Philosophy of Mission in the Bible
Abstract
Today one fourth of the inhabitants of the world proclaim Christianity as their religion. This popularity of the faith started after 15th century, when Western Christian powers started colonizing the people of Africa, Asia and South East Asia. Christian Mission took benefit of conducive circumstances to spread its message in the subjugated nations. Missionaries put a lot of efforts to win the hearts of people. Missionaries had to face a lot of difficulties and even some of them had to scarify their lives. Muslim scholars with reference to the Bible opine that the message of Jesus was only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. In spite of the view, is it not logical to enquire the real reason behind the success of mission? Was it only political backing that caused the spread of Christianity or the Bible contains a viable message and methodology of mission? This article is an effort to glean the teachings and philosophy of mission in the Bible.
