Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Certificate of agreement
Date
1819
Physical Description
Level of Current Record
Parent
Subject Notes
The Church Missionary Society (CMS) was the instrument through which the earliest missionaries came to NZ to christianise the Maori. The association itself was at first opposed to the colonisation of New Zealand. The Reverend Samuel Marsden secured the support of the CMS early in the 19th century and CMS missionaries arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1814 with Marsden. The CMS paved the way for the substantial influence of the Anglican Church in the early period of settlement.
The CMS was founded in 1799 and was dedicated to christian evangelism round the world. The movement was at its peak until midway through the 19th century, during which period it had powerful support from all sections of British public life.
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04 Nov 2022
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