Constitution of the Waterloo Missionary Society

Abstract

This chapter introduces the Christians who organized dozens of missionary societies in the United States during the nineteenth century, supporting either foreign or domestic missions. It talks about the Christians in central and western New York that organized several missionary societies of their own in the early 1800s. It also highlights that several citizens of Waterloo, New York, formed a missionary society on October 27, 1817, as a branch of the General Missionary Society of the Western District of the State of New York. The chapter describes how the Waterloo Missionary Society held quarterly meetings at which members or visitors would speak about Christian missions. It features the constitution of the branch in Waterloo, which is representative of similar missionary societies that formed throughout the Burned-over District.