North America The Foreign Missions Conference maintains on the 19th floor of 25 Madison Avenue, New York City, interdenominational missionary headquarters for the foreign mission boards and societies of the United States and Canada and their constituencies. Here the following agencies of the Conference have their offices: Committee of Reference and Counsel The Constitution of the Foreign Missions Conference provides that The Committee of Reference and Counsel shall act for the Conference in the oversight of the executive officers, in maintaining suitable headquarters, in arranging for the annual meeting, in coordinating the work of the various committees, boards and commissions of the Conference, and in the consideration of policies and measures relating to foreign missionary interests both at the home base and on the foreign field, in so far as these have not been specially committed to some other committee. The Committee of Reference and Counsel shall also act for the Conference ad interim in all matters calling for executive action, in so far as definite authority and power may not have been committed to other regular or special committees." An account of the varied activities of this Committee and of its subcommittees during the year 1917 will be found on pages 25-63 of this volume. Communications for the Committee of Reference and Counsel may be addressed to the Secretary, Committee of Reference and Counsel, 25 Madison Avenue, New York. Bureau of Missionary Statistics compiles and publishes each year statistics of foreign missions and a Directory of foreign mission boards and societies. Studies and investigations of value to missionary administrators, speakers and writers are constantly being made. Requests for information received from secretaries of boards, professors of colleges and theological seminaries, missionaries and other investigators will be attended to as promptly as possible. Whenever such requests involve prolonged research which the staff of the Bureau cannot undertake, the Director, if requested to do so, will secure helpers competent to make the required investigations, the expense to be borne by the correspondent. Address Director Statistical Bureau, 25 Madison Avenue, New York. (Continued on 3rd page of cover) |