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The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions was an organization founded in 1886 that sought to recruit college and university students in the United States for missionary service abroad. It also sought to publicize and encourage the missionary enterprise in general.
They became known as the “Mount Hermon Hundred” and later, as more members joined, became the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions (SVM) in 1888. [1] Wilder continued his recruitment work, and from 1886 to 1887, he reached out to students at over 162 educational institutions, recruiting 2,000 students to become foreign ...
The Student Volunteer Movement worked among the 200,000 or more college students of North America, while the Young People's Missionary Movement among the 14,000,000 Sunday-school scholars, the 5,000,000 members of the young people's societies, and among other unorganized young people in the United States and Canada.
In an extended period of furlough he was a traveling representative for the Student Volunteer Movement, and his speaking ability in motivating for missions was legendary. [19] His itinerary was herculean: in America in 1914 he gave 151 addresses in 113 days across the country. [20] W.H.T. Gairdner called him 'a steam engine in breeches'. [20]
Their influence extended to America where it led to the formation of Robert Wilder's Student Volunteer Movement. All seven had become born-again Christians and were moved by their beliefs to go to China in 1885 to spread these beliefs and to help the local population; most remained in or connected to missionary work for the rest of their lives.
The Catholic Students Mission Crusade (CSMC), was a mission education organization, founded in 1918 by two Society of Divine Word seminarians, Clifford J. King and Robert B. Clark, who wanted to establish an organization similar to the highly successful Protestant Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions that John Mott had founded.
Mission work has continued, with evolving purpose. In 1906, the ABCFM held a centennial commemoration. Groups considered to be spiritual heirs of the HPM include Global Ministries of the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Student Volunteer Movement-2 (SVM-2), and Luke18 Project.
Student Christian Movement of Great Britain (or SCM) is a British religious charity led by students, past and present. The movement is an ecumenical and inclusive community that recognises unity in diversity and explores faith through worship, discussion and action. SCM's vision is that "every student can find a vibrant, open and inclusive ...