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John N. Farquhar is a missionary who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. Farquhar, an Englishman with Scottish origins, was involved in missionary work in India between 1891 and 1923. He aimed to find solutions to the problems faced by missionaries during his time. Especially as the classical missionary methods started to be insufficient in India and the Hindus reacted, Farquhar tried to develop new approaches. In this context, Farquhar focused on how Christianity’s relationship should be to other religions in the example of Hinduism. And he produced work on that subject. So, Farquhar systemized the fulfilment theology approach which was in the nineteenth century British missionary ideology as a new missionary attitude. For this reason, the fulfilment theology approach is attributed to Farquhar. After the 2nd Vatican Council, it is adopted the fulfilment theology understanding as an attitude towards other religions by the Catholic Church too. Thus, that new missionary understanding has become a general approach of Christians towards other religions. First of all, in this study, Farquhar's life will be briefly mentioned and then, his deal to non-Christian religions in terms of salvation will be discussed. Because the fulfilment theology understanding is associated with the salvation of non-Christian religions. Finally, the effect of the fulfilment theology approach on the Christian world will be examined