Contents 1 Religion 2 Politics and government 3 Other 4 Geography 5 Other uses 6 See also

A mission, from the Latin missum (English: sent), is a specific task, often religious, which a person or group has been charged with or adopts as their main purpose. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos It can also mean a school or other institution founded for religious education and/or evangelization. See also missionary, a related word in a religious context. A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes.

The mission of an organization is often stated explicitly in a mission statement. A mission statement is a brief statement of the purpose of a Company, Organization, or Group.

Religion

• Mission (Christian), a Christian missionary movement or post
  • Mission (station), a base of missionary practice
• List of Spanish missions, various missions established by the Spanish in the New World (modern Latin America, mostly) both to spread Christianity and to oversee colonization. See also Evangelism, Christianization A Christian mission has been widely defined since the Lausanne Congress of 1974 as that which A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. A religious Mission or Mission station is a location for Missionary work The Spanish established various missions throughout the New World as they colonized it often slightly varying in nature due to regional differences
• Bolivarian Missions, a series of social programs created during Hugo Chávez's rule of Venezuela. The Bolivarian Missions are a series of social justice social welfare anti-poverty educational electoral and military recruiting programs implemented under the administration of the
• Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area, often based on geographic regions, of proselytizing or service assignments by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Missionary (LDS Church)
  • Mission president, a priesthood leadership position LDS Church
• Most Canadian residential schools for aboriginal children were known as "the Mission"; one such is the namesake of Mission, British Columbia, another of Okanagan Mission in Kelowna, British Columbia

Politics and government

• Diplomatic mission, a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory
• Space mission, the launch of craft into outer space. This article is about a geographical administrative area within the LDS Church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church is one of the most active modern practitioners of Missionary work with over 50000 full-time missionaries Mission president is a priesthood leadership position in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church The Canadian residential school system consisted of a number of schools for Aboriginal children operated during the 19th and 20th century by churches of various denominations Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the Kelowna (2007 population 106707 metropolitan population of 165596 is a City on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one State or an international Inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space.
  • List of human spaceflights, a list of manned space missions. These chronological lists include all crewed spaceflights that reached an altitude of at least 100 km (the FAI definition of spaceflight or were launched with that intention but failed
• Combat mission, a military action.

Other

• Mission statement, a brief statement of the purpose of an organization
• Mission (slang), a slang term often used to describe a task or objective of which is considered difficult by the user

Mission may also refer to:

Geography

In the United States:

• Mission District, San Francisco, California, a neighborhood of San Francisco. A mission statement is a brief statement of the purpose of a Company, Organization, or Group. The Mission District, also commonly called "The Mission " is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, USA, named after the
  • Mission High School (San Francisco, California), a high school there. Mission High School is an American Public high school located in San Francisco California.
• Mission, Kansas
• Mission, Oregon
• Mission, South Dakota
• Mission, Texas
• Mission Ridge Ski Area, Washington

In Canada:

• Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality in British Columbia
• Mission, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
• Okanagan Mission, a neighbourhood of Kelowna BC, is locally known as "the Mission"

Non-English-language equivalents:

In Argentina

• Misiones Province

In Brazil:

• Missões, Brazil, a region of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions founded by Padre Roque Gonzales. Mission is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 9727 at the 2000 census. Mission is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Mission is a city in Todd County, South Dakota, United States, and the Rosebud Indian Reservation Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 45408 at the 2000 census The Mission Ridge Ski Area is a Ski resort located near Wenatchee, Washington, United States. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the The Mission district is an Inner city neighborhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada that originated as For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Missôes Brazil is a region of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil roughly occupying the same area previously dominated by the colonial missions founded by Padre Roque (ʁiu ˈgɾɐ̃de do ˈsuɫ lit "Large River of the South" is the southernmost State of Brazil, and the State with the fourth highest Human Development
  • São Miguel das Missões, one of the best preserved of the old colonial missions. São Miguel das Missões ( Portuguese for St Michael of the Missions) is a Unesco World Heritage site located in the small town of
  • Guarani das Missões
  • São Paulo das Missões
  • Campina das Missões

In Paraguay

• Misiones Department

See also:

• La Misión

Other uses

• Mission, the previous name of the music group currently known as "Crown City Rockers. Guarani das Missões is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. São Paulo das Missões is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Campina das Missões is a Brazilian City of the state of the Rio Grande do Sul, located at Latitude 27º59'20" S and Longitude Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Districts Misiones department is divided into ten districts: Ayolas San Ignacio San Juan La Misión may refer to La Misión Aguascalientes La Misión Baja California La Misión (Misión de San Miguel Baja California "
• Mission Vao, a character in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. For a list of characters from the Old Republic era of Star Wars not present in the Knights of the Old Republic games see List of Star Wars Old Republic characters
• Mission (grape), a variety of grape. Mission grapes are a variety of Vitis vinifera introduced from Spain to the western coasts of North and South America in the 1500s
• Mission bottle, a bottle in a pharmacy for an oral liquid drug given to a patient (as opposed to a stock bottle, which usually contains a bulk amount of liquid and is not to be given to patients).
• Mission British manufacturer of loudspeakers now owned by IAG
• Mission (hockey), an ice and roller hockey skates and equipment manufacturer
• Captain Mission, an 18th century pirate [[spaduti]] and captain of The Republic of the Sea who founded a short-lived utopian society. The International Audio Group (IAG is a Chinese manufacturer of consumer and professional audio & HiFi components Mission is a company that makes hockey equipment for both Ice hockey and Roller hockey. Libertatia (also known as Libertalia) is said to have been a free colony forged by Pirates under the leadership of Captain James Misson in the late

See also

• Quest

This article is about the word for other meanings see Quest (disambiguation A quest is a journey towards a goal used in Mythology

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