Key Words - Christian Practices

Question 1

a church

Answer 1

a building used for public Christian worship

Question 2

The Church

Answer 2

the body of Christ

Question 3

agape

Answer 3

unconditional love

Question 4

street pastors

Answer 4

trained volunteers from local churches

Question 5

food banks

Answer 5

a place where stocks of food, typically basic provisions and non-perishable items, are supplied free of charge to people in need

Question 6

the Great Commission

Answer 6

the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples to spread the gospel to all the nations of the world

Question 7

a missionary

Answer 7

a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country

Question 8

evangelism

Answer 8

the spreading of the Christian gospel by public preaching or personal witness

Question 9

reconciliation

Answer 9

to be at peace again

Question 10

persecution

Answer 10

hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs

Question 11

worship

Answer 11

the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity

Question 12

liturgical worship

Answer 12

a formal type of worship which contains set prayers, readings or rituals, usually in a church

Question 13

non-liturgical worship

Answer 13

worship that is more informal and has less structure, and the elements can be tailored to different types of services

Question 14

informal worship

Answer 14

focuses on the adoration of God and is not always carried out in a church

Question 15

private worship

Answer 15

informal and often takes place at home

Question 16

nonconformist

Answer 16

a member of a Protestant Church which dissents from the established Church of England

Question 17

sacraments

Answer 17

(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

Question 18

prayer

Answer 18

a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity

Question 19

set prayers

Answer 19

prayers that follow a certain format and are repeated

Question 20

informal prayer

Answer 20

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

Question 21

baptism

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Protestant

Answer 22

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

Question 23

believers’ baptism

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when a person who is to be baptised is already a Christian and, therefore, older than at infant baptism

Question 24

infant baptism

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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

Question 25

Holy Communion

Answer 25

a ritual to show the togetherness of Christians and God

Question 26

Eucharist

Answer 26

the Christian service, ceremony, or sacrament commemorating the Last Supper, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed

Question 27

pilgrimage

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a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life

Question 28

festival

Answer 28

a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion

Question 29

Christmas

Answer 29

the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ’s birth, held on 25 December in the Western Church

Question 30

Easter

Answer 30

the most important and oldest festival of the Christian Church, celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held (in the Western Church) between 21 March and 25 April, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox

Question 31

mission

Answer 31

the vocation or calling of a religious organization, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith

Question 32

convert

Answer 32

change one’s religious faith or other belief