"Indischer General-Ausschuss & Südmahratta. 1900 / Letters and Reports from India: Field Executive Committee and Northern Karnataka 1900."

This volume consists of the following sections: Field Executive Committee (52 documents); District Executive Committee for South Mahratta (45); Dharwad (17); Hubli (14); [Gadag] Betgeri (31); Guledagudda (11); Bijapur (4); Honowar (10). Select list of interesting documents (based on the captions given in the section indexes: Printed report in German on the South India Mission Conference, Madras, January 1900 (Field Executive Committee document 4) English MS report from Frohnmeyer about the "Industry Mission" for the ecumenical [sic] conference on foreign missions, New York (Field Executive Committee 4, 26 pp.) New pay-scales for teachers and catechists decided in Basel but printed in German [sic] in Mangalore (Field Executive Committee 13, 14, 49). Revised scale of furnishings for missionaries (Field Executive Committee 18-20, 33-36, including the scales as set in 1868 and 1887). Administration of relief funds (Field Executive Committee 25-28, 50). Revision of the Gemeindeverordnung (the Congregational Regulations of the Basel Mission in India) (Field Executive Committee 38-42). Inflation (Field Executive Committee 43-46) Circular about the question of refering to Basel Christians as "Lutherans" (Field Executive Committee 51). Minutes of the South Mahratta District Conference and Synod, 13-14. Feb. (South Mahratta District Executive Committee 61-72). Topics under discussion: should Christian parents be forced to send their children to school? introducing home industries. NB the Synod discussed reports from each "Congregation", and these are listed here as Dharwar, Hubli, Unakallu, Bettigeri, Malasamudra, Kardenhalli and Mushtigeri (documents 64-70 - with the exception of the Dharwad report, all are in German). David Berli gave a lecture on encouraging members of the Basel Mission churches to become "Bible Christians" (document 62). Refresher courses for catechists (South Mahratta District Executive Committee 89-90). Discussion of the problem that catechists seem to do much too little work (South Marhatta District 95 & 96). The assistant catechist Ratna Hittalemani applies to be promoted to be Class III catechist, or to be released from service (Dharwar 99c-102). General on preaching journeys: Hubli 123 & 127; Bettigeri 156 & 158; There is a missionary annual report on Unakallu (Hubli 129) and an annual report on the Hubli congregation by Pastor Solomon Dewada translated into German (Hubli 130). Bettigeri 131-134 & 141 concern an application to be re-instated by the Bible Woman Salome Sakkari, and about the conduct of the catechist's wife Shant Suwarna. Rising prices, cholera and mission industries in Guledagudda (Guledgudd 168). Famine, typhus and cholera in Bijapur (Bijapur 177). What can we do to make our mission impact on rural non-christians more lasting? (Bijapur 176) Finance for new oxen and for a new well in the church compound (Honowar 179-183) A journey from South Mahratta to Honowar (Honor 185). A 4-page report from S. Bunyan about his work in Karwar has been translated into German at Honowar 188.

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