Christian missiology

Missiology in a general sense, may be defined as the study of the methods and means of: 1) gaining adherents of a religion in a location and or among a people where the religion was previously unestablished; 2) instructing these adherents in the tenets and practices of said religion; and 3) of developing the infrastructure of the religion's cult and other activities to a point where they are able to function adequately in relative independent from outside missionizing entities.

The term "missiology" originated from Christian circles in the 19??s ...