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Article: The International Baptist Seminary: a Baptist attempt at Americanization, education, and missions in East Orange, New Jersey: Ethnicity is an important part of American and Baptist history.
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- Baptist History and Heritage
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Baptists have a diverse and extensive history of interaction with various ethnic groups. Unfortunately, the many successes often are shrouded by failures or masked by misconceptions. In an attempt to highlight one of the many successes, this article submits the American Baptist Home Mission Society's little-known International Baptist Seminary (1921-1941) in East Orange, New Jersey, as a valuable case study in ethnic Baptist history. (1)
Henry L. Morehouse identified the American Baptist Home Mission Society (ABHMS) as the "pioneer organization" among Baptists in the work with foreign populations. (2) As early as 1845, the ABHMS was already discussing the ...