What is a missionary church
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Missionaries go into a community to teach about Jesus Christ and the Christian faith. Missionary work depends on where the individual or group of missionaries are going (international or local communities). At the very least, a missionary’s first responsibility is to God, then to their church or missions agency.
What Are the Duties of a Missionary?
A missionary may perform their work through formal teaching in a classroom or religious setting or through informal communication. In addition, many missionaries perform acts of community building. The particular mission’s goal may depend on the skill set and education of the missionaries.
For example, a missionary with a background in education may serve as a teacher in another country. Likewise, missionaries with construction experience may use their skills and knowledge to help a community needing building infrastructure.
The essential duty of missionaries is to teach people about Jesus Christ and His great commandment to love God and others. This means ensuring that their actions not only fulfill a need but are sus
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Missionary
Member of a religious group sent into an area to promote their faith
For other uses, see Missionary (disambiguation).
"Mission partner" redirects here. For other uses, see Mission (disambiguation) and Partner (disambiguation).
A missionary is a member of a religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.[1][2]
In the Latin translation of the Bible, Jesus Christ says the word when he sends the disciples into areas and commands them to preach the gospel in his name. The term is most commonly used in reference to Christian missions, but it can also be used in reference to any creed or ideology.[3]
The word mission originated in 1598 when Jesuits, the members of the Society of Jesus sent members abroad, derived from the Latin missionem (nom.missio), meaning 'act of sending' or mittere, meaning 'to send'.[4]
By religion
Buddhist missions
The first Buddhist mi
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What Is a Missionary and What Do They Do?
The Christian community is full of words that people frequently use but rarely stop to define. One of these words is the term “missionary.” If you want to learn what a missionary is and what they do, keep reading! We explore formal definitions from the Bible and dictionary, as well as real-life examples of missionary duties.
Missionaries According to the Bible
Technically, the word missionary doesn’t appear in the Bible. However, the root word of missionary is mission, which comes from the Latin missio and has a Greek equivalent you’ll probably recognize: apostelló.
Apostelló, or apostle in English, appears throughout the Bible and frequently in the four Gospels. Based on the definition and usage of the word, we learn that an apostle, or a missionary, is someone who is sent to share the saving knowledge of Jesus with unbelievers.
Jesus Himself commissioned the original apostles (Matthew 28:16–20). To honor that distinction, many churches use the term “missionary” now instead of “apostle,” but the principle of sending someone o
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