An edition of The Growth of Foreign Missions in The Mennonite Brethren Church
(1952)
The Growth of Foreign Missions in The Mennonite Brethren Church
by George W. Peters
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This book is an account of the origin and growth of the foreign mission work of the Mennonite Brethren Church until 1947. It was commissioned by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America. The book began as a doctoral dissertation written by Dr. Gerhard W. Peters, which he revised--at the request of the Board of Foreign Missions--to include two additional features in order to make the book more useful as a training manual for churches and schools. The two features were: a history of the origin and development of the Mennonite Brethren Church itself, and a background survey of the three primary Mennonite Brethren mission fields: India, China, and Congo. Both features were designed to give readers a better understanding of this particular missionary movement with its successes, challenges, and, at times, failures.
Publish Date
1952
Publisher
The Board of Foreign Missions,
The Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America
Language
English
Pages
335
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Table of Contents
Biography of Author.
Page 9
Preface.
Page 11
Introduction.
Page 21
Part One: General Background: The Mennonite Brethren Church.
I. The Origin of the Mennonite Brethren Church.
Page 27
1. The Document of Secession and the Confession of Faith.
Page 27
2. The Reasons for the Secession stated and analyzed.
Page 29
II. The Struggle for Existence and the Organization of the Mennonite Brethren Conference.
Page 34
III. The Justification of the Secession of the "Brethren".
Page 35
1. The Answer from Church History.
Page 36
2. The Argumentative Answer.
Page 36
a. Theological Argument.
Page 36
b. Historical Argument.
Page 37
c. Missionary Argument.
Page 38
3. The Answer of another historian.
Page 39
IV. The Mennonite Brethren Church in North America.
Page 40
1. The unexpected change in the Russian Government toward the "Foreign Settlers".
Page 40
2. The migration to America.
Page 40
3. The Organization of the Mennonite Brethren Church in North America.
Page 41
V. Specific Factors contributing toward the Awakening of Mission Interest in the Mennonite Brethren Church.
Page 43
1. The influences of the Moravian Brethren upon the Mennonites.
Page 43
2. The Circulation of Missionary Literature and occasional Visits by Foreign Missionaries.
Page 45
3. The Ministry of Pastor Edward Wuest, a Wuertemberg Pietist.
Page 46
4. The contacts with the Mennonites of Holland.
Page 47
5. The contacts with and the examples of the Baptists in Germany.
Page 49
Part Two: Foreign Missions in the Mennonite Brethren Church of South Russia.
I. The Ministry of the Mennonite Brethren to their Neighbors.
Page 53
II. The Ministry of the Mennonite Brethren of Russia to the Telugus of "Deccan," India.
Page 55
1. The First Missionary Volunteer.
Page 55
2. The Choice of the Mission Field.
Page 56
a. Certain Determining Factors.
Page 56
b. The Choice of the Field.
Page 56
c. The Appointment of Mr. and Mrs. Friesen.
Page 58
d. The Forming of an Associated Mission.
Page 58
3. The Home organization of the "Brethren" for the Administration of Missions.
Page 60
4. The Field and its Development.
Page 61
a. Naigonda as an Out-station (1885-1890).
Page 61
b. Naigonda as a Central Station (1890-1899).
Page 62
c. The Division of the Naigonda Field (1899-1915).
Page 65
+ Naigonda.
Page 65
+ Sooriapet.
Page 66
+ Bhonigir.
Page 67
+ Jangaon.
Page 67
5. Personnel of 1914.
Page 68
6. The Transfer of the Mission to the American Baptist Missionary Union.
Page 68
Part Three: Foreign Missions in the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America.
I. The Growth of the Mission Interest and its Practical Expression.
Page 73
1. Small Beginnings -- the support of National Evangelists in the Baptist Mission in India and Cameroon (1884-1894).
Page 73
2. The Struggle for an Independent Foreign Mission Enterprise.
Page 75
a. The Opening of a station among the Comanche Indians in Oklahoma (1887-1898).
Page 75
b. The Crisis -- Conference of 1896.
Page 77
c. The Justification of the Desire for an Independent Mission.
Page 79
3. The Conference goes to India for Work (1897).
Page 81
a. Why India.
Page 81
+ The sad fate of the missionaries in the Cameroon Field.
Page 81
+ The work of the Mennonite Brethren Church of Russia in India.
Page 82
+ The great Telugu revival in the American Baptist Mission Field.
Page 83
b. The first conference -- Missionaries for India.
Page 83
c. The great Disappointment and the Undaunted Conference.
Page 85
d. The Continued Flow.
Page 87
4. The Conference adds a China Field to its Responsibilities and sets itself to work (1919).
Page 88
a. Early Contact with China through the China Mennonite Mission.
