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The Norwegian Pentecostal Church, (Norwegian: De norske pinsemenigheters ytremisjon, abbreviated PYM) is a Christian organization that conducts Mission operations but also social work in many countries. The Pentecostal Foreign Mission of Norway is the collective term for Norwegian Pentecostal involvement in Christian missions, i.e. outside Norway. Social, pastoring work, and evangelism has been the most important work of the missionaries. The Pentecostal Foreign Mission of Norway is the third largest Norwegian Missionary Society, and has involvement in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. The Mission's main task is evangelism and to establish new churches (church planting). But along with this work, social and humanitarian work has always been important for their mission organization. There have been diaconal work, construction and operation of schools, translation of literature, developing writing where it lacked, training and knowledge of agriculture, water, medical offices, health and other assistance to improve the welfare of the communities. == Operations == * Missionary work in more than thirty countries on four continents. * Around three hundred active missionaries, of whom about half are on the mission field 〔figures from 2007〕 and together over a thousand missionaries were sent out.〔Johansen, O., Hagen, K.; Nyen, AN; Kolbjørnsrud, P. and Filberg, T.. 2010.〕 * Run 25 (figures from year 2004) development projects in cooperation with the Norwegian Missions Development Board. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Pentecostal Foreign Mission of Norway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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