The Netherlands Mission Council (NZR) is a nationwide network of Protestant and Old Catholic churches and organisations that are active in mission and evangelism. The NZR facilitates encounter between ecumenical and evangelical missions; between church-based and faith missions; between established churches and migrant churches.

Functions of the NZR

• The NZR is an advisory body for its participating churches and organisations.
  
  
• The NZR facilitates communication and encounter between those churches and organisations.
  
  
• The NZR helps them reflect on missiological issues, by organising lectures and consultations and by publishing a journal for intercultural theology.
  
  
• The NZR feeds international trends in mission into the national context and vice versa.
  
  
• The NZR is occasionally involved in initiating and coordinating joint missionary action.
  
  
• The NZR shares in the missional work of the World Council of Churches on behalf of its participating churches and organisations.
  
  
• The NZR is an observer and ally of international evangelical bodies such as the European Missionary Alliance and World Evangelical Alliance.
  
  
• The NZR sustains relations with other national and international ecumenical bodies such as the National Council of Churches (RvK) and other European mission councils.
  
  
• The NZR occasionally serves as a representative of missionary organisations to the government.
  
  
• The NZR annually publishes a wall calendar with artwork from non-western artists, in collaboration with Roman Catholic NGO Mensen met een Missie.