Engaging the Bible in Mission Theology Scholarship: Mission Practice as Moral Craft Introduction Following Aristotle ( Nichomachian Ethics ), ethics might be thought of in terms of a craft ( te,cnh ) practised by a guild. This notion highlights the roles of ends, virtues, tradition, community, friendship, apprenticeship, and practices in ethics. To this idea of moral craft has been added (particularly starting in the 1970s through Stanley Hauerwas’s work) the important notion in ethics of ‘narrative’—the story-formed identity of a community. This brief essay offers an application of these ideas to mission practice in an outline form for further discussion and reflection. By seeing mission practice through the lenses of ‘moral craft’, the hope is that the field of ethics will contribute something to mission studies. Some suggestions for discussion are offered for each of the points briefly introduced in the following essay. 1. Ends . We need ends or goals ( te,loj ) t