Minutes of the Candidates' Committee

Volume labelled 'Minute Book Miscellaneous No 1' containing the signed minutes (typed from July 1923) of the Candidates' Committee. Includes minutes of the special committee on Work in Europe (1917-1919) and copies of the minutes of the French Executive (1919-1930). Enclosures include: regulations o...

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Order number: MMS/Home & General/Minutes/Box 1389
Date(s) of creation: 27 Nov [19]12-July 1932
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MMS/Home & General/Minutes/Box 1389
Summary: Volume labelled 'Minute Book Miscellaneous No 1' containing the signed minutes (typed from July 1923) of the Candidates' Committee. Includes minutes of the special committee on Work in Europe (1917-1919) and copies of the minutes of the French Executive (1919-1930). Enclosures include: regulations of the Candidates' Committee (c1913); questions asked regarding state of European missions (principally France) towards end of World War One; condition of church at Rue Du Temple, Calais, France (1925).
Previous numbers: T362
Extent: 1 volume
Admin history: The committee considered candidates for all forms of missionary work (including evangelism, medical, educational) in overseas missions. It also discussed training, relationship to other committees as well as amalgamating their work with the Women's Auxiliary Candidates' Committee. Amongst the earliest minutes here missionary transfers and resignations are sometimes recorded.
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Physical description: Bound volume
Format: Archive