American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Proposed in
1810
by recent graduates of
Williams College
and officially chartered in
1812
, the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
(ABCFM) was the first
American
Christian
foreign mission agency. In
1961
it merged with other societies to form the
United Church Board for World Ministries
.
Congregationalist
in origin, the American Board supported missions by
Presbyterian
(1812-1870),
Dutch-Reformed
(1826-1857) and other denominational members. It sent its first group of five missionaries in
1812
. It became the leading
missionary society
in the United States.
External link
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/colleges/glossary.html
Ricci Institute page on the ABCFM in China
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