Page 88
b. A Critical Conference at Henderson, Nebraska, in 1909.
Page 1909
c. The Independent Going-forth of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Wiens.
Page 90
d. The Conference assumes Responsibilities for the South China Mission work (1919- ).
Page 91
e. The Conference sets itself to work.
Page 93
5. The Conference in its relation to Africa.
Page 93
a. The Independent work of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Janzen at Kafumba, Belgian Congo.
Page 94
b. The Independent work of Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Bartsch at Bololo, Belgian Congo.
Page 96
c. The African Missionary Society.
Page 97
+ Its Origin.
Page 97
+ The Restoration and Incorporation of the Society.
Page 98
d. The Conference of 1939 at Corn, Oklahoma as related to the "African-Mission-Problem".
Page 99
e. The Conference assumes responsibilities for both fields.
Page 101
6. The Conference extends its Sphere of Service to South America.
Page 104
a. Revival of Interest in South America.
Page 104
b. The Choice of Fields.
Page 105
II. The Growth of Mission Organization.
Page 107
1. The Growth of the Administrative Offices -- The Board of Foreign Missions.
Page 107
a. The Period of Orientation (1885-1896).
Page 107
b. The Period of Stabilization (1896-1903).
Page 109
c. The Period of direct Conference Administration (1903-1936).
Page 111
d. The Period of Centralization (1936- ).
Page 112
2. The Growth of the Treasury and the Endowment Fund.
Page 114
a. The General Treasury.
Page 115
b. The Special or Assigned Gifts Treasury.
Page 115
c. The Pension Treasury.
Page 116
d. The Endowment Fund.
Page 118
3. The Incorporation and the Growth of the Constitution as related to Foreign Missions.
Page 122
a. The Charter and By-laws of the American Mennonite Brethren Mission Union of 1900.
Page 122
b. The Revision of the By-laws in 1903.
Page 123
c. The Amendment to the Charter and the Constitution of 1909.
Page 124
d. The Constitution of 1936.
Page 125
4. The Foreign Missionary.
Page 126
a. The Qualifications.
Page 126
b. The Appointment.
Page 127
c. The Term of Service.
Page 128
d. The Care of the Children.
Page 128
e. The Position in Mission Administration.
Page 129
f. Withdrawal or Retiring.
Page 129
Part Four: The Main Foreign Mission Fields of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America.
I. The Telugu Field of South India.
Page 134
1. General Features of the Telingana.
Page 134
a. The Geographical Background.
Page 134
+ Location and Siza.
Page 134
+ Topography.
Page 135
+ Climate.
Page 135
+ Products.
Page 136
b. The Anthropological Background.
Page 137
+ Theories of their Racial Origin.
Page 137
+ Their physical Characteristics.
Page 138
+ Their Social Life.
Page 138
c. Religious Background.
Page 142
+ Defining area.
Page 142
+ Dravidian Hinduism.
Page 143
+ Major Religious Concepts.
Page 146
2. Missions to the Telugu People.
Page 149
a. The Danish-Halle Tranquabar Mission.
Page 149
b. The London Missionary Society.
Page 152
c. The American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
Page 154
d. The Lutheran Missions.
Page 157
+ The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Mission.
Page 157
+ The American Lutheran Church Mission.
Page 158
e. The Church England Missions.
Page 159
+ The Church Missionary Society.
Page 159
+ The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
Page 160
+ The Paskal Mission.
Page 162
f. The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society.
Page 162
g. The Methodist Episcopal Church Mission.
Page 163
h. Other Missions.
Page 164
3. The Mission of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America to the Telugus.
Page 165
a. Specifications of the Field.
Page 165
b. The Founding of the Mission.
Page 166
c. The Growth of the Work.
Page 172
+ Nagarkurnool.
Page 172
+ Wanaparty.
Page 173
+ Hughestown.
Page 176
+ Shamshabad.
Page 179
+ Deverakonda.
Page 180
+ Kalva-Kurty.
Page 184
+ Janumpet.
Page 186
+ Mahbubnagar.
Page 187
+ Gadwal.
Page 189
d. Methods of Work.
Page 191
+ Evangelism.
Page 191
+ Church Planting.
Page 193
+ Institutional Work.
Page 196
++ Christian Education.
Page 196
++ Medical Work.
Page 201
+ Literary and Industrial Work.
Page 203
e. The Indianization of the Work.
Page 204
f. The Missionary Conference and Rest Home.
Page 207
+ The Missionary Conference.
Page 206
+ The Missionary Rest Homes.
Page 207
II. The Hakka Field of South China.
Page 208
1. The Hakka People.
Page 208
a. Their Origin and History.
Page 208
b. Their Location and Occupation.
Page 212
c. Their Characteristics.
