London Missionary Society

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Christian missionary organization Protestant missionary society

The London Missionary Society was a major 19th- and early 20th-century Protestant missionary organization based in Britain that sent missionaries worldwide to promote Christian evangelism, education, and social reform.

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Label Occurrences
London Missionary Society canonical 2
London Missionary Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst Heathen 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian missionary organization ⓘ
Protestant missionary society ⓘ
activePeriod 19th century ⓘ
Early 20th century ⓘ
affiliation Congregational churches ⓘ
alsoKnownAs LMS ⓘ
London Missionary Society ⓘ
surface form: London Missionary Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst Heathen
basedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1966 ⓘ
employed Medical workers ⓘ
Missionaries ⓘ
Teachers ⓘ
fieldOfWork Bible translation ⓘ
Medical missions ⓘ
Missionary education ⓘ
Social reform ⓘ
foundedBy Congregationalists ⓘ
Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Anglicans

Other British Nonconformists ⓘ
Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterians
headquartersLocation Blomfield Street, London ⓘ
ideology Evangelicalism ⓘ
inception 1795 ⓘ
influenced Formation of indigenous Protestant churches in Africa ⓘ
Formation of indigenous Protestant churches in the Pacific ⓘ
mergedInto United Church Board for World Ministries ⓘ
surface form: Council for World Mission
missionaryActivityIn Africa ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
South Pacific ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
notableWork Establishment of churches ⓘ
Establishment of mission schools ⓘ
Publication of missionary periodicals ⓘ
Translation of the Bible into local languages ⓘ
published Chronicle of the London Missionary Society ⓘ
Evangelical Magazine ⓘ
purpose Christian evangelism ⓘ
Education ⓘ
Social reform ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
sentMissionary David Livingstone ⓘ
James Chalmers ⓘ
John Williams ⓘ
Robert Moffat ⓘ
Samuel Marsden ⓘ
William Carey (as associate in early years) ⓘ
William Ellis ⓘ
supported Abolitionist movement ⓘ
Campaigns against slavery ⓘ
temperance movement ⓘ
surface form: Temperance movement

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Eric Liddell → employer → London Missionary Society ⓘ
David Livingstone → employer → London Missionary Society ⓘ
London Missionary Society → alsoKnownAs → London Missionary Society ⓘ
this entity surface form: London Missionary Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst Heathen