List of Protestant missionary societies
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The following List of Protestant missionary societies is a list of Protestant Christian
missionary
organizations that began between 1691-1900.
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Mission (Christian)
Christian missionary activities often involve sending individuals and groups , to foreign countries and to places in their own homeland. This has frequently involved not only evangelization , but also humanitarian work, especially among the poor and disadvantaged...
organizations that began between 1691-1900.
Missionary societies in the United Kingdom
- 1691 Christian Faith Society for the West Indies
- 1698 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- 1701 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
- 1709 Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge
- 1732 Moravian Missions
- 1792 Baptist Missionary SocietyBaptist Missionary SocietyrightBMS World Mission is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England in 1792. It was originally called the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen, but for most of its life was known as the Baptist Missionary Society...
- 1795 London Missionary SocietyLondon Missionary SocietyThe London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa...
- 1796 Scottish Missionary SocietyScottish United Presbyterian MissionScottish United Presbyterian Mission was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.-Scottish United Presbyterian Mission work in China:...
- 1799 Church Missionary Society
- 1799 Religious Tract SocietyReligious Tract SocietyThe Religious Tract Society, founded 1799, 56 Paternoster Row and 65 St. Paul's Chuchyard, was the original name of a major British publisher of Christian literature intended initially for evangelism, and including literature aimed at children, women, and the poor.The RTS is also notable for being...
- 1804 British and Foreign Bible SocietyBritish and Foreign Bible SocietyThe British and Foreign Bible Society, often known in England and Wales as simply as Bible Society, is a non-denominational Christian Bible society with charity status whose purpose is to make the Bible available throughout the world....
- 1809 London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (now known as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish PeopleChurch's Ministry Among Jewish PeopleChurch's Ministry Among Jewish People is an Anglican missionary society founded in 1809.-History:...
or CMJ) - 1813 Wesleyan Missionary SocietyEnglish Wesleyan MissionEnglish Wesleyan Mission was a British Methodist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty....
- 1817 General Baptist Missionary SocietyBaptist Missionary SocietyrightBMS World Mission is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England in 1792. It was originally called the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen, but for most of its life was known as the Baptist Missionary Society...
- 1823 Colonial and Continental Church SocietyIntercontinental Church SocietyThe Intercontinental Church Society is a global mission organisation run by the Church of England that provides a ministry to English speaking people through Anglican churches around the world.The organisation was founded in 1823...
- 1825 Church of ScotlandChurch of ScotlandThe Church of Scotland, known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is a Presbyterian church, decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
Mission Boards - 1825 National Bible Society of ScotlandScottish Bible SocietyScottish Bible Society, founded in 1809 as the Edinburgh Bible Society, amalgamated in 1861 with the Glasgow Bible Society to form the National Bible Society of Scotland, is a Scottish Christian charity that exists to make the Bible available throughout the world.The Scottish Bible Society arose...
- 1831 Trinitarian Bible SocietyTrinitarian Bible SocietyThe Trinitarian Bible Society was founded in 1831 "to promote the Glory of God and the salvation of men by circulating, both at home and abroad, in dependence on the Divine blessing, the Holy Scriptures, which are given by inspiration of God and are able to make men wise unto salvation through...
- 1832 Wesleyan Ladies' Auxiliary for Female Education in Foreign Countries
- 1835 United Secession (afterwards United Presbyterian) Foreign Missions
- 1836 Colonial Missionary SocietyColonial Missionary SocietyThe Colonial Missionary Society was formed in May 1836 as a “distinct society for the Colonies” following the report of a deputation to Canada by representatives of Congregational churches from Britain...
a.k.a. Commonwealth Missionary Society - 1840 Irish Presbyterian Missionary SocietyIrish Presbyterian MissionIrish Presbyterian Mission was an Irish Presbyterian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.-See also:*Protestant missionary societies in China during the 19th Century...
- 1840 Welsh Calvinistic MethodistCalvinistic MethodistsCalvinistic Methodists are a body of Christians forming the Presbyterian Church of Wales and claiming to be the only denomination of the Presbyterian order in Wales which is of purely Welsh origin.-Early history:...
Missionary Society - 1841 Colonial Bishoprics Fund
- 1841 Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society
- 1843 British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the JewsBritish Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the JewsThe British Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Jews founded London 1842, was the Presbyterian and dissenting churches' counterpart to the Anglican London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews . The two societies were in large part identical, but representing high-church and...
- 1843 Free Church of ScotlandFree Church of Scotland (1843-1900)The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the "Disruption of 1843"...
Missions - 1843 Primitive Methodist African and Colonial Missions
- 1843 Methodist New ConnexionMethodist New ConnexionMethodist New Connexion was a Protestant nonconformist church, also known as the Kilhamite Methodists. It was formed in 1797 by secession from the Wesleyan Methodists, and merged in 1907 with the Bible Christian Church and the United Methodist Free Churches to form the United Methodist...
in England Foreign Missions - 1844 South American Missionary SocietySouth American Missionary SocietyThe South American Mission Society was founded at Brighton in 1844 as the Patagonian Mission. Captain Allen Gardiner, R.N., was the first secretary. The name "Patagonian Mission" was retained for twenty years, when the new title was adopted...
