Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions

Originally organized by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in 1816 as the Board of Missions; name changed by the Old School assembly to Board of Domestic Missions in 1855; at the reunion of the Old and New School assemblies, the Board of Home Missions was established by merging the Board of Domestic Missions [O.S.] with the Presbyterian Committee on Home Missions [N.S.] in 1870, and incorporated in 1872. The new consolidated board was charged with continuing the work of its Old School/New School predecessors, specifically in sponsoring mission outreach programs and aiding church erection on the frontier. Between 1870 and the general reorganization in 1923, the Board broadened the scope of its activites considerably, assuming responsibility for the Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions in 1878; in 1893 the last of the American Indian missions were transferred from the Board of Foreign Missions to Home Missions, and the following year the Board assumed responsibility for Jewish evangelization, and also, in 1922, Oriental mission work within the U.S. Following the general reorganization in 1923, the work of the Board of Home Missions was transferred to the newly formed Board of National Missions.

From the description of Records, 1855-1952. (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 9544636