Christian practices

Question 1

Prayer

Answer 1

communicating with God, either silently or through words of praise, thanksgiving or confession, or requests for God’s help or guidance.

Question 2

Set prayer

Answer 2

prayers that have been written down android more than once by more than one person, eg: The Lords Prayer

Question 3

Informal prayer

Answer 3

prayer that is made up by an individual using his or her own words.

Question 4

Nonconformist

Answer 4

an English Protestant who does not conform to the doctrines or practices the established Church of England

Question 5

The Lords Prayer

Answer 5

the prayer taught to the disciples by Jesus; also known as ‘Our Father’.

Question 6

Worship

Answer 6

religious praise, honour or devotion

Question 7

Liturgical worship

Answer 7

A Church service that follows a set structure or ritual.

Question 8

Non-Liturgical worship

Answer 8

service that does not follow a set text or ritual

Question 9

Informal worship

Answer 9

a type of non-liturgical worship, often spontaneous

Question 10

Private worship

Answer 10

when a believer praises or worships on his/her own

Question 11

Pilgramage

Answer 11

A special journey to a place of religious significance

Question 12

Lourdes

Answer 12

France Pilgramage-has healing water

Question 13

Iona

Answer 13

Scotland Pilgramage-‘the gateway’ spiritually closer to God

Question 14

Festival

Answer 14

Day or period of celebration

Question 15

Christmas

Answer 15

the day of commemorating the incarnation of Jesus

Question 16

Easter

Answer 16

the religious season of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

Question 17

Street pastor

Answer 17

a christian organisation-hey go out during the night to help people who are drunk or on drugs-they hand out lolly, water, flip flops, hugs, they also sweep glass of the streets

Question 18

The Trussell trust

Answer 18

Emergency food bank to help people in crisis. Based on Christian principles, aim is to end poverty and hunger in GB

Question 19

Church

Answer 19

the holy people of God, also called the body of Christ, among whom Christ is present; a building in which Christians worship

Question 20

church

Answer 20

the building

Question 21

Mission

Answer 21

the vocation or calling of areligious organisation or individual to go into the world and spread their faith.

Question 22

The Great Commission

Answer 22

Jesus’ introduction to his followers that they should spread his teachings to all the nations of the world.

Question 23

Missionary

Answer 23

a person sent on a religious mission especially to promote Christianity in a foreign country through preaching of charitable work.

Question 24

Evangelism

Answer 24

spreading the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness

Question 25

Reconciliation

Answer 25

a sacrament in the Catholic Church; also the restoring of harmony after relationships have Broken down.

Question 26

Persecution

Answer 26

hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race, or political/religious beliefs

Question 27

Sacraments

Answer 27

rites and rituals through which the believer receives a special gift of grace; for Catholics, Anglicans and many Protestants, sacraments are 'outward signs'er 'inward grace'

Question 28

Baptism

Answer 28

The ritual through which people become members of the Church; baptism involves the use of water as a symbol of the washing away of sin.

Question 29

Protestant

Answer 29

A branch of Christianity, there are many Protestant denominations, but they agree on the central belief that the Bible is the only is the only authority for Christianity.

Question 30

Believers' baptism

Answer 30

Initiation into the Church, by immersion in water, of people old enough to understand the ceremony/rite and willing to live a Christian life.

Question 31

Infant baptism

Answer 31

the ritual through which babies and young children become members of the Church, where promises are taken on their behalf by adults; the infants is freed from sin and introduced to the saving love of God and the support of the Christian community.

Question 32

CAFOD

Answer 32

brings hope and compassion to all faith in poor communities