Mission hospitals were a remarkably successful strategy in 20th-century mission work, especially in Africa. A century ago, the average mission organization would find the highest-elevation spot it could in a region (to reduce the risk of malaria) and build a hospital, a school, and a church on that site. Over time, those places became thriving centers of evangelism and discipleship as missionaries taught and provided medical care in the name of Jesus. Mission hospitals even influenced the fields of global and public health through several key World Health Organization meetings.
Nowadays, though, mission hospitals are far less central to missions
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