List of Protestant missionary societies
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The following List of Protestant missionary societies below were the most noteworthy Protestant Christian missionary organizations that began between 1691-1900[1].
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[edit] 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
- 1732 Moravian Missions
- 1792 Baptist Missionary Society
- 1795 London Missionary Society
- 1796 Scottish Missionary Society
- 1799 Church Missionary Society
- 1799 Religious Tract Society
- 1804 British and Foreign Bible Society
- 1808 London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews
- 1813 Wesleyan Missionary Society
- 1817 General Baptist Missionary Society
- 1823 Colonial and Continental Church Society
- 1825 Church of Scotland Mission Boards
- 1825 National Bible Society of Scotland
- 1831 Trinitarian Bible Society
- 1832 Wesleyan Ladies' Auxiliary for Female Education in Foreign Countries
- 1835 United Secession (afterwards United Presbyterian) Foreign Missions
- 1836 Colonial Missionary Society a.k.a. Commonwealth Missionary Society
- 1840 Irish Presbyterian Missionary Society
- 1840 Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Missionary Society
- 1841 Colonial Bishoprics Fund
- 1841 Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society
- 1843 British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews
- 1843 Free Church of Scotland Missions
- 1843 Primitive Methodist African and Colonial Missions
- 1843 Methodist New Connexion in England Foreign Missions
- 1844 South American Missionary Society
- 1847 Presbyterian Church in England Foreign Missions
- 1858 Christian Vernacular Education Society for India
- 1860 Central African Mission of the English Universities
- 1865 China Inland Mission
- 1865 Friends' Foreign Mission Association
- 1866 Delhi Female Medical Mission
- 1867 Friends' Mission in Syria and Palestine
- 1876 Cambridge Mission to Delhi
- 1880 Church of England Zenana Missionary Society
- 1884 Presbyterian Mission to Korea
- 1892 Student Volunteer Missionary Union
[edit] 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' 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 Missions
- 1814 American Baptist Missionary Union
- 1819 Methodist Episcopal Church Missionary Society
- 1833 Free-will Baptist Foreign Missionary Society in India
- 1835 Foreign Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church
- 1837 Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church (North)
- 1837 Evangelical Lutheran Foreign Missionary Society
- 1842 Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society
- 1842 Strict Baptist Missionary Society
- 1843 Baptist Free Missionary Society
- 1845 Methodist Episcopal Church (South)
- 1845 Southern Baptist Convention
- 1846 American Missionary Association
- 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)
- 1878 Evangelical Association Missionary Society
- 1886 Student Volunteer Missionary Union
[edit] Missionary societies in Continental Europe
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (1911) Encyclopædia Britannica.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica (1911)
