Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Foreign Missions Committee
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1863-
History
The Foreign Missions Committee was established by the "Southern Church" of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. The Southern Church was represented by the Presbyterian Synod of Otago and Southland and was based on the Free Church of Scotland ideals.
The Foreign Mission Committee was elected to take charge of missionary activities for the "Southern Church" of the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand. This included administering all foreign mission appointments and matters and organising an annual mission collection to support missionaries in the field.
Places
New Zealand, Otago, Southland
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mission
Mandates/sources of authority
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Department of Communications (c.1948-1975)
Identifier of the related entity
Category of the relationship
temporal