---
title: 'The Mission and Opportunity of American Christianity'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'David Schley Schaff'
date: 1904-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Domestic Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 1'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/schaff-1904-the-mission-and-opportunity-of-american-christianity
---

# The Mission and Opportunity of American Christianity

Argues that American Christianity has a special mission: to evangelize diverse immigrant peoples, uphold church independence from the state, and shape national religious life.

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