The Church Missionary Gleaner
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The Church Missionary Gleaner was a 19th- and early 20th-century Anglican missionary periodical that reported on overseas mission work and promoted evangelical interest and support among readers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Church Missionary Society publications | 1 |
| The Church Missionary Gleaner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5506240 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Church Missionary Gleaner Context triple: [Church Missionary Society, hasPublication, The Church Missionary Gleaner]
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A.
International Review of Mission
International Review of Mission is an academic journal focusing on Christian mission studies, theology, and practice, published under the auspices of the World Council of Churches.
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B.
China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission was a prominent 19th- and 20th-century Protestant missionary organization founded by Hudson Taylor that focused on evangelizing the inland regions of China.
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C.
The Story of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
*The Story of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church* is a historical account by Florence Howe Hall that chronicles the origins, development, and impact of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s women-led foreign missionary organization.
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D.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was an Anglican missionary organization founded in 1701 to promote and support Christian evangelism and church establishment in Britain’s overseas colonies.
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E.
Ad Gentes
Ad Gentes is the Second Vatican Council’s decree on the missionary activity of the Church, outlining Catholic theology and practice of evangelization in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Church Missionary Gleaner Target entity description: The Church Missionary Gleaner was a 19th- and early 20th-century Anglican missionary periodical that reported on overseas mission work and promoted evangelical interest and support among readers.
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A.
International Review of Mission
International Review of Mission is an academic journal focusing on Christian mission studies, theology, and practice, published under the auspices of the World Council of Churches.
-
B.
China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission was a prominent 19th- and 20th-century Protestant missionary organization founded by Hudson Taylor that focused on evangelizing the inland regions of China.
-
C.
The Story of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
*The Story of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church* is a historical account by Florence Howe Hall that chronicles the origins, development, and impact of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s women-led foreign missionary organization.
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D.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was an Anglican missionary organization founded in 1701 to promote and support Christian evangelism and church establishment in Britain’s overseas colonies.
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E.
Ad Gentes
Ad Gentes is the Second Vatican Council’s decree on the missionary activity of the Church, outlining Catholic theology and practice of evangelization in the modern world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican periodical
ⓘ
Christian magazine ⓘ missionary periodical ⓘ religious magazine ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Church Missionary Society publications
ⓘ
linked to:
The Church Missionary Gleaner
|
| aimedTo |
shape public opinion about missionary work
ⓘ
strengthen support for overseas missions ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglican missionaries
ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
Britain
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Britain
British Empire ⓘ |
| contentType |
articles
ⓘ
illustrations ⓘ letters from missionaries ⓘ reports from mission stations ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
missionary literature
ⓘ
religious periodical ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
British imperial era
ⓘ
Victorian religious publishing ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
to increase donations to mission work
ⓘ
to inspire missionary vocations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
Anglican missionary activity
ⓘ
evangelical missions ⓘ overseas mission work ⓘ |
| publisher | Church Missionary Society ⓘ |
| purpose |
to encourage financial support for missions
ⓘ
to inform readers about missionary societies ⓘ to promote evangelical interest in missions ⓘ to report on overseas mission work ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
|
| religiousOrientation | evangelical Anglican ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Protestant evangelical ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Anglican evangelicals
ⓘ
lay readers interested in missions ⓘ supporters of the Church Missionary Society ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| topic |
biographies of missionaries
ⓘ
conversion narratives ⓘ descriptions of non‑European cultures ⓘ fundraising appeals ⓘ mission field news ⓘ missionary reports ⓘ |
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Subject: The Church Missionary Gleaner Description of subject: The Church Missionary Gleaner was a 19th- and early 20th-century Anglican missionary periodical that reported on overseas mission work and promoted evangelical interest and support among readers.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: The Church Missionary Gleaner