Missions to the Heathen Committee
Dates
- Usage: April 1859 - November 1887
Appointment
The following committees were appointed with instructions to report to next meeting of Assembly: —
On Missions to the Heathen: The Moderator, Dr. Cairns and Messrs. I. Hetherington, James Ballantyne, John Ballantyne, C. Moir, J. Nish, J. Ogilvy, D. Ogilvy, and J. Macqueen. Mr. Hetherington, convener.
_Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 1859
Later Subcommittees comprised of: Mission to the South Sea Islands (1862) Rev J Clark; Mission to the New Hebrides (1863) Rev J Clark and (1869) Rev D Macdonald; and Mission to the Chinese and Aboriginals (1863) Rev G Mackie (1875) Rev R Hamilton.
In 1887 this Committee became the Foreign Missions Committee. Convenors of this Committee over the years from 1859 to 1887 were:
1859 Rev A J Campbell; 1866 Rev J Nish; 1869 Rev WF Main; 1876 Rev R Hamilton/M Macdonald; 1877 Rev M Macdonald; 1878 Rev M Macdonald/JM Abernethy; 1879 Rev M Macdonald; 1881 Rev M Macdonald/FRM Wilson; 1882 Rev FRM Wilson; 1883 Rev M Macdonald/Rev FRM Wilson; 1884 Rev A Hardie