A Study on Business as Christian Evangelism

Christian missionaries have used a variety of evangelistic methods and strategies in order to change the religion of non-Christians since the past. One of these methods is "business as evangelism". Establishing various commercial organizations and companies in different fields in this evangelistic method, they create some jobs for native people in poor areas and help them to earn income, and thus provide the ground to attract them to Christianity and change their religion. The purpose of this business is to create economic prosperity and thus the Christian missionaries claim to contribute to the growth of the local economy and increase social welfare, besides earning money to cover the costs of their missionary activity. The focus of this missionary activity is on developing countries, including Islamic countries, where Christian missionaries may not be allowed to work officially. Considering the lack of access or the difficulty of access to field information, the present research uses the method of collecting library information and is written based on the available sources of "Missiology" using a descriptive-analytical method.