Foreign Missions Conference 1965

Foreign Missions Conference 1965 Club Button Museum
Category
Club
Event
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Foreign Missions Conference 1965 button back Club Button Museum
Text on Button I AM REGISTERED FOREIGN MISSIONS CONFERENCE 1965
Image Description

Black text on a red-orange background
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1965
1960s
Additional Information

Founded in 1893 as a loose alliance of Protestant foreign mission agencies in North America, the Foreign Missions Conference joined the National Council of the Churches of Christ in 1950. Missionary activity increased after World War II, as multiple regions faced major upheavals. Post-world war missionaries often focused on education and health issues in addition to their religious calling.
Sources

Latourette, K. (1966). Missionaries Abroad. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 368, 21-30.
Catalog ID CL0545