The Church Mission Society (CMS) was founded in 1799 by clergy of the Church of England and was renamed the Church Mission Society for Africa and the East in 1812.[1] The CMS ran a total of 16 missions in Africa from 1803 to 1949.[2] The missionaries sent by the CMS “spread the gospel not only through evangelistic work but through education and medical care, by providing schools for children, colleges for adults, training in industry for men, and in crafts and household skills for women and medical training for those who worked in hospitals and dispensaries.”[3] By 1899, the CMS had sent out 1,556 men and 550 women.[4]
[1] The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Church Missionary Society." Encyclopedia Britannica, March 20, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Church-Missionary-Society.
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