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245187 Disc Missions ins 9/6/07 1:04 PM Page 226 226 Glossary Pax Romana (or Roman Peace)—a 150-year peaceful period during the height of the Roman Empire that saw the creation of roads and social and political structures that inadvertently aided the spread of Christianity people blindness—malady afflicting churches and leaders that makes particular people groups within their ministry area seem invisible persecuted church—churches in areas where there is systematic governmental persecution or persecution of a minority by a majority group personal evangelism—one-on-one attempts to invite individuals into a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ philosophy of mission—system of principles shaping how global mission is done Pietists—spiritual movement originating with Philip Spener (1635-1705) that stressed the cultivation of devotion to God and whose intense spirituality gave birth to global mission endeavors pneumatology—in Christian theology, the doctrine of the person and work of the Holy Spirit postmodernity—the aspects of culture, contemporary art, economics, and social conditions resulting from globalization, consumerism, fragmentation of authority, and the commoditization of knowledge of late 20th and early 21st centuries power encounter—phrase coined by Alan Tippet to describe God’s activity in direct opposition to evil spiritual powers prevenient grace—John Wesley’s term for God’s grace that precedes or goes before and prepares Qur’an (Koran)—sacred text of Islam, which consists of documents supposedly received through divine revelation over a period of about 20 years by Muhammad racism—the linking of physical characteristics and culture, often resulting in erroneous views of another group of persons receptivity—gauge of openness to the gospel on the part of an individual or a culture reciprocity—exchanges between people who see themselves as equals redemptive analogies—Don Richardson’s term for elements within a culture that anticipate the gospel regular <strong>missions</strong>—mission efforts in areas that are defined as reached religious approach—an attitude of submission to and worship of the supernatural as contrasted with the magical approach, which attempts to manipulate supernatural forces reverse culture shock—feeling of disorientation and frustration experienced by missionaries returning to their home culture; some prefer to say reentry shock reverse mission—those who have gone somewhere to minister find themselves being equally ministered to short-term mission—cross-cultural mission experiences that last from a few days up to about two years; some use the label “midterm mission” to describe those experiences that last from three months to two years or more Sinai covenant—covenant in Exodus 19 in which God calls His people to be a holy nation and a kingdom of priests sodality—a voluntary, task-oriented association that has been established for a specific purpose (such as in doing cross-cultural missionary outreach)
245187 Disc Missions ins 9/6/07 1:04 PM Page 227 Glossary 227 soteriological—referring to the doctrine of salvation strategy—overall plan or method as to how one goes about reaching a goal strategic partnerships—those liaisons, especially between denominations and parachurch organizations, that are significant in accomplishing world evangelization Student Volunteer Movement—organization that caused a groundswell of missionary enthusiasm among young people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and resulted in 20,000 Westerners becoming expatriate missionaries syncretism—fusing of elements of two differing religious systems to create a hybrid belief system Taylor, J. Hudson—missionary to China whose founding of the China Inland Mission in 1865 focused Protestant missionary attention on unreached inland areas tentmakers/tentmaking—those who take a secular job in another culture with the intention of being involved in making disciples and planting churches in that culture Theological Education by Extension—way of providing leadership training in which the school goes to the student three-self formula—self-government, self-support, and self-propagation, proposed by Henry Venn and Rufus Anderson in the 1850s and used with great success by John Nevius in Korea trade language—a language, usually a pidgin but which can be a major language spoken elsewhere, such as Hindi or English, that is used for communication between speakers of different native languages truth encounter—way of delivering gospel content that primarily depends on an apologetics mode of persuasion unreached people groups—any group that does not have a church within it capable of effectively evangelizing that group urbanization—the process of rural populations moving to cities volunteerism—working for others without expecting pay or other tangible gain Wesley, John—missionary to Georgia; founder of Methodism along with his brother Charles Western (or West)—Euro-America (Canada and Europe) plus Australia and New Zealand world Christian—disciples for whom God’s global cause has become an integrating, overriding priority Zinzendorf, Nicholas—German count who sheltered Moravian refugees in the 18th century and was instrumental in their becoming a missionary movement
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