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

Derived 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

After further study and preparation he worked under the auspices of the home mission in the North of Germany, and afterwards in connexion with the mission among Jews in the West of Germany.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

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.

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

The foreign mission spirit directly gave birth to the home mission on an extensive scale.

From Life of William Carey by Smith, George