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BMS opened missions in China in 1860. It began operating in China's Shanxi province in 1877, despite local hostility toward “foreign devils.” In the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 all its missionaries there were killed, along with all 120 converts . [7] Francis Augustus Cox wrote a history of the Baptist Missionary Society from its formation until ...
Baptist Missions (BM) is a Baptist mission organisation and a department of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland (ABC). [2] It is located in the Baptist Centre and is shared with ABC. The scope of their activities is international in scale covering several countries including France , Latvia , Peru , the Republic of Ireland , Russia ...
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]
The Baptist Missionary Association of America adopted its current name in 1969. [4] The majority of BMAA churches are concentrated in the Southern United States, but the association has churches across the United States and supports missions throughout the world. Most churches participate in local and state associations as well as the national ...
Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society is a Baptist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China as far back as the late Qing dynasty. [1] It was organized in 1842 by Seventh Day Baptists and is still active in promoting the gospel of Jesus around the world.
Baptist World Mission (BWM) is an independent, Baptist missionary agency located at 201 Gordon Drive SW in Decatur, Alabama; [1] it also has a center in New Brunswick, Canada. BWM was established in 1961 in Chicago. [2] In 2021, they had a recorded income of approximately $260,000. [3]
The Rohingya: A forgotten people. The Rohingya are a people nobody wants. This stateless Muslim minority has suffered decades of persecution in their homeland of Myanmar, where they have long been ...
By 2006, Baptist Mid-Missions supported nearly 1000 missionaries in 50 countries and in all six inhabited continents. [2] Baptist Mid-Missions' focus is on church planting, which is supported by ministries such as Bible translation/literacy, seminaries, camps, broadcasting, publishing, and disaster relief.