Home missions.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants: Church extension; Domestic missions
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Autobiography of Rev. Flavel Bascom, approximately 1875-1890. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS5064
Dates:
approximately 1875-1890
Berkshire and Columbia Missionary Society records, 1798-2002.
Collection
Identifier: RG4696
Abstract
The Berkshire and Columbia Missionary Foundation was a missionary society that was officially founded in February 1798. It is considered to be the oldest missionary society in the US, predating the "Haystack Movement" by eight years. The year prior, members met at the Green River in Hillsdale, N.Y. where it was suggested that a group form to send out missionaries both far and near. The locations that they decided upon included parts of Vermont, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and New...
Dates:
1798-2002
Board of Home Missions of Congregational and Christian Churches records, 1943-1954. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG1282
Boston, Mass. Mount Vernon Congregational Church records, 1841-1969.
Collection
Identifier: RG0026
Abstract
The Mount Vernon Church was founded in 1842 by a group of enthusiastic lay men and women who felt the need of a church in Boston which would lead in the fight against indifference and Unitarianism. They invited the Rev. Edward Norris Kirk, a famous evangelist, to be their pastor. He spent thirty two years in charge of the church, from 1842 until his death in 1874. Unfortunately, most of the records of his pastorate perished in a fire in 1879. He was succeeded by Samuel Edward Herrick, pastor...
Dates:
1841-1969
Boston Seaman's Friend Society Records, 1827-1973. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: RG0776
Dates:
1827-1973
Catharine Brown papers, 1818-1824. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS0834
Dates:
circa 1818-1824
Enos J. Montague correspondence, 1846-1857. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4857
Dates:
1846-1857
Harry R. Butman collection, 1920-1978. : [manuscript]
Collection
Identifier: MS4354
Dates:
1920-1970
Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ records, 1834-2021.
Collection
Identifier: RG5299
Abstract
The Congregational Conference of Illinois was established in 1844 by the first three Congregational associations in Illinois: the Congregational Association of Illinois, the Fox River Association, and the Rock River Association. The number of associations within the Congregational Conference of Illinois grew as Congregationalism spread throughout Illinois during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection of Illinois Conference records documents the history of the Congregational...
Dates:
1834-2021
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