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      "chunk_data": "148. RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE OF SOUTH INDIAN MISSIONARIES WITH J. R. MOTT, MADRAS\n(1912 A.D.)\nAs Chairman of the Continuation Committee appointed by the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910, John R. Mott held a series of eighteen regional and three national conferences in Asia between October 1912 and May 1913. The purpose was to encourage the formation of National Councils that would become constituent members of the planned international mission organization that was later formed as the International Missionary Council, and to encourage the development of indigenous leadership. The Madras Conference was held between the 18th and 20th of November, 1912, as a regional conference. Some of its resolutions are reproduced here. Resolutions of a Conference of South India Missionaries with Dr. Mott, Held in Madras, November 18-20, 1912, pp. 1-7, 14-16.",
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