Christian Endeavor

American  

noun

1. an organization of young people of various evangelical Protestant churches, formed in 1881 to promote Christian principles and service.

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Etymology

Origin of Christian Endeavor

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

Example Sentences

Last week all Florence was caught up in La Pira's latest Christian endeavor: persuading the government to take over the shut-down Pi-gnone factory on Florence's outskirts, the oldest industrial plant in the city.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he learned to distrust "Christian endeavor in all its forms" and moved hastily on to Baltimore Polytechnic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let this be our Christian endeavor society which Christ organizes and blesses.

From Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) by Eddy, Mary Baker

This wish to read the Scriptures as a whole has ever been held a sign of healthful growth in Christian endeavor.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.

With all the stimulus of her new Christian endeavor, Adèle sought to think charitably of Miss Eliza.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various