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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

I am told that almost every county has such a nest somewhere within its boundaries and that it seldom appeals to anyone as a home mission field.

From God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Chapman, Ethel M.

Those readers who desire further information may obtain it from Mr. Suter, 19, Cheapside; by whom contributions will be thankfully received. extract from the forty-fifth quarterly register of the baptist home mission.

From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835 by Wightman, George

Now, if you will allow me, I am going to tear up 242 that sermon on foreign missions, and start a little home mission of my own by sending you to bed.”

From Hepsey Burke by Westcott, Frank N. (Frank Noyes)

Many of the young women of the church had gone to teach in home mission schools.

From The Making of a Country Parish by Harlow S.