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American Bible Society publishes and distributes interconfessional translations of the Christian Bible [1] and provides study aids and other tools to help people engage with it. Founded on May 11, 1816, in New York City , it is best known for its Good News Translation of the Bible, written in the contemporary vernacular.
1816 – Robert Moffat arrives in Africa; [80] American Bible Society founded [81] 1816 Bishop Richard Allen, a former slave, founds the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first African-American denomination; 1817 – James Thompson, agent for British and Foreign Bible Society, begins distributing Bibles throughout Latin America [82]
Jay, who served as vice-president (1816–1821) and president (1821–1827) of the American Bible Society, [50] believed that the most effective way of ensuring world peace was through propagation of the Christian gospel.
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Boudinot was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814. [8] A devout Presbyterian, Boudinot supported missions and missionary work. He wrote The Age of Revelation in response to Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason. He was one of the founders of the American Bible Society, and after 1816 served as its president.
Some of these became national organizations, such as the American Education Society in 1815 (which provided financial aid for seminary students), the American Bible Society in 1816, the American Colonization Society in 1817, and the American Temperance Society in 1826. Some of these were joint projects with Presbyterians. [70]
He played a role in the founding of the American Bible Society and the United Foreign Missionary Society. The 1806 meeting was the first documented by Americans to begin foreign missionary work. In addition, this meeting is considered to have resulted in formation of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The ABCFM gave ...
The 1815 General Assembly recommended the creation of societies to promote morality. Organizations such as the American Bible Society, the American Sunday School Union, and the American Colonization Society, while theoretically interdenominational, were dominated by Presbyterians and considered unofficial agencies of the Presbyterian Church. [35]