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The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational missions in Oceania, Africa, and the Americas, although there were also Presbyterians (notable for their ...
Joseph Hardcastle's grave, Bunhill Fields, London. Joseph Hardcastle (1752–1819) was an English merchant. One of the founders of the Missionary Society, later the London Missionary Society, he devoted time and money to its affairs, becoming its first treasurer. [1]
In 1809 they formed the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews. The missionary Joseph Frey is often credited with the instigation of the break with the London Missionary Society. A later missionary was C.W.H. Pauli. Abbreviated forms such as the London Jews' Society or simply The Jews' Society were adopted for general use.
John Williams was a missionary ship under the command of Captain Robert Clark Morgan (1798–1864) and owned by the London Missionary Society (LMS). She was named after John Williams (1796–1839), a missionary who had been active in the South Pacific. [1] She was paid for by the contribution of English school children. [2]
The Reverend William James Gardner (1825 – 25 November 1874) was a missionary of the London Missionary Society in Jamaica. He wrote a history of Jamaica that was published in 1873, founded the first Building Society in Jamaica, and also founded the Society for Promotion of Pure Literature.
1792 Baptist Missionary Society; 1795 London Missionary Society; 1796 Scottish Missionary Society; 1799 Church Missionary Society; 1799 Religious Tract Society; 1804 British and Foreign Bible Society; 1809 London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews (now known as the Church's Ministry Among Jewish People or CMJ) 1813 Wesleyan ...
In August 1824 they had to return to England, as Mrs Ellis was in poor health, and so took a ship via America. Back in London, Ellis published his narrative of travels in Hawaii. He was selected as Assistant Foreign Secretary of the London Missionary Society in 1830 and its Chief Foreign Secretary in 1832, holding the office for seven years. [7]
He was a director of the London Missionary Society; and in 1837 he became one of the founders of the Metropolitan Chapel Fund Association. [ 6 ] From 1794, Wilson was treasurer of Hoxton Academy , where he took over from his father; [ 1 ] and was also treasurer to its successor Highbury College, Middlesex .