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Malcom Sketches

Early Pastorates, Mission

Educator

Howard Malcom Exhibit

  • Early Pastorates and Mission Tour
    Malcom was called to his early pastorates because he was a rising star in the new Triennial Convention.
  • Early Years
    Malcom attended Dickinson College (1814-16) before falling under the influence of Baptist minister Rev.
  • Educator
    Malcom was the leading mission educator of his generation.
  • Historical Society
    After his retirement, Malcom spent most of his days at the American Baptist Publication Society offices in Philadelphia in the room of collections being gathered by the all-volunteer group the American Baptist Historical Society.
  • Memorials
    Malcom’s recommendations shaped the direction of both the mission board in Boston and the Burma mission.
  • Peace, War, & Slavery
    On top of his work as writer, professor, and college president, Malcom also assumed leadership of the numerous organizations, including the American Peace Society, the American Colonization Society, and the American Sunday School Union.
  • Sketches
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  • Triennial
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  • Writer and Editor
    Why did the mission send someone to review operations? Twenty years into the American Baptist mission to Burma, correspondence between American missionaries and their home board remained difficult, complicated by cultural differences and the months (sometimes years) letters took to travel between Asia and America.

Early Years

Writer and Editor

Historical Society

Morning Star

Burma Language Exhibit

  • The Morning Star
    The Morning Star was a monthly periodical published from 1842 to 1942 in the Sgaw Karen language by the American Baptist Mission Press in Burma.  It has been cited as being the "first of its kind" in Asia, in its use by a mission.  Its first editor, Rev.

Triennial

Peace, War, & Slavery

Memorials

Events