Basel Mission

Mission 21

Predecessor	German Missionary Society Basel Evangelical Missionary Society Basel Mission Society Basel Mission
Formation	25 September 1815; 209 years ago (1815-09-25)[1]
Type	Christian missionary society
Purpose	Missions, theological, cultural exchange and research Development cooperation in poverty reduction, peacebuilding, health, women and gender
Headquarters	Basel, Switzerland
Location	Missionsstrasse 21, Basel, Switzerland
Region served	Worldwide especially Africa, Asia and Latin America
Official language	English German
President	Evelyn Borer
Director	Jochen Kirsch
Website	Mission 21

The Basel Mission is a Christian missionary society based in Switzerland. It was active from 1815 to 2001, when it transferred the operative work to Mission 21 ^{[de; fr]}, the successor organization of Kooperation Evangelischer Kirchen und Missione (KEM), founded in 2001.^{[citation needed]} Now Basel Mission is one of the supporting organizations of Mission 21. Since 2025 the Basel Mission changed his structure to a foundation. Chair of the foundation ist Rev. Dr. h.c. Karl F. Appl.