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Chapters: Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, Baptist Union of Australia, Baptist Union of New Zealand, Solomons Baptist Association, Marianas Association of General Baptists, Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) is a regional organization of the Baptist World Alliance, a worldwide fellowship of churches that subscribe to Baptist distinctives. The APBF was formed in the then British colony of Hong Kong in 1973 as the Asian Baptist Federation (ABF) . It adopted its current name in 2007 after a resolution was approved during the ABF Congress held in the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand from 2 May to 6 May 2007 . One of the earliest Protestant missionaries to Asia was an English Baptist named William Carey who was one of the founders of the Particular Baptist Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen (today known as BMS World Mission) in 1792 . He started his work in the Dutch controlled Serampore north of Calcutta, India in 1793, initially focussing on Bible translation, preaching, teaching, and the founding of schools. One of the major schools established by this mission is Serampore College, founded in 1818. Other pioneers include Joshua Marshman and William Ward who together with Carey became known as the Serampore Trio . Of the three, Ward was instrumental in converting American Congregationalist missionary, Adoniram Judson, to Baptist beliefs and baptised both Judson and his wife, Ann Haseltine Judson, in Serampore . Judson later began Baptist missionary work in Burma on 13 July 1813 upon his arrival in Rangoon . Today most countries in Asia have Baptist believers and churches. The APBF represents almost 60 Baptist denominations (known as conventions or unions) fr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18193845 ... Read more