Collections : [Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary]

The Foreign Missions Conference of North America (FMCNA) Records comprise materials documenting inception and institutional proceedings. Established to create dialogue between missions-based action committees confronting contemporary crises of war, famine, and poverty. Collection contains materials such as correspondence, records, pamphlets, and photographs.

Laymens Foreign Missions Inquiry (LFMI); Institute of Social and Religious Research; Commission of Appraisal; National Committee for Promotion of LFMI; Modern Missions Movement; Movement for World Christianity; National Committee for Christian Education in China; Commission on Christian Education in Japan; YMCA in China. Topics include church and education, economics, medical work, women, and social, industrial, and religious backgrounds of India, Burma, China, and Japan. Report Re-Thinking Missions and its reception. Notes, manuscript reports, printed materials; missionary personnel; returned interview forms; surveys of pastors, missionaries, and medical professionals.