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title: 'The Greatest Present Problem of Home and Foreign Missions'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Egbert Watson Smith'
date: 1917-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Foreign Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Numbers 32'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/smith-1917-the-greatest-present-problem-of-home-and-foreign-missions
---

# The Greatest Present Problem of Home and Foreign Missions

Warns against 'over-churching': too many small congregations drain ministers and funds, undermining effective domestic work and neglecting foreign missions. Calls for consolidation and planning.

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