Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- 宣教
- Transliteration
- syun1 gaau3
- Rejected alternatives
- 洋教傳播
Mission
Hong Kong’s mission history runs through British colonial-era Anglican and Catholic institutions as well as Protestant missions, giving ‘mission’ a different historical texture than in mainland Mandarin contexts (less 洋教/’foreign religion’ stigma given the churches’ long institutional presence in local education and healthcare), but public evangelism still requires sensitivity in the current political and social climate. Use 宣教 as the standard modern Cantonese Christian term.
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