Board of International Ministries in 1973.[5] In 2018, it had 1,800 volunteers in 70 countries.[6]

Prominent American Baptist missionaries

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See also

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The first chapel in the proximity ofKintambo, now "avenue de l'Avenir", quartier Basoko,Ngaliema, founded 1891 by Sims Aaron, legal representative to ABFMS.

References

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  1. ^George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport,Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 63
  2. ^Thomas Armitage,A History of the Baptists: Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices, The Baptist Standard Bearer, USA, 2001, p. 814
  3. ^David Shavit,The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 1990, p. 7
  4. ^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.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ABIM, HISTORY, internationalministries.org, USA, retrieved November 30, 2018
  7. ^"Liberian Missionary".The Morning Union. 1919-10-02. Retrieved2024-11-08 – viaNewspapers.com.

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