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Illinois Home Missionary Society

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Community Renewal Society records, 1881-1978.

 Collection
Identifier: RG5061
Abstract Incorporated on December 31, 1882, the Chicago City Missionary Society (CCMS) was created to promote religion and morality through Congregational Churches in Chicago and its vicinity. The Society was established to tackle questions surrounding the influx of European immigrants to Chicago in the late 19th century. The Community Renewal Society records document the history of the organization, originally known as the Chicago City Missionary Society, including management, finances, mission...
Dates: 1881-1978

Illinois Home Missionary Society records, 1872-1911.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4997
Abstract The Illinois Home Missionary Society was founded in 1871 at the annual meeting of the Congregational General Association of Illinois and was incorporated in 1873. The Society first existed under the auspices of the American Home Missionary Society and shared its mission to aid the spread of Christianity throughout the states and territories by organizing churches and commissioning ministers for congregations that lacked the financial resources to supply their own. The Society records series...
Dates: 1872-1911

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