International Ministries is an international

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society. It is a constituent board affiliated with the

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. The headquarters is in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania,

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History

The society was founded in 1814 as the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions by the

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(now

). The first mission of the organization took place in

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with the missionaries

Adoniram Judson Adoniram Judson (August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American Congregationalist and later Particular Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Judson was sent from North America to preach in Bu ...

and

Ann Hasseltine Judson Ann Hasseltine Judson (December 22, 1789 – October 24, 1826) was one of the first female American foreign missionaries. Biography Ann attended the Bradford Academy and during a revival there read ''Strictures on the Modern System of Female ...

in 1814. Other missions that followed took place in

Siam Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

in 1833,

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in 1840,

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in 1842,

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in 1872 and

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in 1900. In the late 1800s, the society helped fund the Swedish Baptist conference's new seminary, Bethel Seminary, in Stockholm. It was renamed American Baptist Missionary Union in 1845, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1910, and American Board of International Ministries in 1973. In 2018, it had 1,800 volunteers in 70 countries.ABIM, HISTORY, internationalministries.org, USA, retrieved November 30, 2018
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Prominent American Baptist missionaries

* George Boardman, Burma, 1801-1831 *

Clinton Caldwell Boone Clinton Caldwell Boone (9 May 1872 –1939) was an African-American Baptist minister, physician, dentist, and medical missionary who served in the Congo Free State and Liberia. The son of Rev. Lemuel Washington Boone and Charlotte (Chavis) Boone ...

, 1901-1910 *

Lott Cary Lott Cary (also in records as Lott Carey and Lott Gary) (1780 – November 10, 1828) was an African-American Baptist minister (Christianity), minister and lay physician who was a missionary leader in the founding of the colony of Liberia on the ...

, Liberia, 1821-1828 *

David Crockett Graham David Crockett Graham (, Ge Weihan) (21 March 1884 – 15 September 1961) was a polymath American Baptist Churches USA, American Baptist Minister (Christianity), minister and missionary, educator, author, archaeologist, anthropologist, natura ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

, China, 1911-1948 *

Marilla Baker Ingalls Marilla Baker Ingalls (, Baker; November 25, 1828 – 17 December 1902) was an American Baptist Missionary Union missionary and writer. After marrying the widower, Rev. Lovell Ingalls, they sailed for Burma in 1851. Widowed in 1856, she continued ...

(1828-1902), Burma 1851-1902 *

John Taylor Jones John Taylor Jones (July 16, 1802 – September 13, 1851) was an American missionary, and one of the earliest Protestant missionary to Siam (now Thailand) with his wife, Eliza Grew Jones. He is credited with introducing to Siam the modern worl ...

, Thailand 1832-1851 *

, Burma, 1813-1850 *

Louis F. Knoll Louis F. Knoll (died 2004) was an American Baptist missionary who taught Christian Ethics at the Andhra Christian Theological College, Hyderabad, affiliated with the Senate of Serampore College (University). Robert Eric Frykenberg, Professor Emer ...

, India *

William M. Mitchell William M. Mitchell (c. 1826 – c. 1879) was an American writer, minister and abolitionist who worked on the Underground Railroad. He is said to be the only writer who wrote about the railroad while it was still illegal. Early life and career ...

, Canada, fl. 1859 *

Issachar Jacox Roberts Issachar Jacox Roberts (Chinese: 罗孝全 ''Luó Xiàoquán'') (1802–1871) was a Southern Baptist missionary in Qing China notable for being in direct contact with Hong Xiuquan and for denying him Christian baptism. Early life Roberts was b ...

, Macao and China, ''ca''. 1837-1862 *

Charlotte White Charlotte White (July 13, 1782 – December 25, 1863), also known as Charlotte Atlee and Charlotte Rowe, was the first American woman appointed as a missionary and sent to a foreign country. She was sponsored by the Baptist Board of Foreign Missio ...

, Digah, India, 1816-1826

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References

Primary sources

* ''The Baptist missionary magazine'
Multiple issues online free from 19th century
* {{cite book , last = American Presbyterian Mission , year = 1867 , title = Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese, publisher = American Presbyterian Mission Press , location = Shanghai

External links

American Baptist International Ministries Official WebsiteAmerican Baptist Historical Society website''Proceedings of the Baptist convention for missionary purposes: held in Philadelphia, in May, 1814,'' American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (Printed for the convention by Ann Coles, 1814)
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