home mission

American  

noun

1. a religious mission operating within the country or territories of the supporting church.

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Other Word Forms

• home missionary
  noun

Etymology

Origin of home mission

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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home mission

Declared he: "We are returning home, mission accomplished."

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole Church, at home, is devoted to the home mission service.

From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by John A. Widtsoe

But I was sick when they sent it off this winter; and, if you ain't a home mission, then I never saw one.

From The Girl from Montana by Grace Livingston Hill

There are twelve institutions, a home mission and home teaching society; nine of these institutions are asylums, that system having been largely adopted in Ireland.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

An immense number of societies arose aiming at the accomplishment of home mission work, inspired by the Jesuit spirit and carrying out unquestioningly the ultramontane ideas of their leaders.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz