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10/40 Window
The
area of the world that extends from West Africa to
East Asia, and from 10 degrees north to 40 degrees north of the equator.
Agencies
Organizations that provide screening, training, missionary care and administrative
assistance to missionaries. They specialize in particular regions and ministry
focuses.
Career Missionary
These are a missionaries who immerse themselves and their family
in the culture of a foreign field by maintaining residence there for the purpose
of evangelism and/or leadership development.
Church Planting
This involves developing fellowships that reflect the kingdom of God in the
world. These fellowships are characterized by people who have accepted Christ
as their Savior and make up part of the Body of Christ. They are focused on
reproducing followers of Christ as they teach new members who then share their
faith with others.
Church Planting Movement
This is a rapid and multiplicative increase of indigenous churches planting
additional churches within a given people group or population segment.
Closed Country
A country that limits or prevents Christian ministry
by expatriates (non-native) missionaries. (Also known as Creative Access
or Restricted-Access Countries.)
Creative Access Country
Using non-traditional means to gain
formal permission to live and minister in a closed country for an extended
period of time. Examples
of such means include being a student, teacher, businessman, medical professional.
These government-approved occupations are the primary work of a missionary
in this situation.
Evangelical Christian
These Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the sole source
of salvation through faith in him. They have a personal faith that began with
a time of conversion. They recognize the Bible as the inspired Word of God
and the only basis for faith and Christian living and are committed to biblical
preaching and evangelism that brings others to faith in Christ.
Field Missionaries
Individuals serving in an area that isn't their passport
country.
Finisher
This is
a missionary who has retired from a corporate or ministry
career and chooses to maintain residence in a foreign field for the purpose
of ministry as a second career.
Furlough
This refers to when a missionary takes time away from the
field to reconnect with his or her supporting churches and seeks time to
refresh his or her mind and body.
The Great Commission
This is
the command found in Matthew 28:19, 20 when Jesus instructed his followers
to carry his truth to all nations and make disciples.
Humanitarian Aid
Disaster relief and medical intervention for those in need.
The Last Frontier
This is a
missions-related term that refers to the
unreached people groups that have little or no access to the gospel of Jesus
Christ. It is also called "World A."
Last Frontier People Group
This is
an unreached people group that has not
had a new evangelical church started in it within the past two years.
MBB (Muslim Background Believer)
Someone who has become a believer from a Muslim background.
MK (Missionary Kid)
This is a term used to refer to the a child of a missionary.
National Workers
Individuals who reside and minister in their passport country. They are fluent
in the native language and have an understanding of that culture.
People Group
This is
a homogenous group of individuals, families and clans
who share a common language and sense of ethnic identity.
Short-term trip
This type of missions experience is often designed
to assist missionaries with teaching, construction, humanitarian aid. Those
serving often commit a week to six months.
Tentmaking
Generally, the term "tentmaking" refers to the activities of any Christian
who, while functioning as a minister, receives little or no pay for his or
her church work, and supports him or herself by additional, unrelated work.
Specifically, tentmaking can also refer to a method of international Christian
evangelism in which missionaries support themselves by working full time in
the marketplace with their skills and education, instead of receiving financial
support from a church. The term comes from the fact that the apostle Paul supported
himself by making tents while living and preaching in Corinth (Acts 18:3).
Unreached People Group
This is a people group in which less than two percent of the
population is considered evangelical Christians.
Vision Trips
Individuals considering missions as a career experience missions
on the field may commit one to two years to a trip to get to know the culture,
the needs and the language.
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