German Baptist Mission in the Cameroons

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BWA Executive Committee Resolution 1931-05.1

11. Cameroons.:—
The General Secretary explained in detail the position which had arisen, and on the motion of Dr. W. O.

Carver the following resolution was adopted unanimously:—

That in the matter of the Cameroons this Executive Committee thoroughly approve the procedure of its General Secretary in the efforts to procure permission for German Baptists to return to their mission fields, and that we instruct him to proceed, with careful and considerate methods, and taking account of all interests involved, to use every effort to bring about the consent of the French Government for the resumption of German Baptist missionary work in that mandated territory.

Keywords

BWA; Cameroons; German Baptists; Missions.

Citations

Original Source Bibliography: Baptist World Alliance: Minutes of Executive Committee, Held at Louisville, KY, U.S.A. on Wednesday, May 20th and Thursday, May 21st, 1931. London: Baptist World Alliance, 1931.

Original Source Footnote/Endnote: Baptist World Alliance: Minutes of Executive Committee, Held at Louisville, KY, U.S.A. on Wednesday, May 20th and Thursday, May 21st, 1931 (London: Baptist World Alliance, 1931), p. 6.

Online Document Full Citation: BWA Executive Committee Resolution 1931-05.1 German Baptist Mission in the Cameroons; https://baptistworld.org/resolutions.

In-text Online Document Citation: (BWA Executive Committee Resolution 1931-05.1).

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