p. 611 | Mission Offerings Grow by W. T. Knox

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FromSigns of the Times, Harvest Ingathering Number

Mission Offerings Grow

By W. T. Knox

Big Increase in Past Decade

W. T. KNOX Treasurer General Conference

IN order that those in whose hands this missionary periodical is placed may know more fully what is being accomplished in missionary effort by the denomination represented by this journal, and the growth of its foreign mission offerings in North America, the accompanying diagram is given, which shows at a glance the amount received by the General Conference treasurer during a period of ten years, and the amount contributed per capita for the membership in North America.

Beginning with the year 1906, the total offerings amounted to $149,260.51, or at the rate per capita of $2.56. The diagram shows a rapid and steady yearly increase until the close of 1915, during which year $692,477.71 was received, which was at the rate of $10.20 per capita for all members in the United States and Canada, or a total for the ten years of $3,946,051.27. These donations to missions are in addition to the tithe paid by our members for the support of the work in the home field. This growth in offerings is indicative of a corresponding expansion of the work in all fields, but especially in heathen and non-Christian lands.

The plans formulated by the Mission Board for the present year involve appropriations as follows:

Asiatic Division, including China, Manchuria, Korea, Japan, the Philippine Islands, Malaysia, and India	$387,600
South America	63,500
South Africa	54,200
West Indies	18,500
Latin America	27,500
Isolated fields	10,000
Special appropriations	35,000
Sustentation for aged workers	12,000
Operating and departmental expense	70,000
Total	$678,300

Other Countries

The work in Europe, Asia Minor, northern, eastern, and western Africa, is financed by our European Division Conference, while the South Sea Islands are cared for by the Australasian Union. The appropriations covering these fields are not included in the above figures.

In our Harvest Ingathering Campaign for 1915, over 800,000 copies of the special number of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES were circulated, mostly in the United States and Canada, although some were called for in the most distant lands. In receiving these periodicals, the friends of foreign missions contributed $78,333.25 to assist in this good work. For 1916, we have set the mark at $100,000. The kindness and liberality of friends in the past campaigns has been greatly appreciated, and their coöperation this year will be gladly welcomed.