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

This was indeed a misapprehension, and of the kind which, as a benevolent clergyman complained, who was actively engaged in home mission work, was one of the most constant sources of his frequent annoyances.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various

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

There is no more encouraging home mission work, and wherever earnest effort has been made, the response has been most gratifying.

From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)

That it is a part, therefore, of the home mission to provide for the physical wants of the dependents there, is very evident.

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel