missionary society
C19115
concept
A missionary society is an organized religious group dedicated to planning, supporting, and carrying out missionary work, often including evangelism, education, and social services in domestic or foreign fields.
Observed surface forms (22)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baptist missionary organization | 5 |
| Christian missionary activity | 5 |
| Anglican missionary society | 4 |
| Protestant missionary society | 4 |
| Roman Catholic missionary society | 4 |
| missionary organization | 4 |
| missionary religious congregation | 4 |
| Christian mission network | 2 |
| Christian missionary movement | 2 |
| Christian missionary society | 2 |
| Anglican mission organization | 1 |
| Anglican mission society | 1 |
| Baptist mission agency | 1 |
| Christian mission organization | 1 |
| Lutheran mission | 1 |
| Presbyterian missionary agency | 1 |
| Protestant mission organization | 1 |
| Protestant missionary movement | 1 |
| Protestant missionary organization | 1 |
| lay missionary organization | 1 |
| missionary movement | 1 |
| student missionary organization | 1 |
Instances (53)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| St Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill | Roman Catholic missionary society |
| China Inland Mission | Protestant missionary society |
| Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions | student missionary organization |
| Mission Commission | Christian mission network |
| Lausanne Global Issue Networks | Christian mission network |
| Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts | Anglican missionary society |
| American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions | — |
| Church Missionary Society | — |
| Missionaries of Africa | Roman Catholic missionary society |
| White Fathers | — |
| Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America | — |
| London Missionary Society | Protestant missionary society |
| Triennial Convention | Baptist missionary organization |
| International Mission Board | missionary organization |
| North American Mission Board | Baptist mission agency |
| Evangelical Mission in Solidarity | Protestant mission organization |
| Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer | missionary religious congregation |
| Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions | Presbyterian missionary agency |
| Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic | missionary religious congregation |
| Foreign Mission Board | Christian missionary society |
| Russian Orthodox missions | Christian missionary activity |
| Picpus Fathers | missionary religious congregation |
| Lutheran mission at Hermannsburg | Lutheran mission |
| Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska | Christian missionary activity |
| Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions | — |
| Catholic Church missionary institutes | missionary organization |
| mission of Saint Willehad | Christian missionary activity |
| mission of Saint Liudger | Christian missionary activity |
| Women’s Foreign Missionary Society | — |
| Gaudiya Math | missionary organization |
| Society for Missions to Africa and the East | — |
| CMS | Anglican mission organization |
| American Missionary Association | — |
|
CIM
surface form:
China Inland Mission
|
Protestant missionary society |
|
SPG
surface form:
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
|
Anglican missionary society |
| SPG in Foreign Parts | Anglican missionary society |
| Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization | missionary organization |
| Pères Blancs | Roman Catholic missionary society |
|
M. Afr.
surface form:
Missionaries of Africa
|
Roman Catholic missionary society |
| Columban church | missionary movement |
| DFMS | — |
|
LMS
surface form:
London Missionary Society
|
Protestant missionary society |
| American Baptist Home Mission Society | Baptist missionary organization |
| General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America for Foreign Missions | Baptist missionary organization |
| General Missionary Convention | Baptist missionary organization |
| American Baptist Missionary Union | Baptist missionary organization |
| SPCK | Anglican mission society |
| Roman Catholic missions in India | Christian missionary activity |
| EMS | Christian mission organization |
| Holy Ghost Fathers | missionary religious congregation |