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Basel Mission

Mission 21
Predecessor
  • German Missionary Society
  • Basel Evangelical Missionary Society
  • Basel Mission Society
  • Basel Mission
Formation25 September 1815 (1815-09-25)[1]
TypeChristian missionary society
Purpose
  • Missions, theological, cultural exchange and research
  • Development cooperation in poverty reduction, peacebuilding, health, women and gender
HeadquartersBasel, Switzerland
Location
Region served
Worldwide especially Africa, Asia and Latin America
Official language
President
Johannes Blum
Director
Jochen Kirsch
WebsiteMission 21

The Basel Mission was a Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to Mission 21, the successor organization of Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione (KEM), founded in 2001.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Heuser, Andreas (July 2016). "Perceptions of Basel Mission History In Ghana" (PDF). Ghana Bulletin of Theology. 5. New Series: 73–90.

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