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LaSOM - Theology of
Missions in the Age of the Spirit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What does the author believe to be the theme of the Bible? | The advance of the Kingdom through the preaching of the gospel. |
| 2. What does the Latin term missio Dei mean? | Mission of God |
| 2b. To what does missio Dei (Mission of God) refer? | God’s plan to bless the nations through the gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| 3. Since God has always had a mission, how then should the Bible be read? | Missiologically |
| 3b. What does Missiologically mean? | All of Scripture should be read with a view toward its development of the theme of God’s promise to bless the nations through the promised seed. |
| 4. What two great missiological implications are there to the statement that humankind is created in God’s image? | a. It demonstrates humankind’s capacity to fellowship with God. b. That people are created with the capability of representing their Creator. |
| 4b. What two aspects of God’s mission are established by the statement, "humankind is created in God’s image"? | a. Scope: to all people b. Agency: it will be accomplished through the redeemed of all peoples |
| 5. What scriptural formula is described as “the great hallmark of all biblical theology in both testaments”? | Tripartite |
| 5b. What threefold phrase defines the Tripartite formula? | “I will be your God, you will be my people, and I will dwell in the midst of you." |
| 6. List three principles demonstrated by the book of Joshua for a people in covenant with the God of mission. | a. God’s manifest presence accompanies those who advance toward His kingdom according to His will. b. All true victories in the kingdom of God are done with the blessing of the nation in view. c. General plan of allocation; divided into subtasks and allocated according to tribal division. |
| 6b. Concerning the principle of allocation, when God specifies a task to be done by His people, what does He expect of their leadership? | a. Identify the total task b. Divide it into components c. Allocate them to identifiable systems and subsystems |
| 7. What is confirmed by the strong theme of the universal rule of God found in the Psalms? | Israel understood the Pentateuch as teaching inclusion of all nations in the blessing plan of God. |
| 8. In Psalm 100, the call to worship is extended to whom? | “All the Earth” |
| 8b. What stands as the single requirement to enter into the worship of Yahweh? | The shout of acknowledgement with gladness and joy, of the kingship of the Lord, that the Lord is God, their creator. |
| 8c. What New Testament teaching is anticipated by the acknowledgement with gladness and joy, of the kingship of the Lord, that the Lord is God, their creator? | Justification by Faith |
| 9. In what three ways did the Old Testament prophets advance the theme of missio Dei? | a. They brought something of a covenant lawsuit against the people of God. b. The prophets viewed the rules of God as encompassing, all the earth. c. The prophets foretold the day of a new covenant. |
| 10. What parable, placed at the beginning of three major parables in all three Synoptic Gospels, is central to Jesus’ teaching and one’s understanding of the kingdom of God? | The parable of the Sower |
| 10b. What two conclusions may be reached about the parable of the Sower? | a. Harvest is central to the teaching of Jesus, and to the Kingdom of God. (and must include the spread of the gospel to all nations) b. The Word of God will always divide humanity into different groups depending upon their reception of the message. |
| 11. Give the passage and reference from the Gospels that “records the most comprehensive kingdom meaning of the Great Commission. | “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” John 20:21 |
| 11-a. Complete the following observations from this statement of transferred apostleship. a) As Jesus finished His mission of dying for the sins of the world, | ...So the Church is commissioned to finish it’s mission of making disciples of all nations. |
| 11-b. Complete the following observations from this statement of transferred apostleship. b) As Jesus moved in the power of the Holy Spirit, | ...So the disciples are to move in the power of the same Holy Spirit. |
| 11-c. Complete the following observations from this statement of transferred apostleship. c) As Jesus represented His Father’s will with acts of compassion and attention to the oppressed, | ...So must the Church be characterized by such acts. |
| 11-d. Complete the following observations from this statement of transferred apostleship. d) As Jesus prepared the Church for worldwide witness through eschatological statements, | ...So the Church must use these prophetic discourses to mobilize itself to fulfill Christ’s witness throughout the earth. |
| 11-e. Complete the following observations from this statement of transferred apostleship. e) As Jesus bypassed the power structures of His day by calling and empowering simple fishermen to be apostles, | ...So the church must retain a simple trust in God’s power among ordinary people to accomplish everything God has willed. |
| 12. What was signaled by the effusion of Gentile tongues that marked the initial outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles? | The worldwide expansion of the gospel witness that was to follow. |
| 12b. According to Don Richardson’s analysis of the miracle of Pentecost, what one main purpose is there for the miraculous outburst of Gentile languages found in the book of Acts? | To make crystal clear that the Holy Spirit’s power was and is bestowed with the specific goal of the evangelization of all peoples in view. |
| 13. What process found in the book of Acts was used by Paul to start churches? | The Pauline Cycle |
| 13b. Briefly summarize The Pauline Cycle stages of development. | Start a local assembly, gathered facts, made contacts, presented the gospel, gathered and taught converts. This maturing assembly then sent its own workers out into the harvest field. |
| 14. In his second epistle, to what does Peter directly link Christ’s coming? | To the patience of God, prolonging the opportunity of salvation for the perishing |
| 14b. Those who look for Christ’s return should view the apparent delay as what? | Prolonged opportunity for repentance |
| 15. What twin themes are united in Revelation’s triumphant account of all nations worshipping the eternal King, Christ himself? | a. Blessing the nations b. The eternal Kingdom |
| 16. State the two flawed approaches to missions that are common today. | a. Some follow the streams of missions tradition so closely that there is little creative thinking, little tolerance for change, and the traditions of the past are allowed to define the future. b. Others approach mission as entrepreneurs and pragmatists with little regard for the past. |
| 16b. According to the author, how will a Pentecostal mission’s paradigm contribute most effectively to the accomplishment of missio Dei? | If it sees itself in relationship to the historic development of missions. |
| 17. What problems result from ignoring the lessons of church history? | a. To suppose that God left the world essentially without witness at some point is without substantiation either in biblical prophecy or recorded history. b. By limiting the consideration of the past Church, the present Church seriously disadvantages itself in accomplishing its biblical mission. |
| 18. What questions does Kenneth Scott Latourette suggest should be asked in order to gain an understanding of the expansion of Christianity within each period of mission’s history? | a. What was the Christianity that Spread? b. Why did Christianity Spread? c. Why has Christianity suffered reverses, and at times met only partial successes? d. By what processes did Christianity Spread? e. What effect has Christianity had upon its environment? f. What effect has the environment had upon Christianity? g. What bearing do the processes by which Christianity spread have upon the effects of Christianity on its environment, and of the environment upon Christianity? |
| 19. List the dates and major descriptors of the three time periods of church history cited in the text | a. Period 1, The Early Church to A.D. 500; Apostolic, Apocalptic, Spontaneous, Hellenistic b. Period 2, A.D. 500-1500; Medieval Roman Catholic c. Period 3, A.D. 1500-2000; Reformation, Enlightenment, Ecumenical, Evangelical, Pentecostal |
| 20. What modern term describes the type of churches established by the Apostle Paul? | Indigenous |
| 20b. What characterized the Indigenous churches as such? | a. They did not have to identify with the missionaries in such cultural matters as language and dress. b. They had no financial dependence upon the missionaries. |
| 21. What external challenge did the Church face periodically during the first historical period? | Persecution through all periods |
| 21b. What internal challenge threatened the Church’s mission during the first historical period? | Doctrinal issues or aberrations |
| 22. What three major factors are identified in the growth of the church during the first period of mission’s expansion? | a. The effectiveness of the early prophets b. The effectiveness of teachers c. The changed lives and testimony of women |
| 23. Explain the assertion, “Christianity grew by its very nature.” | Every Christian was a witness. Where there were Christians, there would be a living, burning faith, and before long an expanding Christian community |
| 24. List the seven features of the medieval missions paradigm, as identified by David J. Bosch. | a. Changed Context b. Individualization of Salvation c. Institutionalizing of Salvation d. Mission between Church and State e. Indirect and Direct Missionary Wars f. Colonialism and Missions g. Mission of Monasticism |
| 25. Though the Crusades were not intended to make converts to Christianity, and therefore, should not be connected with missions, the attacks of Christian armies against Muslims had what two primary objectives? | a. Immediate objective was The recapturing of Jerusalem or other holy places. b. The broader objective was The containment of Islam |
| 26. What were the doctrinal distinctives of the Protestant Reformation? | a. The Doctrines of Justification by Faith alone. b. Salvation by Grace alone. c. The Bible as the sole Authority for Doctrine and Practice d. The Priesthood of the believer e. The Promotion of Congregational singing. |
| 27. What three aspects of the eighteenth century Moravian approach to missions are significant to the modern missionary movement? | a. They believed that God was sending them, so they did not view their service as an assigned duty of the Church. b. The concept that missions should be undertaken by the common people of the church. c. They solved the problem of manpower, for Missions. |
| 28. Also called “The Father of Modern Missions,” William Carey successfully accomplished what three objectives that influenced all subsequent evangelical missions’ history? | a. He was able to write an effective Scriptural rationale for missions, with the result that public opinion changed, first in Britain, and then throughout Europe. b. He and his colleagues devised the means of reforming a society completely dedicated to missionary work. Thus the idea of Mission Societies were born. c. He addressed the problem of manpower by himself volunteering to go, with the purpose to open evangelical churches. |
| 28b. List the practices devised by Carey and his colleagues that became the basic template followed by most evangelical missions to this day. | a. The setting up of a missions society b. The sending out of qualified volunteers to become church planters c. The Widening of their vision to accomplish a wide variety of activities consistent with their primary objective. |
| 29. List three of five distinctives of the Pentecostal mission’s paradigm. | a. Pentecostal movement’s orientation is primary Christological. They believe the power of the Holy Spirit is given to preach Christ, they believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, death, resurrection, and personal return. b. Pentecostal experience results in the conviction of sin. c. Historically includes a strong identification with the poor, suffering, and marginalized of society. Always eager to help in times of natural disaster and war. |
| 29b. List two of five distinctives of the Pentecostal mission’s paradigm. | d. God’s inclusiveness in the accomplishment of the harvest. For example, they are indebted to the women for the understanding and accomplishment of its vision. e. Its emphasis upon the centrality of the Bible as the written word of God. They have a commitment to Bible reading, Scripture memorization, and respect for the authority of God’s Word. |
| 30. What two concepts have most widely defined Pentecostal missiology? | a. The indigenous church b. Partnership |
| 30b. What three elements comprise the concept of the indigenous church? | a. Self-Government b. Self-Propagation c. Self-Support |
| 30c. The team approach to missions, essential to the fulfillment of the Great Commission, must be developed through dynamic international partnerships between what entities? | a. The missionary fellowships of the sending mission b. The national organizations of indigenous churches |
| 31. What is at the heart of the missionary task and missions in the age of the Spirit? | Spiritual Formation |
| 32. What appeal did Jesus repeatedly make as the foundational requisite for any who would follow Him? | Taking up the Cross |
| 33. What two of three observations are made concerning Christ’s teaching of the cross? | a. Jesus demands total love and total obedience. Must surrender unconditionally their lives. b. Persecutions and other forms of difficulty will characterize this age. |
| 33b. What one of three observations are made concerning Christ’s teaching of the cross? | c. Their Lord, who cares for His people as only a loving father and shepherd can, delights in giving the totally obedient blessing upon blessing, far more bountiful and of higher quality than they could have possibly demanded had they been in charge of their lives. The blessings are not owned or entitlements. They are gracious gifts of God. |
| 34. The Church will transform the world to the degree that its people practice ... | Radical Discipleship |
| 35. What is “the heart of Pentecostalism”? | Is the supernatural empowerment of believers so that they may, in word and deed, adequately bear witness of Christ to the nations of the world. |
| 36. What secret enables believers to well represent the Kingdom of God? | Maintaining a healthy relationship with the King. |
| 36b. How is representing the Kingdom of God well primarily accomplished? | Through making a healthy devotional life a priority. |
| 36c. What is the key to developing a healthy devotional life? | Bible study & prayer |
