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Missionary work shows growing native-led progress across societies
A survey of annual reports from major societies notes increasing native agency and self-support, with sermons on independence from missionary funds in Calcutta Delhi and Backergunge. It highlights a shift toward native pastors and councils, while European supervision remains to guide but not control frontier churches as missions expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Missionary Society
London Missionary Society
Church Missionary Society
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Wesleyan Missionary Society
America
France
Germany
Calcutta
Johnnuggur
Backergunge
James Smith
Delhi
Viscount Midleton
Cape Colony
Kafir Land
Bechuana
Orange River
Falding
India
China
A. D. Saville
Tahiti
New Guinea
Lord Lawrence
Sir Bartle Frere