London Missionary Society

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:missionary
gptkbp:activityRegions gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Caribbean
gptkb:China
gptkb:India
gptkb:Madagascar
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:South_Pacific
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:founded 1795
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Congregationalists
gptkb:Presbyterians
gptkb:Evangelical_Anglicans
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label London Missionary Society
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Council_for_World_Mission
1977
gptkbp:motto 'A Missionary Society for the Conversion of the Heathen'
gptkbp:notableEvent Involvement in education and health care in mission fields
Abolition of slavery advocacy
Establishment of churches and schools
First missionary sent to Tahiti in 1797
Involvement in the Opium Wars context in China
Missionary work in Guyana
Missionary work in Hong Kong
Missionary work in Jamaica
Missionary work in Malaysia
Missionary work in Mauritius
Missionary work in Papua New Guinea
Missionary work in Samoa
Missionary work in Singapore
Missionary work in South Africa
Missionary work in Tonga
Missionary work in Vanuatu
Support for indigenous leadership in churches
Work among the Tswana people in Southern Africa
Translation of the Bible into various local languages
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:John_Williams
gptkb:William_Carey
gptkb:John_Philip
gptkb:Robert_Moffat
gptkb:Samuel_Marsden
gptkb:David_Livingstone
gptkb:James_Chalmers
gptkb:William_Ellis
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Chronicle_of_the_London_Missionary_Society
gptkb:Missionary_Magazine
gptkbp:purpose Christian missionary work
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4