If the Church does not respond to this call, it is no longer a church in the true meaning of the word. The task of the Church of Sweden Mission is to strengthen and to make visible the good forces which want to establish the Kingdom of God in the world. Part of this task is to encourage the parishes of the Church of Sweden to closer fellowship with Christians in other parts of the world and to encourage greater solidarity with people who lack what we have. Tens of thousands of people in Sweden are engaged in the work of the Mission. Both within the Church and amongst their friends they want to demonstrate actively our responsibility for our fellow human beings in the Third World.
Man is a combination of body and soul.
Involvement in the work of the Mission thus has many aspects -sharing in services and prayers, raising funds and spreading knowledge about the unfair distribution of the world s resources. The Church of Sweden Mission was founded in 1874 and has since then been the extended arm of the Church of Sweden in its mission in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The first missionaries of the Church of Sweden Mission went to South Africa and India in 1876. They were soon followed by others who set out for Zimbabwe, China and Tanzania. The churches that were built up with the help of the Church of Sweden Mission at the beginning of this century are now independent and have their own leadership.