• Ms.J.Princy
• Dr.T.N.Suseela

The Great Commission of evangelism is sharing the Good News of salvation, forgiveness and grace to all. Christian missions have been in the forefront of evangelisation, in obedience to the command of the Master. The Church exists to give witness to the Gospel. Though the task of Evangelism began in the Kerala-Kanniyakumari region right from the time of St.Thomas the Apostle of Jesus Christ in the first century and after the coming of St.Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary in the 16th century, it was vigorously activated at the advent of the missionaries of the London Missionary Society who proclaimed the Gospel from the early 19th century and through major part of the 20th century. The awakening of the social and cultural consciousness of the country has led the educated Christian leaders to search for self-identity among the western mission societies. This awakening has resulted in the formation of a number of indigenous missions in India and the liberation of the once depressed and oppressed classes to find the true path to Salvation and Liberation. When the need for an indigenous mission was felt in the Travancore region, the South Travancore Church Council initiated missionary works by actuating the Home Missionary Society in this region in 1900 A.D. The HMS since then has grown and developed into an expansive and resourceful organisation bringing thousands of souls to the fold of Christian faith.

Indigenous Movements, Evangelism, Conscientisation, Oppressed Classes, LMS, CMS, HMS, Zenana Mission, IMS, NMSI, Emancipation, Empowerment etc.

"Indigenous Movements and the Growth of The Home Missionary Society in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.463-472, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812E84.pdf

"Indigenous Movements and the Growth of The Home Missionary Society in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp463-472, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812E84.pdf