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

This training provides well-equipped missionaries for the foreign field, and equally well-prepared missionaries for the great field of the present hour—the home mission work in the crowded wards of great cities.

From Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Robinson, Jane M. Bancroft (Jane Marie Bancroft)

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 Widtsoe, John A.

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

The "state," which I have called the home mission, is thoroughly to canvass the State, learn where the association is needed, plant it there, strengthen all existing associations, and keep open communication between all.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 by Various