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

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home mission

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

But I was sick when they sent it off this winter; and, if you ain't a home mission, then I never saw one.

From The Girl from Montana by Hill, Grace Livingston

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)

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)