Missionary Survey As An Aid To Intelligent Co-Operation In Foreign Missions

by Roland Allen; Thomas Cochrane

CHAPTER I.

THE IMPORTANCE OF A DOMINANT PURPOSE.

The modern demand for intelligent co-operation
The same demand in relation to Foreign Missions
The need for a definition of purpose
The failure of our present reports in this respect
Is definition of purpose desirable?
It is necessary for formulation of policy
Societies with limited incomes cannot afford to pursue every good
object
The admission of diverse purposes has blurred the purpose of Medical
Missions
The admission of diverse purposes has confused the administration
of Educational Missions
The admission of diverse purposes has distracted Evangelistic
Missions
Hence the absence of unity in the work
Hence the tendency to support details rather than the whole
The need for a dominant purpose and expression of relations
The need for a statement of factors which govern action
The need for a missionary survey which expresses the facts in
relation
This demand is not unreasonable