Christian mission

Christian mission is the activity of proclaiming Christianity and establishing or supporting Christian communities. It includes evangelism, service, and cross-cultural work.

Evangelism: The communication of religious beliefs with the aim of inviting others to adopt them. Proclaiming the Christian message is a central activity of mission.
Missiology: The academic and theological study of Christian mission, its practice, and its purposes. Missiology examines the assumptions and methods that guide mission work.
Great Commission: A command in the Gospel of Matthew for Jesus's followers to make disciples among all nations. Many Christian traditions treat this passage as a biblical mandate for mission.
Christianity and colonialism: The historical and continuing entanglement of Christian institutions and beliefs with colonial power. Missionary work sometimes accompanied colonial expansion and could legitimize its hierarchies.
Interfaith dialogue: Structured conversation and cooperation among people from different religious traditions. Dialogue seeks mutual understanding rather than making conversion its central aim.
Christian missionary: A person who undertakes Christian mission work, often across cultural or geographic boundaries. Missionaries are among the people who carry out organized Christian mission.
Inculturation: The expression of Christian faith through forms shaped by a particular culture. Inculturation addresses how Christian practice can take root without simply importing foreign forms.
Paul the Apostle: An early Christian missionary and theologian whose letters became part of the New Testament. Paul's journeys and communities became enduring models of early Christian mission.
Residential schools in Canada: Institutions that separated Indigenous children from families to assimilate them into settler society, often with church involvement. Church-run and church-supported schools expose severe harms associated with some mission histories.
Secular humanitarianism: Humanitarian action grounded in secular principles rather than religious commitments. It can provide similar practical aid without Christian proclamation or institutional aims.

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