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| 1) Who was Captain James Cook and why was he important? Give me the place most famously associated with him and century in which he lived. |
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| Captain James cook was an explorer, navigator, and cartographer from 1728 to 1779. He was important for exploring Hawaii during his three voyages. He was killed by the Hawaiian when he return to fix his boat. |
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| 2) What was the difference between the Magisterial Reformation and the Radical Reformation? Who represented these two movements? |
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The main difference is that the magisterial reformation supported ruling authorities. They were trying to inwardly to survive. There is no mission programs at all. A healthy church ne need to have inward and outward sending. Zwingli and Calvin represent the magisterial movement.
The radical believe in the free will mentality. Each individual live their conviction out. They also share the rejection of the Catholic church. They oppose the indulgences which was a way that bought people out of their sins so the Catholic can get fun to build nice cathedrals. Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz represent these movement
Martin Luther- being little bit of blood and flesh of Jesus
Radical- reformer/ infant baptism need to go. ------------ not talking the reformation half way, talking to the full way.
Anabaptist- part way in the reformation. (Ana- mean baptism again)
Run out of the protestant territory.
Mennonites and Baptist Church
Over the course of Church's history. Need to talk a way of history to revelation of God.
Luther- support of State and Church |
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| 3) When and how did the Modern Missionary Movement begin? |
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Modern Missionary Movement begin in the 18th Century. They are influenced by Count Nikolas Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) and the Moravians: The missionary must seek nothing for himself: no seat of honor, no report of fame. Like the cab-houses in London, he must wear blinkers and be blind to every danger and to every snare and conceit. He must be content to suffer, to die and be forgotten"
William Carey (1761- 1834) "The Father of Modern Missions" --- An Enquiry and the Great Commission
Carry Change people's mind. Bind other people Mission
Zinzendorf invent missionary, Carey sold missionary
Samuel Mills (1783-1818) & the haystack Prayer Meeting (1806) at Williams College, MA
Form bretheren/ firm commission---student praying--- svm/ sum
YMCA missionary movement. |
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| 4) When was the Great Century of Missions? What event started it and what event ended it? Explain why that final event ended it. |
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The "Great Century" happened in the 19th Century. The publication of William Carey's An Enquiry in 1792 started it, and the Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference ended it. The event ended it because people don't meet together
1910, birthplace in ecumenical mission.
Why was Edinburgh 1910 the end of the Great Century of Missions?
The Great Century of Missions is the great
1910, birthplace in ecumenical mission.
The evangelization of the world in this generation provewd to be hollow.
The difference; people lament because the world rejoice when 1/3
Modernism is optimism in the rpogress of mankind.
Evngelicals: shift from evangelism to more social justice: holistic--- good. Focus on-social justice. T
There is happen to be both eneds.
Europe shift from Christianity to marxism;
shift from protestismand more of Christianity.
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20th centuray: the bloodiest, most secular, and most pessimistic, cnetury in human history--- frndamentalist- modernist, controversy, Korean, Cold War, Vietnam War, postmodernism , 9/11
Shift from optimism to pessimism
More martyr in 20th century than 19th century combine.
Fossil alsmost depleted within 100 years
Student get m
There people goung libteral
Gnoe fundamentalist. |
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| 5) Why was the Great Century of Missions called that? |
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Ruth Tucker's reasons:
1. Age of Romanticism
2. Period fo decline for non-Christian religions
3. It was an evangelical Protestant Era.
i. Reached maturity and go out evangelize
4. Secularism---- colonialism, industrialization
5. Volunteer Movement- MNS, LMS, CMS
i. Three early kickoff the early protestant movment
6. More world Christian expansion than any time since the 5th century
i. Getting to the tip point---- the flood gate open………/…………
ii. Year of top optimiscm
Kenneth Scott Latourette and the Great Century
7 Volume A History of the Expansion of Christian
He was the guy that labeled the 19th to century to century
4 volumes to century
Commercial enterprise/ european mission
1. The link between Christianity and imperialism
2. Geographical initiation
3. Christian expansion
4. Protestantism on the ascendancy
5. Mission societies established
6. Protestant Christendom-
a) Couldn't separate Christian and their culture--
7. Social justice awakening
a) Evil colonialism- use it to get there and saw how the people were being mistreated
b) Slave trade is the biggest battle they fought.
