Basel Mission

Mission 21
Predecessor	German Missionary Society; Basel Evangelical Missionary Society; Basel Mission Society; Basel Mission;
Formation	25 September 1815
Type	Christian missionary society
Purpose	Missions, theological, cultural exchange and research; Development cooperation in poverty reduction, peacebuilding, health, women and gender;
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Location	Missionsstrasse 21, Basel, Switzerland;
Region served	Worldwide especially Africa, Asia and Latin America
Official language	English; German;
President	Johannes Blum
Director	Jochen Kirsch
Website	Mission 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.

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