Mmisionari

Mmisionari (au Mwanamisheni) ni mtu wa dini fulani ambaye anafanya kazi ya kuieneza kwa wasio waumini wa dini hiyo. Kwa kawaida mhusika ni Mkristo, lakini si lazima.

Jina linatokana na neno la Kilatini missio lenye maana ya utume (kutuma au kutumwa).Online Etymology Dictionary. Etymonline.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-19. 

Mara nyingi, kazi hiyo inakwenda sambamba na utoaji wa huduma za kijamii, hasa elimu, afya, utetezi wa hakiBarua ya padri Andreas Amrhein kwa Papa Leo XIII tarehe 18 Aprili 1887 kuhusu mazungumzo yake na mkoloni Karl Peters: 
"Wao wanataka wamisionari kwa ajili ya faida yao wenyewe. Lakini nimeweka masharti: wamisionari wafanye kazi yao kwa uhuru wote, bila kupingwa kwa namna yoyote na wakoloni. Licha ya hayo naona kwamba wamisionari wataweza kuwalinda wenyeji wasinyonywe ovyo na wakoloni na wafanyabiashara"., maendeleo katika uchumi n.k.Missionary | Define Missionary at Dictionary.com. Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-19.Thomas Hale 'On Being a Missionary' 2003, William Carey Library Pub, ISBN 0878082557 

 Tanbihi 

 Marejeo 
 Project on Religion and Economic Change, Protestant Mission Stations 
 LFM. Social sciences & Missions 
 Henry Martyn Centre for the study of mission & world Christianity
 Sociology of Missions Project 
William Carey Library, Mission Resources
Hiney, Thomas: On the Missionary Trail, New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (2000), p5-22.
 EtymologyOnLine (word history)
Robinson, David Muslim Societies in African History (The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK 2004) ISBN 0-521-53366-X

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