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Page 2 - Whereas, in the management of large business and political responsibilities, such men have been greatly used and honored, and Whereas, in but few of the denominations have aggressive movements to interest men in missions been undertaken; Therefore be it resolved, that this gathering of laymen, called together for prayer and conference on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Haystack Prayer Meeting, designate a committee of twenty-five or more representative laymen to consult with the...
Page 13 - ... 3. To endeavor to form, through the various boards, a Centennial Commission of Laymen, fifty or more in number, to visit as early as possible the mission fields and report their findings to the Church at home.
Page 1 - WHEREAS, in the marvellous providence of God the one hundredth anniversary of the beginnings of the American Foreign Missionary Movement finds the doors of every nation open to the gospel message, and WHEREAS, the machinery of the missionary boards, women's boards, student and young people's missionary movements is highly and efficiently organized, and WHEREAS, the greatly increased participation of the present generation of responsible Christian business and professional men is essential to the...
Page 1 - ... and young people's missionary movements is highly and efficiently organized, and Whereas, the greatly increased participation of the present generation of responsible Christian business and professional men is essential to the widest and most productive use of the existing missionary agencies, and is equally vital to the growth of the spiritual life at home, and Whereas, in the management of large business and political responsibilities, such men have been greatly used and honored, and Whereas,...
Page 6 - ... the present needs in the mission fields under the Boards represented in this conference, there ought to be at least one thousand volunteers ready to be sent out each year, until these fields are occupied in force. We therefore appeal to the students represented in this International Student Volunteer Convention that they, by asking to be sent to these needy waiting fields a thousand strong each year, challenge the churches where final responsibility must rest, to provide the necessary funds.
Page 7 - January, with reference to the following vitally important propositions : 1. To project a campaign of education among laymen to be conducted under the direction of the various boards. 2. To devise a comprehensive plan (in conjunction with said board secretaries) looking to the sending of the message of the Gospel to the entire non-Christian world during the next twenty-five years. 3. To endeavor to form, through the various boards, a Centennial Commission of Laymen, fifty or more in number, to visit...
Page 2 - ... professional men is essential to the widest and most productive use of the existing missionary agencies, and is equally vital to the growth of the spiritual life at home, and WHEREAS, in the management of large business and political responsibilities, such men have been greatly used and honored, and WHEREAS, in but few of the denominations have aggressive movements to interest men in missions been undertaken — Therefore, be it resolved, that this gathering of laymen, called together for prayer...
Page 6 - It is the judgment of this conference that in order to arouse the churches to a sense of their privilege and responsibility, and in order to meet, but inadequately, the present needs in the mission fields under the Boards represented in this conference, there ought to be at least one thousand volunteers ready to be sent out each year, until these fields are occupied in force. We therefore appeal to the students represented in this International Student Volunteer Convention that they, by asking to...
Page 6 - ... 1. It is not a new Missionary Board to collect funds or to administer them; it is not to raise up or send out missionaries; it is not to seek to use its influence among young people, students or women, but its work is to be chiefly among the mature men of the Church. 2. It is not an interdenominational movement which proposes to do its work outside of regular denominational lines or to make a new missionary Brotherhood independent of those already established.