Chapter 11 Quiz Flashcards
- How does tent evangelism work?
Tent crusades attract people who become a church; they meet in the tent while they are discipled, and then the converts and missionaries build a permanent church building.
- What have been the main areas of emphasis in Assemblies of God missions?
Publishing religious literature and promoting training of national workers
- What changes were made after 1968 by the Department of Foreign Missions to benefit missionaries?
A retirement program and a health care plan were added.
- How did DFM solve the problem of office expenses after 1971?
The General Council approved for 5 percent of most missionary funds to be transferred to the General Emergency Fund for office expenses.
- What were two of the things that kept Assemblies of God missionaries from taking the gospel to the ends of the earth?
A lack of strategy led to neglect of isolated peoples, and the development of indigenous churches required all of the energies of missionaries.
- G. Raymond Carlson’s call for a direct reliance on the Holy Spirit led to
strong financial support for missionaries, an increase in missionary recruits, and a desire to build churches abroad.
- The Task Force campaigns that proved effective were begun out of a need to
speed up church planting in Paraguay.
- What has been called “the most significant step in mission history since Carey sailed for India in 1793”?
The appearance of thousands of missionaries from developing countries
- The use of electronic media in evangelism made rapid progress with the
inauguration of STAR and International Media Ministries.
- The promotional theme Global Conquest was changed to
Good News Crusades.