MRL12: Laymen's Foreign Missions Inquiry Records, 1879-1940

Finding aid for Laymen’s Foreign Missions Inquiry (LFMI) Records. Includes information on Institute of Social and Religious Research; Commission of Appraisal; National Committee for Promotion of LFMI; Modern Missions Movement; Movement for World Christianity; National Committee for Christian Education in China; Commission on Christian Education in Japan; YMCA in China. Topics include church and education, economics, medical work, women, and social, industrial, and religious backgrounds of India, Burma, China, and Japan, as well as the report "Re-Thinking Missions" and its reception. Documents include notes, manuscript reports, printed materials; missionary personnel; returned interview forms; surveys of pastors, missionaries, and medical professionals