Posted by wisdomtree on January 3, 2008
The most urgent need in India was a four-foldincrease of missionaries to meet the target set at the Madras Decennial Conference (1902) – one missionary to every 25,000 native Indians; and it was emphasised that missionaries needed to be intellectually trained – on par with the Indian Civil Service – to evangelise the educated Indian youth.
World Missionary Conference proposal in Commission one: “Carrying the Gospel to all the Non-Christian World”
Posted in Chennai Connection, Edinburgh 1910: History, Remembering the Past, Study Commissions | Tagged: Madras Decenial conference | Leave a Comment »
Posted by wisdomtree on December 11, 2007
Did you know about WMC’s (World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910) link with Chennai (Yes! the hot hotter, hottest place). I found the Chennai connection to Edinburgh 1910 interesting. Firstly, Chennai is where I live. I was born and raised here. I am basically a Chennai boy. Secondly, Chennai is geographically far removed from Edinburgh. And yet, there is an interesting connection.
The first steps for Missionary cooperation through conferences were initiated in mission fields of Asia, particularly China, Japan and India. However, the Third South India Conference (1900) held in CHENNAI was significant. Its careful preparation and development procedures were used in Edinburgh ten years later. (Source: History of the Ecumenical Movement in Asia Vol 1]
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