Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions
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The Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions was a conservative Presbyterian missionary agency established in the 1930s to promote Reformed theology and oppose perceived liberalism in mainline church mission boards.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Presbyterian missionary agency
ⓘ
Protestant missionary organization ⓘ |
| activityType |
evangelism
ⓘ
foreign missions ⓘ |
| associatedWithDenomination | Presbyterian Church in the United States of America ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | Westminster Theological Seminary ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Fundamentalist–modernist controversy
ⓘ
surface form:
fundamentalist–modernist controversy
|
| associatedWithPerson |
Carl McIntire
ⓘ
J. Gresham Machen ⓘ |
| controversy | its formation contributed to schism within American Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| disciplinaryActionsAgainstSupporters | ministers were tried and suspended by the PCUSA ⓘ |
| doctrinalStandard | Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
J. Gresham Machen
ⓘ
other conservative Presbyterian ministers ⓘ |
| foundedInDecade | 1930s ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| fundingModel | supported by conservative Presbyterian churches and individuals ⓘ |
| governance | board of Presbyterian ministers and elders ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| historicalContext | arose during conflicts over doctrine in American Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| ideology | confessional Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| influencedFormationOf | Orthodox Presbyterian Church ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | independent of denominational control ⓘ |
| missionFocus | planting and supporting Reformed churches abroad ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America General Assembly
|
| opposes |
modernist theology in mission work
ⓘ
theological liberalism ⓘ |
| organizationalModel | independent mission board ⓘ |
| purpose |
to oppose perceived liberalism in mainline church mission boards
ⓘ
to promote Reformed theology in foreign missions ⓘ to provide an alternative to mainline Presbyterian mission boards ⓘ |
| regionServed | foreign mission fields outside the United States ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Presbyterianism ⓘ |
| selfDescription | faithful to historic Reformed and Presbyterian doctrine ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Reformed
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.