Church Missionary Society (CMS)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Anglican missionary society
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkbp:archivesLocation gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkb:Cadbury_Research_Library
gptkbp:currentName gptkb:Church_Mission_Society
gptkbp:focus education
evangelism
Christian missionary work
medical missions
gptkbp:foundedIn gptkb:London,_England
1799
gptkbp:founder gptkb:John_Venn
gptkb:Thomas_Scott
gptkb:Henry_Thornton
gptkb:Charles_Simeon
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Church Missionary Society (CMS)
gptkbp:notable_mission_fields gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Borneo
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:China
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:Middle_East
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Newfoundland
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_America
gptkb:South_Sudan
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Uganda
gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:notableContributor abolition of slavery
support for women's education
support for church planting
establishment of schools
translation of the Bible into local languages
establishment of hospitals
support for orphanages
support for teacher training
support for medical missions
support for social reform
promotion of indigenous clergy
support for Bible translation societies
support for anti-slavery movement
support for education of girls
support for famine relief
support for indigenous churches
support for indigenous leadership
support for leprosy missions
support for literacy programs
support for printing presses
support for theological education
support for women's missionary work
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther
gptkb:William_Carey
gptkb:William_Williams
gptkb:Edward_Steere
gptkb:James_Hannington
gptkb:Thomas_Valpy_French
gptkb:William_Charles_Cotton
gptkb:William_Jowett
gptkb:William_Salter_Price
gptkb:William_Yate
gptkb:Henry_Martyn
gptkb:Allen_Gardiner
gptkb:William_Johnson
gptkb:John_Coleridge_Patteson
gptkb:Henry_Venn
gptkb:William_Thomas_Fairburn
gptkb:Mary_Slessor
gptkb:William_Broughton
gptkb:William_Wharton_Cassels
William Wilson Cash
William Henry Temple Gairdner
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Church_Missionary_Intelligencer
gptkb:The_Church_Missionary_Gleaner
Church Missionary Record
Church Missionary Society Proceedings
gptkbp:website https://churchmissionsociety.org
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anglican_Church_in_Nigeria
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7