c) Social justice is important
8. Christianity in the US
a) It is the myth to say the Christianism.
i) Ben Franklin- not a Christian/ George Wash- God / John Adam- strong Christian
ii) Found on Theistic nation
iii) Christianity foundation of mission.
iv) Found for religious foundation. |
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| 6) What were the advantages and disadvantages of single women missionaries? |
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Advantages of single women missionaries
No marital responsibiltie s(1 cor 7:32-35)
Can reeach more demogrpahics --- women, children, and men! (Esther)--- access the king
ANDROGENOUS-- both gender , sexless,
Medicine, education, translation
Humility and realism : servant attitude
Holistic pioneers in difficult mission work: go to places that suffer
Disadvantage of women missionaries
Pride : lattie moon---- fuming
Hgiher mortality rate---- more tolerate to pain// tougher
Lack access to leaders. |
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| 7) What caused the collapse of women-only missions and missionary organizations? |
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Definition
20th century
Women's mission board
Women's rights in the church
Collapse of this women's movement
Womens' mission become refocused as women's empowerment
Ordination of women
Women's mission work is usually hoslistic |
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| What’s the difference between “missions” and “mission”? |
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Missions: organized missionary work form Western Christendom to what were regarded as non-Christian countries.
Mission; the task of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church through its members whever they are located |
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| 9) What does “ecumenical” mean? Why did it eventually come to mean “liberal” and evangelical came to mean “conservative”? |
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Ecumenism
From the greek oikumene which mean "world" or "the inhabited universe"
All the churches together inter and cross denominational
Unity among the churches.
Opposite of "evangelical" unity vs. truth; liberal vs. Conservative
Ecumenism & Mission
Why are these linked
Evangelism requires unity (coppoeration)
Big task------ lowest common demnominator
Unity itself is evangelism (winess)
John 17:22-23
Unity is necessary : the world will know that you have sent me. |
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| 10) Why is missions considered the “mother of ecumenism”? |
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Mission is mother of ecumenalism/ let's work with them. Theology matters.
Missions is such a huge task that only the whole church working together can accomplish it. So missions brings together people like nothing else in the church. |
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| 11) What were the deficiencies of Edinburgh 1910 in representation? |
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June: Edinburg---ecumenism
Ran out of budget.
Invite 250 people ?
Small and there was no much accomplisment. Reminiscing as the day gone by
100 years Fulfillemtn of Christianity dream
Edinburdg, scottland
The birthplace of the modern ecumenical movemnet. But was Edinburg 1910 really ecumenical?
Not the first ecumenical mission conference.
Because of it scope
No Orthodox or Catholics.
Anglo Catholics - Anglocan with strong Catholics leaning.
The West evangelizing the non-West
1,216 offical delegates, 510 British, 49 NT , 171 Europe , 28 came from the white colonies of south Africa.
1- WERE FROMT EH NON-WESTERN WORLD (ALL FROM Asia---- 8 Indians, 4 Japanese, 3 Chinese, 1 Korean, 1 Burmese)
Anglo catholics thretened to walk out if Latin America was consdiereded a mission field. Protestants acquiesced for the sake of ecumenism, so Latin America was infomously left off the map as a mission field. |
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| 12) Who was V.S. Azariah? |
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VS. Azariah Indian " Too often you promise us thrones in heaven, but will not offer us chairs in your drawing rooms…. You have given your goods to feed the poor. You have given your bodies to be burned. We also ask for love. Give us FRIENDs!
Equal/ first sparks of World Chritianity. |
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| 13) What’s the difference between the World Council of Churches and Lausanne? |
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World Concil of Church
We do not hold truth in unity: truth exclude trinity and trinity excludes in truth.
