International Ministries (organization)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Ministries is an international Baptist Christian missionary society. It is a constituent board affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. The headquarters is in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Founded | 1814 |
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Founders | Walter Gowans Rowland Bingham Thomas Kent |
Type | Non-profit |
Headquarters | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Fields | Christian Missionary Outreach |
Affiliations | American Baptist Churches USA |
Website | internationalministries.org |
The society was founded in 1814 as the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions by the Triennial Convention (now American Baptist Churches USA).[1] The first mission of the organization took place in Burma with the missionaries Adoniram Judson and Ann Hasseltine Judson in 1814.[2] Other missions that followed took place in Siam in 1833, India in 1840, China in 1842, Japan in 1872 and Philippines in 1900.[3] 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]