Show METHODISTS ON FOREIGN MISSIONS I I NEW YORK No Nov 20 The Tha largest number of new missionaries ever sent sentI to foreign fields in any anyone one year in the history of the Methodist Episcopal church left the United States during the fiscal I year ending November 1 I 1920 reports the board of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church There were The largest previous year was 1917 1017 when 96 recruits went w-ent abroad for the Methodists Of these sent this year 80 were assigned to South America 69 to China 50 to India and Burma 30 to Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia Ma Ma- 6 B to Mexico 3 i to Japan Tapan 2 to Korea and 2 to Europe The list docs does rot not include relief workers in European war areas The 1920 increase marks the first year car carof of the f fi m year e-year program of f the Methodists which includes the expenditure expendi expendi- ture tore of 11 in war reconstruction tion and general expansion of ot church activities |