Missionary Survey As An Aid To Intelligent Co-Operation In Foreign Missions by Roland Allen
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We inquire then the proportion of unpaid workers in self-supporting
Churches Where self-supporting Churches are not recognised we inquire-- (i) Power of Christians to conduct their own services (ii) Power to order Church government (iii) Power to provide expenses of Church organisation CHAPTER IX. SURVEY OF DISTRICTS WHERE TWO OR MORE SOCIETIES ARE AT WORK. SURVEY OF MISSIONS WITH NO DEFINED DISTRICTS. I. The possibility of united survey by missionaries of two or more Societies The evil of ignoring the work of others Survey is concerned with facts not with ecclesiastical prejudices The difficulty of obtaining the facts The use of estimates II. The mission which has no defined district--A general expression of the purpose of such a mission In its widest terms survey of the work of such a mission would involve survey of the whole state of society In its narrower terms it is survey of a mission establishing a Church In this case most of the preceding tables could be used, omitting proportions to area and population |
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