Cultures
What is Ramadan?
The Holy month for Muslims. They fast and pray while the sun is up to please Allah and strengthen their relationship with Him.
Which missionary did we study who went to India?
Amy Carmichael
Name 4 of the 6 religions we studied in class.
Hinduism
Animism (spirits in Tribes)
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
(and Atheism)
What is a people group?
A group of people that associate with each other based on ethnicity, religion, culture etc.
NOT a country
How can we love Missionaries today?
Write them letters
Pray for them
honor them when they visit America by having them in your homes and asking them to share stories with you
In which religion do the women wear head coverings?
Most muslim cultures do!
What happened to Jim Elliot and his friends?
They were met by the Auca Indians who attacked them with spears.
What religion worships many gods?
Hinduism
What is an UNREACHED people group?
What is the first thing a missionary needs to do when they get to a country?
Learn the language and culture!
What Jewish Holiday did we talk about where the people eat Maztah and tell of the Exodus story?
Passover
List some things Gladys Alyward is known for in her work from China.
Unbinding feet from girls
Taking in children when their parents couldn't afford to take care of them
Leading 100 kids to safety during WW2
What religious group is still waiting for their Messiah (Savior) to come?
Judaism
What is the 10/40 Window?
A region on the globe that has some of the largest unreached people groups. There is little access to the gospel here.
Who is the man who started Islam?
Mohammed
What is contextualization? (think how would we share the gospel to a tribe? Ex. in class about explaining a lamb to a people who have never heard of a lamb)
explaining the Gospel in a way that their language and culture could understand.
List some of the ways Adoniram Judson suffered in Burma?
sent to prison doing nothing wrong
Lost three of his children
Wife and child died after he got out of Prison
Slow to see people come to know Jesus
What 2 religions did we study only worship one God?
Islam (Allah)
Judaism (Yahweh)
What must a missionary do BEFORE they leave so the Christians can continue growing?
Make sure there is a Bible translation in their language.
What country did we talk about that desires there to be NO religion?
China
What are two unreached people groups here in Minnesota?
Somalis and Hmong
If we can't enter into a country as a missionary because the government won't allow it...what should we do?
Go in as a business owner
teach a skill there, like English
Name a few things we learned about Buddhism
They believe after you die, you come back to life as someone or something. Depending on how good you were will determine who/what you will come back as.
They believe we shouldn't desire anything and therefore won't suffer.
They have Buddha statues but don't believe it's a god. Most believe there is no god.
What is persecution?
India