Key Words - Christian Practices Flashcards
a church
a building used for public Christian worship
The Church
the body of Christ
agape
unconditional love
street pastors
trained volunteers from local churches
food banks
a place where stocks of food, typically basic provisions and non-perishable items, are supplied free of charge to people in need
the Great Commission
the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world
a missionary
a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country
evangelism
the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness
reconciliation
to be at peace again
persecution
hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs
worship
the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity
liturgical worship
a formal type of worship which contains set prayers, readings or rituals, usually in a church
non-liturgical worship
worship that is more informal and has less structure, and the elements can be tailored to different types of services
informal worship
focuses on the adoration of God and is not always carried out in a church
private worship
informal and often takes place at home
nonconformist
a member of a Protestant Church which dissents from the established Church of England
sacraments
(in the Christian Church) a religious ceremony or ritual regarded as imparting divine grace, such as baptism, the Eucharist and (in the Roman Catholic and many Orthodox Churches) penance and the anointing of the sick
prayer
a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity
set prayers
prayers that follow a certain format and are repeated
informal prayer
do not follow a set script and are instead expressed in a way that feels personal to the individual, using their own words and ideas
baptism
the Christian religious rite of sprinkling water on to a person’s forehead or of immersing them in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church
Protestant
a member or follower of any of the Western Christian Churches that are separate from the Roman Catholic Church in accordance with the principles of the Reformation, including the Baptist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran Churches
believers’ baptism
when a person who is to be baptised is already a Christian and, therefore, older than at infant baptism
infant baptism
an acceptance of the prevenient grace of God and as a confession on the part of the church of its responsibility for children in general and for every child in particular
