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Due to colonization and mission, Christianity has become a worldwide religion. The Dutch Church played a huge role in this globalizations process. It had an overwhelming number of missionaries overseas. And at home, there were numerous fundraising and missionary animation projects. The overseas mission also influenced the Dutch church. It enhanced its Catholic, universal identity. Since the beginning of the 21^st century, there is a new era in mission. Whereas fundraising and missionary animation for mission ad extra go on, foreign missionaries come to The Netherlands and dioceses start their own programs for mission ad intra, taking into account that the overwhelming majority of the Dutch population has no affiliation with Christianity. From a practice theory perspective, this course offers a critical reflection on old missiological issues in a new context, global and local: the relationship between ‘sending’ and ‘receiving’ churches, between church and world, between pastoral and missionary work, between direct and indirect mission means: evangelization or diakonia?