Questions

Question 1

What are the key characteristics of Pietism?

Answer 1

“The church within the church”

• Personal Conversion
• Holy Living
• Group Fellowship
• Responsibility for Witness
• Bible Study

Question 2

What happened when the Moravian missionaries when to St. Thomas?

Answer 2

became slaves in order to witness to slaves 
o	Become slaves
o	1732L 2 missionaries
o	1734: +18 missionaries (10 died)
o	+11 missionaries (9 died) 
o	1736: all survivors return
o	Frederick Martin arrived
•	+200 converts/Imprisoned 
-Moravian

Question 3

Why did George Fox feel led to establish a new Christian movement?

Answer 3

he was dissatisfied with the role of the priests and he wanted laypeople to have direct access to God

Question 4

What were the common mission theology and practices of 19-20th century mission?

Answer 4

praxis

• Focus on Gospel
• Contextual Lifestyle
• Train Nationals
• Social Justice
• Faith-based Mission
• Multi-denominational

Question 5

What were the Christian responses to secularity in the 19th century?

Answer 5

1) Accommodation
2) Reaction
3) Mutual transformation

Associated People
Paul Tillich
Karl Barth
Reinhold Niebubr

Question 6

How does the church in the Global South differ theologically from the church in the Global North?

Answer 6

Global North

• Western Christianity
• Liberal theology
• Wealthy
• Institutionalized church
• Rethinking mission
• Religious pluralism
• Preaching about humanist/ thinking not gospel

Global South

• Majority World Christianity
• Conservative theology
• Mixed economics
• Young indigenous churches
• Mission focused
• Bible based (preaching)
• Apocalyptic tones
• Evangelical/ Christ is returning

Question 7

What were the theological beliefs of the liberation theologians in Latin America?

Answer 7

• Focused on how to treat the poor
• Challenged western theology
• Major shifts in global Christianity
  1) Geographical Shift of church from N. to S.
  2) Contextualization of the gospel message