History Of Missions Test 1

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-three religions that have been missionary from the beginning

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-buddhism
-christianity
-islam

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-idea in judaism of the "second race"

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-people with laws and customs that separated them from the rest of humankind

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-what the idea of "second race" defied

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-God's declaration that He and His faith were for the world

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-the point of doctrine of creation

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-God is involved from the beginning with His creation and loves His creation

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-what the doctrine of creation implies

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-all people should come to faith in God

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-what reappears in the preaching of Jesus

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-God reaching out to the entire world

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-the basic audience of Jesus

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-Israel

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-intended audience of Jesus

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-all people

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-rationale of the great comission

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-all authority belongs to jesus

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-the four verbs in the great comission

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-go
-make disciples
-baptize
-teach

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-dominant verb in the great comission

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-make disciples

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-who stephen was

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-hellenistic jew appointed as one of "the seven"

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-first martyr for the christian faith

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-stephen

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-what makes philip move out of jerusalem

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-persecution

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-where philip first went

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-samaria

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-who came to visit philip

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-peter and john

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-where philip went after samaria

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-toward gaza

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-who philip converted

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-ethiopian eunuch

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-what ordinance philip performed

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-baptism

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-paul's background

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-pharisee
-tutored by gamaliel
-roman citizen

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-who joined paul for his first missionary journey

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-barnabas

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-problem with the jerusalem council

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-could gentiles become christians without first becoming jews

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-how the jerusalem council problem was solved

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-met together
-heard all sides
-compromised

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-paul's strategy

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-settle in larger cities and let younger companions go to smaller cities in the region

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-why paul's strategy worked

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-roman empire was an empire of cities, each of which dominated its surrounding region

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-final phrase in Acts

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-without hindrance

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-who was a witness for christ

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-every christian

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-three great centers of christian life in the second century

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-antioch
-rome
-alexandria

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-the "first" antioch is known for

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-here believers were first called christians

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-reasons rome became an important center

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-capital of the roman empire
-association with peter and paul
-heroism of christians during the persecutions by nero

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-what language the church in rome first used

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-greek

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-what the usage of greek in the roman church implied

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-most of the christian came from poorer classes

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-what happened in north africa

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-christian faith took hold most rapidly

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-"firsts" in north africa

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-first latin speaking churches in the world
-first translations of the scriptures into latin

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-church life centered on what in north africa

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-bishop

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-india is associated with what disciple

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-thomas

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-modern evidence that thomas was in india

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-in southwest india the church of the "thomas christians" still exists

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-two things to be affirmed about thomas in india

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-church existed from very early times
-journey by thomas to india in the first century would have been entirely possible

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-ireland evangelized by whom

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-patrick

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-center of life of celtic christianity

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-monastery

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-chief place in celtic christianity

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-abbot

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-founder of islam

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-muhammad

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-when islam was founded

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-622

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-muhammad's monotheistic message

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-there is no god but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God

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-what Muhammad did

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-imposed a unity previously unknown among the warring arabic tribes
-gave his people a sense of mission

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-meaning of islam

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-surrender

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-what happened to christianity

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-became an almost completely european religion

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-what pope gregory the great believed played a vital part in mission work

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-monastery

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-who gregory sent to britain

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-augustine

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-augustine's task

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-convert kings and rulers

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-where augustine was allowed to settle

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-canterbury

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-stream of christianity that won out in britain

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-roman

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-best known works of the irish monks

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-book of kells

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-what the book of kells was

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-illuminated gospel manuscript created in the 8th century

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-what irish monks always carried with them

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-culture

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-great missionary to germany

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-wynfrith of crediton

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-what wynfrith knew the church needed in germany

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-good and strict organization of churches
-direct support and help of rome

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-wynfrith's famous act

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-chopped down the sacred oak of thor, the chief object of superstitious reverence at the time

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-how wynfrith died

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-attacked and killed by pagans while he and his companions were waiting for some christians to arrive to be confirmed

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-what made monks so successful

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-agricultural work brought them very close to the peasants
-tried to transform sacred spots and festivals into relationship to the liturgy and christian year
-idea of a vernacular culture

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-great figure of the saxons

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-charlemagne

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-how charlemagne dealt with the saxons

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-armed force and religion

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-what peace treaties with the saxons included

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-conversion of inhabitants to the christian faith

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-why peace treaties/armed forces with the saxons was dangerous

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-associated the new religion with the conquering people

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-two great missionaries to the slavonic people

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-constantine (cyril)
-methodius

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-constantine and methodius part of what church

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-eastern

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-what constantine and methodius decided before leaving

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-slavonic language would be medium through which they would preach the gospel to the slavs

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-language of liturgy in the roman church

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-latin

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-attitude of the eastern church

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-people should build up their church and national culture on the basis of the local language

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-christianity entered china when

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-635

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-who brought the faith to china

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- alopen

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-emperor of china

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-t'ai tsung

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-t'ai tsung's reaction to christianity

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-studied the religion
-approved it
-ordered that it be disseminated

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-under what chinese dynasty was christianity introduced

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-t'ang

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-nature of china

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-highly civilized

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-center of christian life in china

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-monastery

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-what caused fear and anxiety in 1000

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-many people believed the time of the church would only last 1000 year and that christ was coming soon

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-center of culture in scandinavia

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-art of war

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-what scandinavian leadership depended on

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-strength and ability to gather armed and faithful followers

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-most admired qualities in scandinavia

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-courage and liberality

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-what is over all in scandinavian mythology

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-sense of fate and disaster

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-what marks the true hero in scandinavian mythology

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-defeat
-going to meet one's foe with open eyes

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-how christianity was accepted in iceland

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-democratic process

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-who the icelandic people consulted

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-wisest man in the nation

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-icelandic wise man's verdict on christianity

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-it is good

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-initial reservations of christianity in iceland

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-infanticide
-eating horse meat, a ritual connected to the old pagan religion
-only a minor penalty for sacrificing to the ancient gods

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-imaginary rectangular window between the 10th and 40th latitudes bordered around africa, middle east, and asia that contains bulk of unreached people and non christian religions

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-10/40 window

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-spinoff of 10/40 window that refers to age at which children are most likely to commit their lives to christ as well as the ages at which they are most vulnerable

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-4/14 window

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-this 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

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-contextualization

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-nation state in which traditional missionary work is banned or illegal, therefore missionaries must be creative in the means they utilize for entry and residence

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-creative access country

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-mission that takes into account the whole of human needs: spiritual, social, and personal

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-holistic mission

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-just as christ was incarnated as a person, so missionaries need to incarnate themselves into a new context

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-incarnational mission

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-church that fits well into the local culture and is defined as self governing, self supporting, self propagating, and self theologizing

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-indigenous church

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-group usually defined by ethnic or linguistic terms

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-people group

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-replacement of core or important gospel truths with non christian elements

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-syncretism

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-people groups that currently have no access to the gospel

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-unreached peoples

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-three concerns of missiology

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-identity or nature of mission
-goal of mission
-means or method of mission

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-six motifs important to mission theology

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-kingdom of God
-jesus
-holy spirit
-church
-shalom
-return of jesus