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A Christian mission is an organized effort to carry on evangelism, in the name of the Christian faith. [1] Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries. [ 2 ]
Broadly speaking, missiology is "an interdisciplinary field of inquiry into Christian mission or missions that utilizes theological, historical, and various social scientific methods." [2] It has historically focused on the missionary and evangelistic work of Protestant and Catholic denominations from Europe and North America into other continents.
The goal of the Franciscan missions was to spread the Christian faith to the people of the New World through "word and example". [32] Spreading Christianity to the newly discovered continent was a top priority, but only one piece of the Spanish colonization system.
Missio Dei is a Latin Christian theological term that can be translated as the "mission of God", or the "sending of God".. It is a concept which has become increasingly important in missiology and in understanding the mission of the church since the second half of the 20th century.
Christian Aid Mission; Christian mission to Jews; Christian Missionary Fellowship International; Frontier missions; Christianity and colonialism; Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplaincy, Belfast; Church Pastoral Aid Society; Church planting; City Mission; Clown ministry; Colonial Missionary Society; Contextual theology; Council for World Mission
Lähetyskirkko, a Christian mission church in Ullanlinna, Helsinki, Finland. A Christian missionary can be defined as "one who is to witness across cultures". [2] The Lausanne Congress of 1974, defined the term, related to Christian mission as, "to form a viable indigenous church-planting movement". Missionaries can be found in many countries ...
Faith mission is a term used most frequently among evangelical Christians to refer to a missionary organization with an approach to evangelism that encourages its missionaries to "trust in God to provide the necessary resources". [1]
"Mission is not just a program of the church. It defines the church as God’s sent people. Either we are defined by mission, or we reduce the scope of the gospel and the mandate of the church. Thus our challenge today is to move from church with mission to missional church." [16] The mission of the Church is to spread the gospel.