mission work
Spreading faith abroad
Mission work is religious outreach, typically involving travel to spread faith, provide humanitarian aid, or establish churches in underserved areas.
The term is most common among Christians: She spent two years doing mission work in Guatemala.
Mission work may include evangelism, education, medical care, or community development, often in foreign countries or impoverished regions.
- discipleshipState of following a teacher
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- medical missionsHealthcare outreach journeys
- church plantingEstablishing new religious communities
- going abroadDeparting for foreign lands
culture shock · orphan care · unreached peoples · vocational training · tent making · literacy programs · Great Commission · refugee support · charity · prayer · emergency response teams · outreach · food distribution · forgiveness · worship · service · sacrifice · convert
- American LutheranismAugsburg Confession, Concordia, Valparaiso, parochial schools
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- serviceserve, help, aid, assist, cater
- American ProtestantismBaptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian
- Catholic ministrycatechists, evangelization, religious education, RCIA, youth ministry
mission workhumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
philanthropy · Peace Corps · Doctors Without Borders · community organizing · social work
mission workconversion
Act of changing states
atheism · apostasy · secularism · mission field · spiritual seeking
mission workmonasticism
Cloistered religious living
cloistered life · contemplative life · hermitage · religious retreat · staying home