What are missionaries?

Answer 1

Missionaries are people who go out (generally to Another Country) to convert people to their religion. ( normaly it is religion but it also can be explores coming from different areas converting people to one thing ex. religion)
A missionary is a religious man or woman who aims to preach and pray for the people and their country. They help in ways specific to the culture, finding areas that need extra attention and working with the locals to make self-sustaining changes.

Missionaries usually come from a particular church or denomination. An individual might decide to become a missionary after they feel the burden of responding to their religion's call for missionaries (for example, a Christian's call from The Bible can be found in Mark 16:15 "And he (Jesus) said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature"). They are then sent from and supported by their particular church or denomination to go into the world with the "mission" of sharing their faith and persuading others to join them in their faith. Often missionary work is accompanied by humanitarian work, such as caring for the sick (a medical missionary), teaching, running orphanages, righting for social injustice and protecting God's creations.

A missionary is a person who fulfills the Great Commission which is go out unto the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

A.

There are many definitions. Here are a few to think about.

1. A Christian who works cross-culturally to draw people to Christ. (Obviously, this would have to be modified for missionaries from other religions such as Islam).

2. All Christians (since all Christians are supposed to spread their faith).

3. People who do Christian Ministry outside of the local church, that does not necessarily seek to draw people into that same church. (In other words, it is separating Missions, from Church Member Care work, and Church Growth Work).

I prefer definition #3, but most prefer definition #1. Some would add that a missionary should be full-time, professional, and long-term. This is to separate from part-time, bivocational, or short-term workers.

Some also assume that missionaries must be involved mostly with evangelism (taking those who are not Christians and bringing them to Christ). Others take a broader understanding of missions to include such things as discipleship, leader development, teaching, and social ministry.)

A.

A missionary is a person of a particular faith that works either within their own culture or that of another nation to spread the basic beliefs and tenets of their faith.

Answer 2

Missionaries are representatives of a religion sent to promote or force that religion and their cultural expectations on people of another culture based on the missionaries understanding that they "know what is best". The agreement of that country or its people is not necessary for the activity of the missionaries.

Answer 3

a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.