@article{2020,title={A New USA Based Missionary Model: American Board Organization Under the Influence of British},abstractNode={In the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire strongly felt the disintegration and collapse process, the Western missionaries' activities towards Anatolia also accelerated. In the aforementioned century, Protestants would be the most effective representatives of the missionary activities, that the historical background dates back to 1551 and which were initially carried out by the members of the Catholic sect. The Protestant missionary activities began under the leadership of Britain, would soon influence the United States. The most important problem of the USA, which is a newly established state, is recognisability. USA executives who are aware of this, have tried to turn this situation into an opportunity. Missionaries have been regarded as semi-official representatives who would promote their countries politically, culturally, and socially. This support would also have significant advantages when evaluated from the perspective of missionaries. In this way, they would secure themselves and have the opportunity to move more comfortably in the region in which they operate. When it is evaluated in this context, it can be concluded that the Protestant missionary has a structure that, contrary to what it is claimed, it takes care of the interest of its country, rather than the religious targets. This article will primarily focus on the liaison between the United States and Great Britain in the context of missionary activities. In addition, how the USA, that is the ‘New World State', was affected by Britain, one of the oldest and deep-rooted states of the 'Old World', constitutes one of the basic elements of this study. On the other hand, the factors that reveal the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), which was established in 1810 and played one of the most important intermediary roles in the USA in contact with the Ottoman Empire in particular, and the outside world in general, is the second important point that the article will focus on. It will also be mentioned that the said organization has a secular structure rather than a religious one. This feature of the organization will be tried to be explained by considering the recent sermons given by Pliny Fisk and Levi Parsons, the first two missionaries sent by the American Board to the Ottoman lands. Accordingly, another important issue within the scope of the study is that one of the main objectives of the said organization is to realize the interests and expectations of its country.},author={Muhsin ÖNAL},year={2020},journal={Turkish Studies - Historical Analysis}}