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{{Infobox organization
| name = International Ministries
| logo =
| motto =
| type = [[Non-profit organization|Non-profit]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1814}}
| founders = Walter Gowans<br>Rowland Bingham<br>Thomas Kent
| headquarters = [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]
| location = 70 countries
| key_people =
| fields = [[Mission (Christian)|Christian Missionary]] Outreach
| affiliations = [[American Baptist Churches USA]]
| services =
| num_members =
| website = [https://www.internationalministries.org/ internationalministries.org]
}}

'''International Ministries''' is an international [[Baptist]] [[Christian missionary]] society. It is a constituent board affiliated with the [[American Baptist Churches USA]]. The headquarters is in [[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]].

==History==
[[File:Adoniram judson.jpg|thumb|[[Adoniram Judson]], co-founder of the Missionary Society]]

The society was founded in 1814 as the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions by the [[Triennial Convention]] (now [[American Baptist Churches USA]]).<ref>George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 63</ref> The first mission of the organization took place in [[Burma]] with the missionaries [[Adoniram Judson]] and [[Ann Hasseltine Judson]] in 1814.<ref>Thomas Armitage, ''A History of the Baptists: Traced by Their Vital Principles and Practices'', The Baptist Standard Bearer, USA, 2001, p. 814</ref> Other missions that followed took place in [[Siam]] in 1833, [[India]] in 1840, [[China]] in 1842, [[Japan]] in 1872 and [[Philippines]] in 1900.<ref>David Shavit, ''The United States in Asia: A Historical Dictionary'', Greenwood Publishing Group, USA, 1990, p. 7</ref> In the late 1800s, the society helped fund the [[Baptist Union of Sweden|Swedish Baptist conference's]] new seminary, [[Bethel Seminary (Stockholm)|Bethel Seminary]], in Stockholm.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Larsson|first=Mats|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277196809|title=De "riktigt kristna", deras "wänner" och "motståndare" : en lokal- och frikyrkohistorisk studie av Askers baptistförsamlings identitet och mentalitet, 1858-1887|date=2007|publisher=Linköping University Electronic Press|others=LiU-Tryck)|isbn=978-91-85831-24-1|location=Linköping|language=sv|oclc=277196809}}</ref>

It was renamed American Baptist Missionary Union in 1845, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1910, and American Board of International Ministries in 1973.<ref> Daniel G. Reid, Robert D. Linder, Bruce Shelley, Harry S. Stout, Craig A. Noll, ''Concise Dictionary of Christianity in America'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2002, p. 14</ref> In 2018, it had 1,800 volunteers in 70 countries.<ref>[https://www.internationalministries.org/history/ ABIM, HISTORY, internationalministries.org, USA, retrieved November 30, 2018]</ref>

==Prominent American Baptist missionaries==

* [[George Boardman (missionary)|George Boardman]], Burma, 1801-1831
* [[Clinton Caldwell Boone]], 1901-1910
* [[Lott Cary]], Liberia, 1821-1828
* [[David Crockett Graham]], [[Sichuan]], China, 1911-1948
* [[Marilla Baker Ingalls]] (1828-1902), Burma 1851-1902
* [[John Taylor Jones]], Thailand 1832-1851
* [[Adoniram Judson]], Burma, 1813-1850
* [[Louis F. Knoll]], India
* [[William M. Mitchell]], Canada, fl. 1859
* [[Issachar Jacox Roberts]], Macao and China, ''ca''. 1837-1862
* [[Charlotte White]], Digah, India, 1816-1826

== See also==
[[File:Chapelle missionnaire CBCO Sims.jpg|thumb|The first chapel in the proximity of [[Kintambo]], now "avenue de l'Avenir", quartier Basoko, [[Ngaliema]], founded 1891 by Sims Aaron, legal representative to ABFMS.]]

*[[19th-century Protestant missions in China]]
*[[American Baptist Home Mission Society]]
*[[History of Baptist Christianity in Sichuan|Baptist Christianity in Sichuan]]
*[[Central Philippine University]] (The first [[Baptist]] university in [[Asia]] established by [[William Orison Valentine]])
*[[Christianity in China]]
*[[Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches]]
*[[Emmanuel Baptist Church (Yangon, Burma)]]
*[[List of Protestant missionaries in China]]
*[[Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th Century]]
*[[Timeline of Chinese history]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Primary sources===
* ''The Baptist missionary magazine'' [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_m8ZJAAAAMAAJ Multiple issues online free from 19th century]
* {{cite book | last = American Presbyterian Mission | year = 1867 | title = Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese| publisher = American Presbyterian Mission Press | location = Shanghai}}

==External links==
*[http://www.internationalministries.org/ American Baptist International Ministries Official Website]
*[http://www.abhsarchives.org/ American Baptist Historical Society website]
*[https://archive.org/details/proceedingsbapt00socigoog ''Proceedings of the Baptist convention for missionary purposes: held in Philadelphia, in May, 1814,'' American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (Printed for the convention by Ann Coles, 1814)]

[[Category:1814 establishments in Asia]]
[[Category:Baptist missionaries from the United States| American Baptist International Ministries]]
[[Category:Baptist organizations in the United States]]
[[Category:Baptist missionary societies]]
[[Category:Christian missions in China]]
[[Category:American Baptist Churches USA]]
[[Category:Religious organizations established in 1814]]

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