Switz and norway does not wan tto be EU
Norway is most expensive/ filthy rich
Catholic does not want to be in the world council of churches.
Protestant and catholic cannot draw liink. We can thraw spiritual heir.
John Stott and Billy Graham.
Big flaw of of 1910 because they left out Latin America
Real mission is not Africa
Lausanne movment I_ holistic mission
Social justice ( equal forces from idian---- sacrifices-- given us friends)
World Chrisitnaity (majority world Christians)
Penecostals
Envagleicals/ concservatiives: became force not adenominational sense --- ecumenical |
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| What is the Bebbington Quadrilateral? Explain each point |
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Bebbington Quadrilateral : What is the four thing s that are true throughout church History
1. Biblicism: authoritative in scirpture
2. Conversionism -- Evangelism
3. Crucicentrism -rue Christ center: equal center 1 cor 15: the cross I scenter of our faith.
4. Activism------- social justice, lost for a while, |
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| 15) Who was the first evangelical and why was he regarded as such? Name a few others from the 19th century. |
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John Wesley " the first evangelical"
Have emotional piestic criticism, mushy and emotional sing love song to Jesus
Take the meals
Sermon always preaching what does it mean to be a a Christian
Dietrich Vonhoffin- take the cross and follow me
Cheap grace
Great Awakenign- George Whitefield, Johnathan Edward
Edward would preach and God's wrathm etc.
Haystack prayer meeting; Student Volunteer Movement
19th century evangelicals: William wilberforce, charles finney, etc. Holistic (evangelism + social justice)
Manner mean moral
Great beginnign, but the wheel came of the cart. |
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| 16) What was the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy? Who were the Neo-Evangelicals? |
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Fundamentalist- Mondernist controversy split up the mainline Christianity on the one hand and evangelical and fundamentalist Christianity on the other. They have disputed over the inerrancy the Bible, creation vs evolution theology.
: Biola; J. Cresham Machen, Harry Emerson Desdick; Westminster split from Pincceton; The Great Reveasal"
Liberal christianity denied two things.
Look for sical pride.
They became more conservative
Neo- Envagelicals: Billy Graham, harold Ockenga (educator) , Carl F.H> Henry; Fuller Seminary, Gardon-Conwell Seminary .
Evagelist movement
Gravitate |
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| 17) What are some criticisms and commendations of Evangelicals? Name at least three of each. |
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Eveangelicalism: Criticism----> essential of the faith
Ignore Wesleyan heritage
We have fallen prey to partical party
We need to revcovenern lityrgy and a lectionary
We have failed to preach propehtic text.
WE be much better if we were all charismatic, while others thing scharismatics are not reval evangelicals.
Social active while other raise dthe red flav og the social gospel
Evanglicalism commendations
We are good being properly ecumenical
Evangelical Is movement and not a denomination.
Evangelical found working across denominational
Good at urging everyone to experience the new birth.
Preach the gospel and we will evangelize. With a goal in mind: the new birth
Good at important of theology.
Evnagliscal believe the Bible and in the har-fought convlusions Christian orthodoxy and we believe those dieas really do matter.
Truth of God
WE are good at the need for personal transformation.
Envagelicals expects Chritians to be good and to be holy and to be loving |
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| 18) Define World Christianity. How old is this phenomenon? |
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| World Christianity is the he shift of the center of gravity of Christianity to the Two Thirds (Majority World ) World in the last 50 years. The western Christianity is declining. Hardly seeing anyone in the west. |
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| 19) What percentage of Christians lived in the West a century ago? What percentage is it now? What percentage of the world was Christian a century ago? What percentage is it now? |
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i. 80% of the World's Chrsitian was white ,a nd 0ver 70% of the Christians lived in Europe
Today 65% of the Wolr'ds Chtiaians live in the two Thirds World
However, the percentage of Chritians worldwide stayed the same 35% |
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