SPG

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Anglican missionary society Christian missionary organization

SPG is a historic Anglican missionary organization formally known as the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, founded in the early 18th century to support and spread Anglicanism overseas.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts	0

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican missionary society ⓘ Christian missionary organization ⓘ
activityRegion	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Australasia NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ
affiliation	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SPG NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedInCity	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedInCountry	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Christian mission ⓘ church planting ⓘ religious education ⓘ
financedBy	donations from Anglican supporters ⓘ endowments ⓘ
foundedBy	Thomas Bray NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury	18th century ⓘ
foundedInYear	1701 ⓘ
founderOccupation	Anglican clergyman ⓘ
founderReligiousOrder	Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadImpactOn	development of Anglican churches overseas ⓘ religious life in British colonies ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfActivity	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
purpose	to propagate the Christian gospel in foreign parts ⓘ to spread Anglicanism in British colonies ⓘ to support Anglican clergy overseas ⓘ to support and spread Anglicanism overseas ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Anglican Communion NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	SPG NERFINISHED ⓘ
sponsored	catechists ⓘ chaplains ⓘ missionaries ⓘ
status	historic organization ⓘ
supported	Anglican clergy in the American colonies ⓘ church building projects ⓘ mission schools ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	voluntary society ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts → alsoKnownAs → SPG ⓘ

Special Protection Group → abbreviation → SPG ⓘ