The ''International Bulletin of Mission Research'' (or ''IBMR'') is an

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...

covering

mission studies Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion *Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity * Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

and

world Christianity World Christianity or global Christianity has been defined both as a term that attempts to convey the global nature of the Christian religion and an academic field of study that encompasses analysis of the histories, practices, and discourses of C ...

, published by th
Overseas Ministries Study Center
(OMSC).

History

IBMR was established in 1950 by R. Pierce Beaver as the ''Occasional Bulletin from the Missionary Research Library'' at

Union Theological Seminary, New York Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''U ...

. It started to publish quarterly since January 1977, under the name ''International Bulletin of Missionary Research'', with the initiatives of Gerald H. Anderson, director of the OMSC between 1976 and 2000. The journal changed its name again in 2016 from the ''International Bulletin of Missionary Research'' to the ''International Bulletin of Mission Research'', to account for the global shift in

. The current editor is Thomas J. Hastings.

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* Christianity studies journals English-language journals Quarterly journals Publications established in 1950 Christian missions World Christianity {{christian-journal-stub