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  • The Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge In British North America, 1730–1775

  • Frederick V. Mills, Sr
  • Journal:
    Church History / Volume 63 / Issue 1 / March 1994
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 July 2009, pp. 15-30
    Print publication:
    March 1994

  • Three major Protestant missionary organizations—the Company for the ropagation of the Gospel in New England (the NEC, founded 1649), the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG, founded 1701), and the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge (SSPCK, founded 1709)—all played significant roles in Christianizing and civilizing the inhabitants of British North America. The New England Company had the longest history and is the oldest Protestant missionary organization. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts sent no fewer than three hundred missionaries to America between 1701 and 1783. While the NEC and the SPG have received scholarly attention, the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge has been virtually ignored.