discovering missions - Southern Nazarene University
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245187 Disc Missions ins 9/6/07 1:04 PM Page 224<br />
224 Glossary<br />
informant—in linguistics, a native speaker of a language who helps someone trying to<br />
learn it; in anthropology, an insider of a culture who helps an outsider understand it<br />
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church—day of prayer in mid-November<br />
observed on behalf of those churches in areas where there is governmentally<br />
sanctioned persecution<br />
inverted homesickness—term used by Samuel Zwemer to describe the feelings missionaries<br />
have when upon returning to their own homeland they have an intense<br />
longing to go back to their place of missionary service<br />
JESUS film—Campus Crusade for Christ’s film on the life of Christ that is used as an<br />
evangelistic tool; the most-watched full-length film in history<br />
Judson, Adoniram—missionary to Burma in early 1800s; one of the pioneers of the<br />
modern missionary movement in the United States<br />
labels—when referring to people, the prejudicial use of geographic or biological references<br />
language—structured system of arbitrary symbols, usually vocal, by means of which<br />
people interact and cooperate<br />
Lausanne Covenant—a comprehensive manifesto promoting worldwide Christian<br />
evangelism that was written and adopted by 2,300 evangelicals at the 1974 International<br />
Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland<br />
Law of Apostasy—Islamic law based on the Hadith, which allows the killing of any<br />
Muslim who converts to Christianity<br />
linguist—specialist in languages<br />
Macedonian call—a call for Paul, already a missionary, to begin evangelizing in Europe<br />
magical approach—effort to manipulate the supernatural in order to secure one’s own<br />
desires or will<br />
majority world—non-western or non Euro-American nations comprising approximately<br />
two-thirds of the world’s land area, and in which reside approximately twothirds<br />
of the world’s population<br />
mass evangelism—communication of the gospel to large numbers of people at the<br />
same time<br />
mentor—one who provides guidance and recommendations to someone regarding his<br />
or her behavior and courses of action<br />
Mills, Samuel—leader in 19th-century mission in the United States who was instrumental<br />
in founding the Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1810<br />
mimicry—in language learning, trying to copy a speaker after closely observing the<br />
movements of that person’s teeth, lips, tongue, and tone<br />
Missio Dei—Latin phrase meaning the “mission of God”<br />
missiologist—scholar whose teaching and writing shapes the study and doing of mission<br />
missiology—literally “the study of mission”; a discipline that integrates theology, history,<br />
and the social sciences as they relate to global mission<br />
mission—the attempt to fulfill God’s call to make disciples of all people<br />
mission fatigue syndrome—when mission vision and passion dims or fails to be embraced<br />
by individuals, continued exposure to mission stories and motivational attempts<br />
may produce only bored yawns