Page 213
d. Their Religious Background.
Page 215
+ Confucianism.
Page 215
+ Taoism.
Page 216
+ Buddism.
Page 217
+ Popular Religion.
Page 220
2. Missions to Hakkas.
Page 227
a. The Berlin Missionary Society.
Page 227
b. The Basel Evangelical Missionary Society.
Page 227
c. Other Missions.
Page 228
3. The Mission of the Mennonite Brethren Church of North America to the Hakkas.
Page 229
a. Specifications of the Field.
Page 229
b. Founding of the Mission.
Page 229
+ Initial Preparations of the Missionaries.
Page 230
+ Seven Years of Lonely yet Energetic and Expanded Labors (1913-1920).
Page 232
c. The Development of the Work.
Page 235
+ The Action of the Home Conference in 1919.
Page 235
+ The Growth of the Personnel.
Page 235
+ The Reorganization of the Shonghong Work.
Page 235
+ The Opening of Eng Teng Mission Station.
Page 236
d. The Decline of the Mission.
Page 237
+ The Failure to Reinforce the Depleted Staff.
Page 237
+ The Revolutionary War of 1927 and After.
Page 238
e. The Indigenization of the Mission.
Page 239
+ The Organization of an Indigenous Conference.
Page 239
+ The Ordination of a National Ministry.
Page 240
f. The Re-assumption of the Mission.
Page 240
g. The Hakka Church Weathers the Storm.
Page 242
h. The Hakka Mission in Swatow.
Page 243
i. A Visit to the Hakka of Borneo.
Page 244
III. The Belgian Congo Mission Fields.
Page 245
1. General Features of Belgian Congo.
Page 245
a. Position and Area.
Page 245
b. Physical Divisions.
Page 245
c. Botanical Divisions.
Page 246
d. Atmospheric Divisions.
Page 246
e. Natural Resources.
Page 246
f. The Fauna.
Page 247
g. Inhabitants.
Page 248
h. Modern Political History.
Page 251
2. Religious Background.
Page 252
a. Religious Concepts.
Page 252
+ Theism.
Page 252
+ Spiritism.
Page 253
+ Dynamism.
Page 254
+ Survival after Death.
Page 254
b. Religious Practices.
Page 255
+ Religious Functionaries.
Page 255
+ Objects of Protection.
Page 257
+ Personal Acts of Worship.
Page 258
3. Protestant Missions.
Page 259
a. The Baptist Missionary Society.
Page 259
b. The Livingstone Inland Mission and the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
Page 260
c. The Swedish Missionary Union.
Page 261
d. The Congo-Bololo Mission.
Page 261
e. The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Page 261
f. The American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
Page 261
g. The Disciples of Christ Congo Mission.
Page 262
h. Other Missions.
Page 262
4. Summary of Protestant Work.
Page 263
5. The Mennonite Brethren Church of North America Mission to Congo.
Page 264
a. The Kafumba Mission.
Page 265
+ Specifications of the Field.
Page 265
++ Location and Size of the Field.
Page 265
++The Geography of the Field.
Page 265
++ The People of the Field.
Page 266
+ The History of the Mission Work.
Page 267
++ The Founding of the Mission.
Page 267
++ The Growth of the Personnel.
Page 270
+ The Methods of the Work.
Page 272
++ Evangelism.
Page 272
++ Education.
Page 272
++ Literary Work.
Page 273
++ Medical Work.
Page 274
++ Industrial Work.
Page 275
b. Bololo Mission.
Page 275
+ Specifications of the Field.
Page 275
++ Location and Size of the Field.
Page 275
++ The Geography and Climate of the Field.
Page 276
++ The People of the Field.
Page 276
+ The History of the Mission Work.
Page 277
++ The Founding of the Mission.
Page 277
++ Pioneer Hardships and Problems.
Page 278
+++ Outer Developments.
Page 278
+++ Inner Developments.
Page 280
Part Five: Concluding Remarks.
Page 285
Appendix A.
Charter.
Page 288
Petition for Amendment.
Page 290
Constitution of 1900.
Page 292
By-Laws of 1909 Constitution.
Page 295
By-Laws of 1936 Constitution.
Page 297
Appendix B.
Principles for the Extension of Mission Work.
Page 302
Appendix C.
Constitution of the American Mennonite Brethren Mission Conference, India.
Page 305
Draft of a Proposed Constitution of the Field Council of the Andhra Mennonite Brethren Church and the American Mennonite Brethren Mission.
Page 307
Die Mission in China.
Page 308
Missionsarbeit in Afrika.
Page 310
Appendix D.
Mission Personnel.
Page 312
Appendix E.
Mission Treasury Report.
Page 316
Bibliography.
Page 318
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