Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to:

Organised activities

Religion

Christian mission A Christian mission is an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. Missions involve sending individuals and groups across boundaries, most commonly geographical boundaries, to carry on evangelism or other activities, such as ...

, an organized effort to spread Christianity *

Mission (LDS Church) A mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is a geographical administrative area to which church missionaries are assigned. Almost all areas of the world are within the boundaries of an LDS Church mission, whether o ...

, an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

The Christian Mission The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestant church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7million, comprising soldiers, officers and adherents col ...

, the former name of the Salvation Army

Government and military

* Bolivarian missions, a series of social programs created during Hugo Chávez's rule of Venezuela *

Diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...

, a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory *

Military operation A military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operations ...

Mission statement A mission statement is a short statement of why an organization exists, what its overall goal is, the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operatio ...

, a formal, short, written articulation of an organization's purpose *

Sortie A sortie (from the French word meaning ''exit'' or from Latin root ''surgere'' meaning to "rise up") is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to flight, fly by gaining supp ...

or combat mission, a deployment or dispatch of a military unit *

Space mission Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly spacecraft into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such as satellites in o ...

, a journey of craft into outer space

Geography

Australia

Mission River, Queensland Mission River is a coastal rural locality split between the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum in Queensland, Australia. In the , Mission River had a population of 987 people. Geography Within Mission River are the enclaves o ...

, a locality in the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum * Mission River (Queensland), a river in Australia

Canada

Mission, British Columbia Mission is a city in the Lower Mainland of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was originally incorporated as a district municipality in 1892, growing to include additional villages and rural areas over the years, adding the original To ...

, a district municipality *

Mission, Calgary The Mission district is an inner city neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that originated as , a Catholic mission, and was for a time the incorporated Village of Rouleauville. Mission is bordered by 4th Street SW with restaurants and sh ...

, Alberta, a neighbourhood *

Okanagan Mission Father Pandosy Mission, also known as the Okanagan Mission, was the original home for Father Pandosy in Kelowna, British Columbia. He moved to Kelowna in 1859 and started the first settlement of Europeans in that region. The Pandosy Mission ...

, a neighbourhood in Kelowna, British Columbia, commonly called "the Mission" *Mission River, a short river located at the delta of the Kaministiquia River of northern Ontario, Canada

United States

* Mission, Delaware * Mission, Kansas *

Mission, Minnesota Mission is an unincorporated community in Mission Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous ...

* Mission, Oregon *

Mission, South Dakota Mission is a city on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in northern Todd County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,156 at the 2020 census. Mission is home of the Sinte Gleska University. It is the largest incorporated community i ...

Mission, Texas Mission is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. Its population was 77,058 at the 2010 census and an estimated 84,331 in 2019. Mission is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas. Geography M ...

Mission District, San Francisco The Mission District ( Spanish: ''Distrito de la Misión''), commonly known as The Mission ( Spanish: ''La Misión''), is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. One of the oldest neighborhoods in San Francisco, the Mission District's name i ...

, a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, commonly called "the Mission" *

South Pasadena station South Pasadena station (formerly Mission station) is an at-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Mission Street and Meridian Avenue in South Pasadena, California, afte ...

, formerly called Mission station *

Mission Viejo, California Mission Viejo ( ; corruption of ''Misión Vieja'', Spanish for "Old Mission") is a commuter city in the Saddleback Valley in Orange County, California, United States. Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities e ...

Mission River The Mission River is a river located in Texas, in the United States of America. It is formed by the confluence of Blanco and Medio creeks in central Refugio County (at 28°19' N, 97°19' W) and runs southeast, past Refugio, for to its mout ...

, a river in Texas, U.S.

Entertainment

Film and TV

* ''The Mission'' (1986 film), a drama film set in colonial South America * ''Missions'' (TV series), a 2017 French science-fiction TV drama series

Music

* ''Mission'' (album), 2016 album by Japanese singer/songwriter Mari Hamada * "Mission" (song), a song from the album ''Hold Your Fire'' by Rush * "Mission", a song from the EP ''Van She'' by the Australian band

Van She Van She are an electropop band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia, with Matt Van Schie (pronounced Van Ski) on bass guitar/vocals, Tomek Archer on drums/sequencer, Michael Di Francesco on synth/guitar and Nicholas Routledge on vocals/guitar. ...

*"The Mission", a song from the album ''

Revenge Revenge is committing a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. Francis Bacon described revenge as a kind of "wild justice" that "does... offend the law ndputteth the law out of office." P ...

'' by Janis Ian *"Mission", a song by American rapper Jaden from his 2019 album ''

ERYS ''Erys'' (stylized in all caps and pronounced "Iris") is the second studio album by American rapper Jaden, released on July 5, 2019, through MSFTSMusic and Roc Nation. It is the follow-up to 2017's '' Syre'', and features collaborations with Tyl ...

Other uses

*Mission, a British hi-fi manufacturer owned by International Audio Group *

Mission Foods Mission Foods, a subsidiary of Gruma Corporation, is an American manufacturer of tortillas and tortilla-related products based in Irving, Texas. History Mission Foods was founded as a subsidiary of Grupo Maseca in California in 1977 as a brand ...

, an American maker of tortillas and salsa, owned by Gruma * Mission Hockey, hockey equipment manufacturer *

Mission (grape) Mission grapes are a variety of ''Vitis vinifera'' introduced from Spain to the western coasts of North and South America by Catholic New World missionaries for use in making sacramental, table, and fortified wines. It is grown in South America, ...

, a variety of grape * Mission olive, a cultivar of olive developed in California