Norwegian Missionary Society
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The Norwegian Missionary Society (Norske Misjonsselskab, NMS) was started by a group of approx 180 people in the town of Stavanger in Norway in August 1842. The goal was to spread the Christian religion to other peoples, mainly in Africa.
[edit] The first missionaries
Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder became the first emissary, leaving for Zululand in 1843.
[edit] Countries
NMS currently has emissaries in 13 countries or regions. The countries are
- Estonia
- France
- Croatia
- Cameroon
- Mali
- Ethiopia
- South Africa
- Madagascar
- Brazil
- Pakistan
- China
- Thailand
- Japan
The society also works with the Middle East through satellite TV, since it is illegal to build churches in most of the countries there.
