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.

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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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J. Gresham Machen founded Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions