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London Missionary Society

Also known as: LMS, Missionary Society

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  • Congregationalism
    • Pilgrims signing the Mayflower Compact
      In Congregationalism: England

      …was the founding of the Missionary Society (1795), later named the London Missionary Society (1818). Its purpose was not necessarily to spread Congregationalism but to proclaim “the glorious gospel of the blessed God,” leaving the new churches to determine their own form. Although it has always received support from Congregational…

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  • history
    • In Council for World Mission

      …Commonwealth Missionary Society and the London Missionary Society. The Commonwealth Missionary Society (originally the Colonial Missionary Society) was organized in 1836 to promote Congregationalism in the English-speaking colonies. The London Missionary Society was founded in 1795 as a nondenominational organization dedicated to spreading the Christian faith in the non-European world.…

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    • mosaic: Christianity
      In Christianity: Early Protestant missions

      …in the formation of the London Missionary Society (1795). The Scottish Missionary Society (1796) and the Netherlands Missionary Society (1797) soon appeared. Anglican evangelicals organized the Church Missionary Society (1799), and many others followed. Like the SPCK and SPG, they were founded not by churches but as autonomous societies supported…

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Pacific Islands

  • Pacific Islands
    In Pacific Islands: Missionary activity

    In 1797 the London Missionary Society (LMS) sent a party to Tahiti. After some vicissitudes the missionaries converted a prominent chief, Pomare II, who controlled the area of Matavai Bay, where European ships had called since Wallis’s landing. The LMS failed in its first attempts in Tonga and…

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  • Cook Islands
    • Flag of the Cook Islands, a territory of New Zealand
      In Cook Islands: History of the Cook Islands

      …and Tahitian missionaries of the London Missionary Society began arriving in 1821 and were the first foreigners to settle. A number of important ariki (chiefs) were converted to Christianity early on. The missionaries established a theological college on Rarotonga and exerted a strong influence on the form of government that…

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