Mission Society

Mission associations are associations that aim to promote external missions materially and spiritually .

Since the previous main pillars of the mission, Portugal , Spain and France , failed in the 19th century and the mission orders became impoverished, mission associations emerged. They supported both the traditional mission orders and the newly established mission societies .

The Pontifical Mission Societies are most important in the Catholic Church .

Well-known mission associations in Germany are the Ludwigs Missionsverein , Missio , the Kindheit-Jesu-Verein , the work of the Holy Apostle Peter and the Xaverius-Verein . The zeitgeist prevailing in the middle of the 19th century also gave rise to names such as the association for the support of poor negro children . There are also mission associations for individual countries such as B. the Petrus-Claver-Sodality for the Africa mission, the German Association of the Holy Land, the Catholica Unio for the Orient. Most associations support individual mission orders or mission societies such as B. the Dominicans , Franciscans , Capuchins , or White Fathers .

There are also mission medical organizations and aid agencies for development aid such as the Missions-Verkehrs-Arbeitsgemeinschaft (MIVA).

The mission associations of the Protestant Church are generally organized on a decentralized basis at the regional church level.

Mission Society

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