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Henry Venn (1796-1873) was an Anglican clergyman who, like his father & grandfather before him, was influential in the evangelical movement and campaigned for social reform, eradication of the slave trade, & better education & economic progress in the British colonies so as to enable them to become responsible for their own affairs. Venn was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873, & alongside practical training & appointment of missionaries & ministers he spent time developing a theology of mission & principles for its practice. This book, published in its second edition in 1881, was edited by William Knight who had access to Venn's private journals & correspondence, & met Venn's niece, who provided the portrait of her uncle used as the frontispiece of the book. The appendix contains some of Venn's own accounts of his early missionary work.

Clergy --- Venn, Henry, --- Church Missionary Society. --- Church of England --- Venn, John, --- Anglican Church --- Anglikanskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Ecclesia Anglicana --- Kirche von England --- United Church of England and Ireland --- Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- C.M.S. --- Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East --- Church of England. --- CMS --- Society for Missions to Africa and the East --- Church Mission Society

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Missions --- Theory --- History of doctrines --- Church Missionary Society --- History --- 266:284 --- Protestantse missies --- 266:284 Protestantse missies --- Christian missions --- Christianity --- Missions, Foreign --- Religion --- Theology, Practical --- Proselytizing --- Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East --- Church of England. --- CMS --- Society for Missions to Africa and the East --- Church Mission Society --- History. --- C.M.S. --- Missions - Theory - History of doctrines - 19th century --- Missions - Theory - History of doctrines - 20th century

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It is part of current missiological orthodoxy that newly created churches should obtain independence from cross-cultural missionaries as soon as possible. It is not often realised that much Victorian missionary thinking shared that objective. This important new work examines the ideal of the self-governing church in the Victorian period through a study of the official mind of the Church Missionary Society. The study begins with an examination of Henry Venn's, the famous CMS Secretary, commitment to self-supporting, self-propagating and self-governing churches. Was he a lonely figure battling against the accepted wisdom of the mid-Victorian period? The author argues that he was not, and was, if anything a slightly conservative spokesman for much current wisdom. Far from his views being abandoned at his death, they were the accepted orthodoxy within CMS until the end of the century. Although they came under increasing attack in the nineties, it was not until the beginning of the twentieth century, particularly under the influence of Eugune Stock, that they were finally abandoned. The importance of this study lies not only in its ability to explain Victorian missionary development, but also because it takes on board the age-old issue of how quickly should a church become self-governing.

Indigenous church administration --- Missions --- History --- Theory --- History of doctrines --- 266 "18" --- 266:283 --- 266.2*2 --- -Missions --- -Christian missions --- Christianity --- Missions, Foreign --- Religion --- Theology, Practical --- Proselytizing --- Church administration, Indigenous --- Church management, Indigenous --- Native church administration --- Church management --- Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- Anglicaanse missies --- Lokale kerken --- -Theory --- -History of doctrines --- Devolution --- Venn, Henry --- Church Missionary Society --- -Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East --- Church of England. --- CMS --- Society for Missions to Africa and the East --- Church Mission Society --- -266 "18" --- -Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- -Venn, Henry --- -History --- 266.2*2 Lokale kerken --- 266:283 Anglicaanse missies --- -Indigenous church administration --- -266.2*2 Lokale kerken --- Christian missions --- Venn, Henry, --- Anjuman-i Tablīghī-i Kilīsā --- C.M.S. --- Venn, John,