by creating a single organization for Protestant missions.

Reception

The report reflected changing ideas about the wisdom of a reduced role for western missionaries, which generated fierce debate.

The report was very popular and sold over 43,000 copies in less than six months.

There was a lot of public controversy surrounding the Report; it was repudiated as "the worst and most dangerous attack ever made" on foreign missions, the time spent in the field was seen to be too brief and the commissioners' qualifications

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