foreign mission

noun

foreign mission

a body of persons sent to a non-Christian country in order to propagate Christianity
a diplomatic or other mission sent by one country to another

First recorded in 1800–10

I read the other day of a poor man who supports eight workers in the foreign mission field.

The whole assembly seemed to be ready to take the first steps in the organization of a native Foreign Mission Society.

In the meantime, the churches were exhorted to take up collections for the Foreign Mission Fund.

Five institutions use their missionary societies to help support some one whom they know on the foreign mission field.

Now, without doubt the sending of the missionaries has vastly improved conditions of human life in the foreign-mission lands.

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