missions

Scope Note

Religious proselytizing and evangelism; religious conversions; organized missionary activities (e.g., by sects within the society, by missions from other societies; by foreign missions abroad); mission organizations; mission stations; missionaries or evangelists (e.g., qualifications, selection, prerogatives and disabilities, religious activities); secular activities of missions and missionaries (e.g., education, medicine, technological assistance); etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 790 ecclesiastical organization

Related Terms

• 747 private welfare agencies
• 786 ecstatic religious practices