English Wesleyan Mission

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The English Wesleyan Mission (also known as a Wesleyan Missionary Society) was a British

Methodist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as New Zealand and China in the 19th century.[1]

Mission to New Zealand

The English Wesleyan minister Samuel Leigh visited New Zealand from Sydney, and on his return to England he proposed to the Missionary Society[clarification needed] that a mission should be established in New Zealand. In February 1823 he arrived with William White and James Stack in Whangaroa Harbour and established Wesleydale, the Wesleyan mission at Kaeo, which is inland from the Whangaroa Harbour. John Hobbs and Nathaniel Turner arrived in Whangaroa Harbour in August 1823 with the Revd. Samuel Marsden, a Church Missionary Society (CMS) member who assisted the Wesleyan mission purchase land from the local Māori.[2]

In 1826, Hongi Hika, a Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe), moved to conquer Whangaroa. On 10 January 1827 a party of his warriors, without his knowledge, ransacked Wesleydale. The missionaries sought refuge at the CMS mission in Paihia and the Wesleydale mission was abandoned.[3]

In 1827, Hobbs and Stack established a new mission at Manganugnu in the Hokianga.[4] Between 1840 and 1845, the missionaries established further mission stations on the west coast of the North Island, including at Aotea, New Plymouth and Waimate (South Taranaki).[2] In 1846 there were 14 mission stations with 17 missionaries, 345 native helpers, 2,960 church members, and 4,834 children at school.[2]

Mission to China

The Wesleyan Missionary Society sent out Revs. W. R. Beach and J. Cox to

Wuchang, and the work begun. A ladies' auxiliary society also sent out female workers. In 1890 there were 25 missionaries at work, with six lady agents, two ordained native pastors, 33 unordained native helpers, and 975 communicants.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ American Presbyterian Mission (1867), p. v-vi
  2. ^ a b c McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Wesleyan Missionary Society 1823–40". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, March 1867". Wangaroa, New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ^ McLintock, A. H. (1966). "Hobbs, John". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ISBN 9781409470496
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  6. ^ Townsend (1890), 244-246

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