180 to be equally comprehensive in plan, wise in method, and prompt in action." About that time Dr. Keller received a sizable gift from his friends, ....... ~-=----;:- ยท---~---- Mess rrs Smith and Stewart, -to---b~- used for the distribution of Scriptures in Hunan. The doctor offered to provide a boat and books to a Chinese evangel- ist and Christian teacher if they would undertake a tour of evangelism in the Province. After a month of service, the Chinese workers returned with a thrilling and inspiring report of the experiment. When this complete ex- periment was reported to the friends in Los Angeles, Dr. Keller was immed- iately encouraged to superintend the work of evangelization among the mil- lions of ilunanese. Within six years the work had expanded into a Bible training school which became known as the Hunan Bible Institute, -and the China Department of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. The Hunan Bible Institute, like its mother institute, was "an inter- denominational school in character, evangelical in doctrine, thorough in intellectual processes, pedagogical in methods, and reverent in spirit," according to Dr. Keller. Although the conditions were peculiar to China, the Institute's founders stated that the aims were like those of Biola: to equip men and women for Christian service. With this aim, the School destined to play a vital role in the Christ- ian community in China was organized to include four distinct administra- tive and governing bodies: the Board of Founders, the Board of Managers, the Executive Committee, and the Faculty. The Board of Founders, consisting of nine members whom were on the Biola Board, with headquarters in Los Angeles, was to cooperate with the Board of Managers in China, but to hold in trust the land, buildings, equipment, and all the funds, which in reality gave this Board control of the School. They also were to appoint foreign missionaries to the Institute's staff, to prepare a separate manual defin- ing the responsibilities of these, and to appoint the Board of Managers in China, who were responsible for administering the policy of the School.
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