home mission

noun

a religious mission operating within the country or territories of the supporting church.

First recorded in 1830–40

He urged upon me the need and opportunity in the home mission field of the growing northwest.

With them Home Mission work meant systematic Church extension.

This association work is divided into local (the city or town), state or home mission, the international and foreign mission.

Glasgow was also the principal scene of the great home mission enterprise of Dr. Chalmers.

The entire property belongs to the Methodist Church, who maintain it as a most efficient home mission.

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