Missionaries praise Fiji converts and Indian mission plan
A Fiji missionary recounts growth from 5,760 to 104,000 converts in 37 years, with 92,779 church members and 47,246 in Sunday schools. The Indian Mission report urges native ministry, indigenous evangelistic work, and annual conferences to boost self support and church independence.
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W. Wison
Fiji Islands
Fiji
God
Jacob
Cape of Good Hope
Moses
St. John
St. Paul
Sinai
Windward
Leeward
Pople
Special Committee
India
Serampore
Wesleyan Missionary Society Meets at Exeter Hall
The Earl of Shaftesbury presided at Exeter Hall over the Wesleyan Missionary Society annual meeting. The report noted 1871 finances, global missions across Ireland France Italy Canada South Africa Australia and Asia, and a total foreign society membership of 168,604 with debt reduction progress. Speakers praised dedicated workers and urged steady fundraising to extinguish debt and expand chapels schools and residences.
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Earl of Shaftesbury
K.G
Wesleyan Missionary Society
Exeter Hall
Father Jackson
James
Jobson
M‘arthur
Francis Lycett
Heald
Osborn
A. M’arthur
Rigg
W. Arthur
G. T. Perris
France
Switzerland
General Committee
Germany
England
Society
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Ireland
Conference of
Canada
Eastern Provinces
South Africa
Gambia
Benin
China
Ceylon
India
Rome
Naples
Church of England
John Wesley
Wesleyan Conference
Gaskin
Wappy
Guataiai
H. J. Precorr
Padua
Wesleyan Methodist
Evangelical Missionary Societies
Ant Tuiri
Primitive Methodist Society
John Kilner