Why do Christian missionaries start schools? Why do many missionaries start their mission work through the educational institutions?

What is the spiritual focus behind starting a school?

How successful is it at proclaiming the Gospel?
There are several reasons as to why Christian missionaries start schools. I am taking a missionary class called Perspectives on the World Christian Movement and some of their reasons are as follows:


Making/building something to improve their lives(i.e. a school) is one way to make the people open up and be accepting towards you and your message.
Many times the people need a school to understand their own written language(My friend on Papua New Guinea started a school for this reason.)
At a school, you can have a Christian influence on your students and the other teachers. Unless you are in a closed country, you can teach classes on the Bible and share the Gospel in your classes.


Hope this helps!