- 1847 Presbyterian Church in England Foreign MissionsEnglish Presbyterian MissionEnglish Presbyterian Mission was a British Presbyterian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.-English Presbyterian Mission work in China:...
- 1858 Christian Vernacular Education Society for India
- 1860 Central African Mission of the English Universities
- 1865 China Inland MissionChina Inland MissionOMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
- 1865 Friends'Religious Society of FriendsThe Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
Foreign Mission Association - 1866 Delhi Female Medical Mission
- 1867 Friends' Mission in Syria and Palestine
- 1876 Cambridge Mission to DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
- 1880 Church of England Zenana Missionary SocietyChurch of England Zenana MissionChurch of England Zenana Mission was a British Anglican Christian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty....
- 1884 Presbyterian Mission to Korea
- 1892 Student Volunteer Missionary UnionStudent Volunteer MovementThe Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organization founded in 1886 that sought to recruit college and university students in the United States for missionary service abroad. It also sought to publicize and encourage the missionary enterprise in general...
Missionary societies in the United States and Canada
- 1733 Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England
- 1787 Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians at Boston
- 1795 Friends'Religious Society of FriendsThe Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
Missionary Society - 1800 New York Missionary Society
- 1800 Connecticut Missionary Society for Indians
- 1803 United States Mission to the Cherokees
- 1806 Western Missionary Society for Indians
- 1810 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign MissionsAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign MissionsThe American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was the first American Christian foreign mission agency. It was proposed in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College and officially chartered in 1812. In 1961 it merged with other societies to form the United Church Board for World...
- 1814 American Baptist Missionary UnionAmerican Baptist Missionary UnionAmerican Baptist Missionary Union is an international Protestant Christian missionary society founded in 1814 in the United States...
- 1819 Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary SocietyAmerican Methodist Episcopal MissionAmerican Methodist Episcopal Mission was an American Methodist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.-American Methodist Episcopal Mission in China:...
- 1833 Free-will Baptist Foreign Missionary Society in India
- 1835 Foreign Missions of the Protestant Episcopal ChurchAmerican Protestant Episcopal MissionAmerican Protestant Episcopal Mission was an American Protestant Christian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.-Establishment:...
- 1837 Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (North)American Presbyterian MissionAmerican Presbyterian Mission was an American Presbyterian missionary society, operated by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty and to India in nineteenth century...
- 1837 Evangelical Lutheran Foreign Missionary Society
- 1842 Seventh Day Baptist Missionary SocietySeventh Day Baptist MissionSeventh Day Baptist Mission was a Baptist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty...
- 1842 Strict Baptist Missionary Society
- 1843 Baptist Free Missionary Society
- 1845 Methodist Episcopal Church (South)American Southern Methodist Episcopal MissionAmerican Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission was an American Methodist missionary society operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.- See also:...
- 1845 Southern Baptist ConventionAmerican Southern Baptist MissionAmerican Southern Baptist Mission is an American Southern Baptist missionary society that sent workers to countries overseas, such as China during the late Qing Dynasty...
- 1846 American Missionary AssociationAmerican Missionary AssociationThe American Missionary Association was a Protestant-based abolitionist group founded on September 3, 1846 in Albany, New York. The main purpose of this organization was to abolish slavery, to educate African Americans, to promote racial equality, and to promote Christian values...
- 1857 Board of Foreign Missions of (Dutch) Reformed Church
- 1859 Board of Foreign Missions of United Presbyterian Church
- 1862 Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (South)American Southern Presbyterian MissionAmerican Southern Presbyterian Mission was an American Presbyterian missionary society of the Southern Presbyterian Church that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty...
- 1878 Evangelical Association Missionary Society
- 1886 Student Volunteer Missionary UnionStudent Volunteer MovementThe Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organization founded in 1886 that sought to recruit college and university students in the United States for missionary service abroad. It also sought to publicize and encourage the missionary enterprise in general...
Missionary societies in Continental Europe
- 1799 Rhenish Missionary SocietyRhenish Missionary SocietyThe Rhenish Missionary Society was one of the largest missionary societies in Germany. Formed from smaller missions founded as far back as 1799, the Society was amalgamated on 23 September 1828, and its first missionaries were ordained and sent off to South Africa by the end of the year.The...
- 1815 Basel MissionBasel MissionThe Basel Mission is a Christian missionary society active from 1815 to 2001, when it was merged into Mission 21, the successor organization of Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione founded in 2001....
- Liebenzell MissionLiebenzell MissionThe Liebenzell Mission is a cluster of like-minded Evangelical mission organizations in Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States...
See also
- List of Protestant missionary societies in China 1807-1953
- Timeline of Christian missionsTimeline of Christian missionsThis timeline of Christian missions chronicles the global expansion of Christianity through a listing of the most important missionary outreach events.-Apostolic Age:.Earliest dates must all be considered approximate...