London City Mission

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The London City Mission is a Christian organization founded in 1835 in London, United Kingdom. It originated from the 19th-century city mission movement, which aimed to provide spiritual, physical, and social aid to the urban poor.1

Similar to settlement houses and charitable societies, city missions emphasize religious conversion through evangelistic services. The London City Mission began with volunteer missionaries distributing tracts and conducting home visitations. Over time, their activities expanded to include Sunday schools, temperance programs, and providing essential resources like food, lodging, employment, and medical care for those in need. The work of the Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, also influenced and invigorated city mission efforts in Great Britain and beyond.1

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…City Mission (1826) and the London City Mission (1835) both sought to evangelize and rehabilitate the urban poor. Beginning with home visitation and tract distribution by volunteer lay missionaries, the city mission movement expanded into Sunday school, day school, and temperance activities with paid missionaries; and eventually it provided food,…
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…City Mission (1826) and the London City Mission (1835) both sought to evangelize and rehabilitate the urban poor. Beginning with home visitation and tract distribution by volunteer lay missionaries, the city mission movement expanded into Sunday school, day school, and temperance activities with paid missionaries; and eventually it provided food,…
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