4. Survey of Missionary Organisations

Protestantism in all its various denominations is strongly represented in the field of missionary labor. In view of the fact that it is impossible in this article to sketch the foundstion and development of the nearly 185 missionary organizations, the fol- lowing statistical summary is offered, arranged according to countries.

(1) Great Britain has the greatest number of missionaries: in round numbers 3,550 ordained and lay missionaries, in addition to 1,970 unmarried women workers; and she contributes, annually, about eight and one-half millibn dollars for mission work among the heathen. this amount bang almost evenly distributed between the church of England and the Dissenters. Of the forty ox more missionary societies nine belong to the English Church, the others either belong to various free churches or are interdenominational. Prominent among the former are the Church Missionary Society, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and the Universities', Mission; and among the letter, the London Missionary Society, the Baptist and the Wesleyan societies, and. that of the United Free Church of Scotland; among the interdenominational should be named the China Inland Mission. (2) North America (United States and Canada) counts over 50 missionary societies, nearly all denominational with about 2,290 ordained and lay missionaries, besides 1,580 unmarried women workers, and it raises for foreign missions from six and one-half to seven million dollars annually.* The must important societies are the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, the American Baptist Missionary Union, the Missionary Boards of the Methodist Episcopal Church North and South, and of both General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, each of which supports from 100 to over 200 male missionaries in foreign lands. Of great importance for the increase of American missionary activity are the Student Volunteer Movement, and the Young Men's Christian Association (q.v.). (3) Holland has 8 quite small missionary societies, no one of which supports more than 15 missionaries; in all they have 65. The revenue is $150,000; but several old fields of mission work, especially in Celebes, have been ceded to the Colonial Dutch Church, which cares for them by means of 26 "auxiliary preachers." (4) Germany with German Switzerland counts 25 missionary societies, the 8 oldest of which, those of the United Brethren, Basel, Berlin, Rhenish, North German, Gosener, Leipsic, and Hermanneburg, are the largest. All told, Germany'provides 1,120 missionaries, nearly all ordained, and about 150womenworkers. The receipts in Germany amount to over $1,750,000 and in the missionary fields to over $500; 000. (5) France and French Switzerland support two missionary societies, that of Paris, with 120, and the Mission Renaude with 22 male and 20 female missionaries. The total annual income is about =250,000. (6) Scandinavia has in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland twelve missionary societies, the most important of which are the Norwegian Society, the Swedish Vaterlandeetiftung and the Swedish Missionary Union. All together they support 230 male and 100 female missionaries and have a total income of 8750,000. (7) Finally there are independent missionary societies in the colonies of these nations, in all probably 26, and four whish belong to the native Christian churches. The 5 largest are in South Africa with about 180 missionaries; in Oceania are 10 with 75; in Dutch India, 2 with 12; in British India, 5 with 35; and in the West Indies, 4 with 45 missionaries, not counting native assistants. The total income is perhaps =950,000.