Introducing World Missions

Question 1

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Answer 1

Developed as,a spinoff from the 10/40 Window,”this refers

Question 2

10/40 Window

Answer 2

An imaginary rectangular window between the 10th and 40 the latitudes, bordered around Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This window contains the bulk of the unreached people’s in the world and the bulk of the non-Christian religions.

Question 3

Contextualization

Answer 3

The core idea is that of taking the gospel to a new context and finding appropriate ways to communicate it so that it is understandable to the people in that context. Contextualization refers to more than just theology; it also includes developing church life and ministry that are biblically faithful and culturally appropriate

Question 4

Indigenous Church

Answer 4

A church that fits well into the local culture. Traditionally, this is defined in terms of “three selfs” self governing ( not dependent on outside funding to carry on its work) and self-propagating(able to evangelize within its own culture effectively). More recently, self-theologizing–the ability to

Question 5

Nonresidential Missionary

Answer 5

A missionary who for whatever reason, is unable to live permanently in the country or among the people group that is the main focus of his or her ministry. This tends to be the case more often in creative access countries.

Question 6

People Groups

Answer 6

A people group is usually defined by ethnic or linguistic terms. It,is estimated that their are some twelve thousand distinct languages and dialects and as many as twenty-four thousand people groups in the world today.