Church Missionary Society

Church Missionary Society
a Church of England organization that sends missionaries all over the world to teach people about Christianity. It was started in 1799.

* * *

▪ Anglican organization
      society founded in London in 1799 as the Society for Missions in Africa and the East, by Evangelical clergy of the Church of England (those who stressed biblical faith, personal conversion, and piety). In 1812 it was renamed the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East.

      During its first 10 years it sent only five missionaries to work among non-Christians, but it gradually gained support, and its work expanded. Various CMS areas, including Canada, became independent provinces of the Anglican Communion. CMS's in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa are associated but fully autonomous.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Church Missionary Society — Church Mission Society La Church Mission Society (CMS), également connue sous le nom de Church Missionary Society, est un ensemble de groupes évangéliques travaillant avec la Communion anglicane et protestante à travers le monde. Elle a été… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Church Missionary Society — (for Africa and the East), »kirchliche Missionsgesellschaft für Afrika und den Osten«, eine 1799 begründete englische Missionsgesellschaft, die in engem Zusammenhang mit der englischen Staatskirche steht. Sie begann die Arbeit 1804 in Westafrika… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Church Missionary Society —   [ tʃəːtʃ mɪʃənərɪ sə saɪətɪ; englisch »Kirchliche Missionsgesellschaft«], Abkürzung CMS, die größte anglikanische Missionsgesellschaft, 1799 als »Society for missions in Africa and the East« in London von Laien gegründet, später von der… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Church Missionary Society — Die Church Mission Society (CMS) (Kirchliche Missionsgesellschaft), in Australien und Neuseeland auch als Church Missionary Society bekannt, ist ein Verband evangelistischer Gesellschaften, die mit der Anglikanischen Kirche und anderen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Church Missionary Society —    The Church Missionary Society (CMS) was the prominent force behind the worldwide spread of Anglicanism in the 19th century.    As knowledge of the world s peoples grew toward the end of the 18th century, John Venn, a Church of England minister …   Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • Church Missionary Society College High School — C.M.S College High School Location Kottayam, Kerala, India Information Motto Thy Word Is Truth Established 1817 Campus …   Wikipedia

  • Church Missionary Society — noun a Christian lay society founded by evangelical Anglicans in London in 1799 to promote missionary work; an auxiliary established in Sydney in 1825 …  

  • (the) Church Missionary Society — the Church Missionary Society [the Church Missionary Society] a ↑Church of England organization that sends missionaries all over the world to teach people about Christianity. It was started in 1799 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Henry Venn (Church Missionary Society) — Henry Venn (February 10, 1796 January 13, 1873), was honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873. He expounded the basic principles of indigenous Christian missions later addressed and made widespread by the Lausanne… …   Wikipedia

  • Church Mission Society — The Church Mission Society, also known as the Church Missionary Society, is a group of evangelistic societies working with the Anglican Communion and Protestant Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted upwards of nine… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”