The Basel Mission is a missionary society that operates around the world. Members of the society come from many different Protestant denominations. A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... Protestantism is one of three main groups within Christianity, whose beliefs are centered on Jesus. ... A denomination, in the Christian sense of the word, is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and/or doctrine. ...

The mission was founded as the German Missionary Society in 1815. The mission later changed its name to the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society, and finally the Basel Mission. The society built a school to train Dutch and British missionaries in 1816. Since this time, the mission has begun missions to Russia and the Gold Coast in 1828, India in 1834, China in 1847, Cameroon in 1886, Borneo in 1921, Nigeria in 1951, and Latin America and the Sudan in 1972 and 1973. Since World War II, the mission has operated abroad via local church congregations. As of November 2002, the major countries or regions of operation were Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile, China (Hong Kong), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Peru, Singapore, Sudan, and Taiwan. Flag of Gold Coast Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa. ... Borneo (left) and Sulawesi. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian...

A major focus for the Basel Mission is to create employment opportunities for the people of the area where each mission is located. To this end the society teaches printing, tile manufacturing, and weaving, and employs people in these fields. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... For the towns named Tile, see Tile, Somalia and Tile, Lebanon; for the progressive rock band, see Tiles (band). ... Tweed loom, Harris, 2004 Woven sheet Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth. ...

References

• Brick, Caroline (November 2002). "Basel Mission Records". Mundus: Gateway to missionary collections in the United Kingdom. Accessed 17 November 2006.