Faith mission

In missiology, a mission of faith refers to those mostly evangelical interdenominational mission organizations that largely dispense with direct advertising and fundraising for financing .

history

The so-called faith missions go back to the English dentist and missionary Anthony Norris Groves . Groves, a member of the Brethren movement , refused to collect donations for his missionary work in the traditional way and appealed to them ( Mt 19:21 LUT ). Groves is considered the father of faith missions.

A number of mission societies in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries emerged on the faith mission model, including the Inland China Mission (CIM) founded by Hudson Taylor . Taylor, like Groves, followed the principle in his work not to solicit donations directly from the Christian public. The CIM missionaries were also not guaranteed any payment.

Today the faith missions in Germany are counted among the evangelical missions organized in the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Evangelicaler Missions (AEM).

Web links

Individual evidence

^ J. Gordon Melton: Groves, Anthony Norris . (1795-1853). In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 253 (English).
↑ Timothy Yates: English Missions . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 2 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , p. 1314 .
↑ Jessie G. Lutz: China Inland Mission . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 2 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , p. 162 .
^ Karl Lagershausen: Faith Mission . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 3 . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1994, ISBN 3-417-24643-1 , p. 774 .

[1] J. Gordon Melton: Groves, Anthony Norris . (1795-1853). In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 253 (English).

[2] Timothy Yates: English Missions . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 2 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , p. 1314 .

[3] Jessie G. Lutz: China Inland Mission . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 2 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , p. 162 .

[4] Karl Lagershausen: Faith Mission . In: Helmut Burkhardt and Uwe Swarat (ed.): Evangelical Lexicon for Theology and Congregation . tape 3 . R. Brockhaus Verlag, Wuppertal 1994, ISBN 3-417-24643-1 , p. 774 .