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Home missions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants: Church extension; Domestic missions

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Massachusetts Woman's Home Missionary Union records, 1880-1990.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0122
Abstract The first meeting of the Woman’s Home Missionary Association was held on November 4, 1879 and the organization was formally chartered on September 28, 1881. The association was founded to support the needs of women and children and was supported by both individual membership and auxiliary groups. The association supported mission-based work in Massachusetts and beyond, especially in the post-war South. After the Massachusetts Congregational Conference merged men’s and women’s missionary work...
Dates: 1880-1990

Michigan Conference of Congregational Christian Churches records, 1908-1964.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4966
Abstract The General Association of the Congregational Ministers and Churches of Michigan was formed on October 12, 1842. In 1908, it became known as the Michigan Conference. In 1932, the conference became known as the Michigan Conference of Congregational Christian Churches and in 1964 it became known as the Michigan Conference UCC. This collection includes trustee minutes and annual meeting minutes for the Congregational Association of Detroit as well as the records of women’s missionary societies...
Dates: 1908-1964

Rhode Island Conference of the United Church of Christ records, 1812-2019.

 Collection
Identifier: RG0150
Abstract The Rhode Island Domestic Missionary Society was formed in 1802 and the Evangelical Consociation of Congregational Churches was formed in 1806. The two entities merged in 1912 as the Rhode Island Congregational Conference. The Rhode Island Congregational Conference merged with the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Christian Conference in 1931 to form the Rhode Island Congregational Christian Conference. After the formation of the United Church of Christ, the conference was known as the Rhode...
Dates: 1812-2019