home mission
noun
a religious mission operating within the country or territories of the supporting church.
Origin of home mission
1First recorded in 1830–40
Other words from home mission
- home missionary, noun
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How to use home mission in a sentence
At the annual meeting of the Home Missions Council in 1914 a statement of principles was adopted.
Church Cooperation in Community Life | Paul L. VogtOne representative of each of the bodies having membership in the Home Missions Council shall constitute this commission.
Church Cooperation in Community Life | Paul L. VogtHome missions will come as a challenge to men inured to danger and hardship.
Religion and the War | VariousHome missions aid foreign missions by creating the conditions of more income and more missionaries for foreign fields.
The pious doctors and fanatic Imams of Islam have done nothing to compare to the home-missions of England.
Palestine | Claude Reignier Conder
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