| 37. List six benefits of the devotional habit. | a. A biblical Worldview b. An Anchor c. Growth in Worship d. Effective Supplication and Intercession e. Shared Vision f. Something Significant to Teach |
| 38. What two points describe the general and particular aspects of a missionary call? | a. The missionary call rests upon the foundation of mission Dei. The Mission of God. At this level, the missionary shares a calling with all true followers of Christ. That calling is to participate in mission Dei. To announce the good news of Christ’s Kingdom to all the world. b. The missionary call is an individual matter. At this level it is important that a missionary feel a call. This is the call to personal involvement, the level of deliberate investment of one’s life in cross-cultural ministry. |
| 39a. God plans the lives of His own, and it is consistent with Scripture for an individual to recognize that .... | A person’s calling predates birth. |
| 39b. A specific calling can come to... | Those who approach the Lord in worship or to those who answered a more genuine calling. |
| 39c. Jesus still calls people ... | As they go about their business of living. |
| 39d. The Lord calls His workers ... | From among His enemies. |
| 40. Why is it important to know that God is the initiator of a calling? | Because such a conviction gives the missionary (or any believer) endurance during times of difficulty or delay. |
| 41. What suggestions are made by the author concerning a successful work ethic for missionaries that are also beneficial to all ministers? | a. Determine to maintain a strong work ethic. b. Plan to succeed. c. Learn to bounce back. d. Approach missions as ministry. e. Plan for relaxation. f. Develop a keen sense of discernment and welcome the intrusions that are of Divine origin. |
| 42a. What suggestions are given for achieving interactive biculturalism? | a. Be a good listener. b. Spend time with new acquaintances in their own surroundings where they are at home. (See life in their student’s eyes) c. Learn to recognize how nonverbal meaning is conveyed. (Notice how space is used) d. Be alert to the fact that most societies are event-oriented. (Significant events are the building stones of history) |
| 42b. What suggestions are given for achieving interactive biculturalism? | e. Recognize how important relationships are. (Make at least one friend) f. Never waste a crisis. (Learn from the experience, even when things go wrong) g. Pray to know the difference between unwanted interruption and significant interruption, the moments to be savored. h. Treat each person as made in the image of God. Make no exceptions. |
| 43. List three components necessary to maintaining good relationships among family members serving together on the mission field. | a. Genuine spiritual respect. b. Communication c. Spiritual Fervor |
| 44. What three aspects comprise the framework of peace that is harmed by the occurrence of dysfunction? | a. Peace with God b. Peace with one’s environment c. Peace with one’s self |
| 44b. What should be the first step taken by the missionary/minister/believer in confronting dysfunction? | Prayer |
| 45. What scriptural conclusion of missio Dei is cited? | There will be “a great multitude that no one can count, from every nation, tribe, people and language” (Rev 7:9). Loud voices will declare, “The Kingdom of the world had become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” (Rev. 11:15) |
| 46. What is the immediate object of mission? | Building the Church |
| 47. What process is central to the mission statement of any national church anywhere in the world? | Church Planting |
| 48. Briefly describe and summarize the importance of an adequate support base within the home constituency to the missionary task abroad. | Missions are a team effort. ... support personnel may involve publications, media production, literature distribution, fund raising, medical humanitarian concerns, prayer ministries, construction, book acquisition, or training coordination. There are also administrative leaders, secretaries, finance, publications, research, and computer personnel. Those involved in teaching and the preparation and editing of books & courses in many languages. Mission boards, committees, leaders and visionary pastors |
| 49. In addition to the support mentioned in the previous question, what four actions are taken by those who provide the spiritual, moral, and financial foundation without which missions could not exist, that “makes everything possible”? | a. Prayer b. Give systematically and sacrificially c. Take care of family and business matters on behalf of missionaries d. Participate in the Missions Programs of the Various departments of the Church |
| 50. What two confidences does the author hope for his readers? | a. The Certainty that God will successfully complete his mission. b. That the church of the future will represent God’s mission with sincerity, holiness, and the blessing of the Holy Spirit. |
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