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{{Short description|Evangelical Christian movement seeking a rebirth of Christianity}}
{{About|the German religious movement|the Danish movement|The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark}}
The '''Inner Mission''' ({{langx|de|Innere Mission}}, also translated as '''Home Mission''') was and is a movement of German [[evangelicalism|evangelists]], set up by [[Johann Hinrich Wichern]] in [[Wittenberg]] in 1848 based on a model of [[Theodor Fliedner]]. It quickly spread from Germany to other countries.

Like other [[Mission (Christian)|missions]], the Inner Mission sought a "rebirth" of Christianity, by means of the doctrine of "brotherly love" and a social programme of charity (social service) and Christian education.

An '''inner mission''' or '''rescue mission''' is a project set up by Christian groups to aid the poor and sick in the home country of the group. The word inner reflects that mission is within a single country's boundaries – generally a "mission" is presumed to be overseas.

==Specific inner missions==
The [[City Mission]] movement, with the [[London City Mission]] and the [[New York City Rescue Mission]] and the [[Wesley Mission]] in Australia are examples.

Having grown up in Germany, birthplace of the movement, Rev. [[Johannes Lauritzen]] served Lutheran churches in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] and established a rescue mission there about 1890. His congregational work and his work with the poor and imprisoned led him to produce a translation of the New Testament that was aimed at people with less education and exposure to Biblical concepts.

The Danish version was, for a time, run by [[Vilhelm Beck]].

==See also==
* [[The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Inner Mission|year=1905}}
*{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Rauhes Haus|year=1920}}

==External links==
* [http://www.agrm.org Association of Gospel Rescue Missions]
* [http://nycrescue.org New York City Rescue Mission]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150913004632/http://www.eurim.net/ The EURopean network of Inner Mission Movements (founded 1984)]

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[[Category:Christian missions]]
[[Category:History of Protestantism in Germany]]


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