World missions Flashcards
Which two parts of the world are sharing the gospel in the first era? (Hint: hemispheres)
West and North hemisphere
Which parts of the world are receiving the gospel in the first era? (Hint: Think hemispheres)
East and South Hemispheres
Who was the Father of Missions in the first era?
William carey
What passage of the gospels sparked William Careys interest in missions?
the great commission
What was William Careys mentors response to his want to send missionaries places to share the gospel?
Mentor said that God will figure it out and that the great commission was only for the apostles
What article did William carey write?
An Enquiry
What was the first era missionary strategy that William carey used with his friends?
they started a missions agency
When carey got funds from the agency to go on a mission, where did he go?
India
what were missionary societies in the first era?
Groups of christians who pooled their resources and raised money and awareness to support cross-cultural missions
Who had an impactful role for mission societies, fellowships, and unions?
Students wanting to be involved
Careys missions in India started a snowball effect of…
other mission agencies being started
What role did women have in the first era of missions?
they helped fund other women missionaries and started fellowships and unions.
What was the geographical strategy in the first era of missions?
Start on the coasts and the message will move inward (plus they had better access to home country through shipping)
What are two main characteristics of the first era of missions?
Love and Sacrifice
Why did many of the first missionaries to Africa die in their first two years there?
The unreached people thought the missionaries were coming to do harm and killed out of protection
What were marital relationships like in the first era of missions?
Missionary men often remarried because their wives would die from childbirth or lack of treatment
Who was in charge of missions in the first era?
The missionaries got to call the shots because they had the best insight of the situation and what appropriate strategy was
What was the goal of missionaries in the first era and even today?
to work themselves out of a job– make the gospel message stick in that time and place
what are the 4 stages of development in the first era?
Pioneer, paternal, partnership, participation.
What does the pioneer stage look like in the development of the first era?
first contact with unreached people groups
What does the paternal stage of development look like in the first era?
training native leaders
What does the partnership stage of development look like in the first era?
Missionaries and native Christians pool their resources
What does the participation stage of development look like in the first era?
Missionaries only participate if needed. Local church doesn’t need western society anymore but can include them if wanted
What time period was the second era of missions?
1865-1980
What geographical component is a clear sign of second era missions?
inland missions
Where did Hudson Taylor minister?
The inlands of china
What makes inland missions hard?
the unreached people there are more hostile
Who is a second era missionary figure?
Hudson Taylor
Why did the second era of missions have a slow start?
Because they were inland so they needed to find how many missionaries were needed, where exactly to go, how to do missions there (new strategy)
Which group of people stepped up in the second era of missions?
Student groups
How many student volunteers were there in the second era of missions?
100,000
How many student volunteers went overseas in the second era of missions?
20,000
In what era were thousands of churches started inland?
2nd era
What was the common mission strategy for all the eras?
Mission societies
What era was known as the christian century?
the second era
Missionaries in what era thought the movement was so powerful that the task would be completed by the 21st century?
2nd era
What value did the second era ignore that the first era was good at?
working missionaries out of their jobs
Where were 10% of missionaries in the second era going?
unreached people groups