inner mission

American  

noun

1. a movement, originating in the early 19th century within the evangelical churches of Germany and later spreading through Europe and America, that ministered chiefly to the material and spiritual needs of poor people and of social outcasts.

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Etymology

Origin of inner mission

First recorded in 1850–55

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inner mission

In 1856 Rosenius, together with many earnest-minded ecclesiasts and leaders in the Established Church, organized the National Evangelical Foundation, which originally was intended to promote home and inner mission activities.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin