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Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe, California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract

they perform the bulk of their work, and what it is they do in both problem

2. The purpose of missionary work can be to convert people to Christianity. However, it causes political controvesary and confcit.

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Missionaries are sent out to cross cultural barriers and spread the gospel. Missionaries are not sent too foreign countries to destroy or to break the people down. Missionaries have faced scrutiny, because of the negative of missionaries in movies and in books. There some positive movies made about missionaries.

Sustaining missionaries already on the mission field is absolutely critical in the expanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The overall purpose of the Roland Allen’s book is to convey the dramatic differences between the methods of modern day missionary organizations

In the first chapter of “Christianity Rediscovered” by Vincent J. Donovan he is introducing us to the idea that missionaries now have a poor reputation due to their history. He says “History has offered the opportunity to deflect and distort the meaning of missionary work in every age”. For a long time a missionary was a person spreading the word of God and after years of doing so we have diminished many different beliefs, practices, cultures and history. At the time it was thought to be the right thing, to spread out and share the gospel to help people find meaning and acceptance. In today’s age a missionary is a lot of different things, in many cases it is more focused on the health and physical wellbeing of the people. Many people still share the gospel through missionary work, but in other cases it is more of a material aid. Donovan introduces the book as a voyage of discovery he wants us to put our normal beliefs aside to see his perspective of living a missionaries life and struggling with the fact of if you are helping or hurting.

Jesus went out and talked with people outside of religious circles and had compassion for them. For example, He stopped and asked questions of the Samaritan woman and didn’t just jump in and accuse her of being wrong. He told the parable of a prodigal son to show the love of the father for the son, despite his son’s actions. Jesus also wept when looking down upon Jerusalem, knowing the people there would reject Him. When you read stories about missionaries who have been effective, you discover that they lived among the people, built relationships with them, and understood their thinking and beliefs. It is important that we are able to communicate to emerging generations about the one true God more like cross-cultural missionaries would and learn about other religions and spiritual beliefs. We, as Christians, need a better understanding of world faiths and spiritual beliefs. This doesn’t mean that we should become experts in each of the religions that are practiced in the world, but simply have a level of understanding about them so that when we teach in our churches or when we meet people of other faiths, we can discuss intelligently with them about their religion. Wouldn’t we would want someone that speaks negatively about out religion to at least know the basics of it and not just assume based on what they’ve heard or experienced

Good missionaries know that they must contextualize their ministry to their receiving culture. Missionaries seek to present the eternal truth of the gospel in a way that a non-Christian culture can understand and respond to God’s voice. The most obvious form of contextualization (though not always the simplest) happens when a missionary crosses a language barrier to communicate the truth.

Essentially, this states the word gospel means - the image of God; which could easily become interpreted as God’s sexual presence that exists as our treasure in earthen vessels (2 Cor 4:7). Subsequently, this scripture becomes explosive when identifying Our Godly Sexual Beings as its meaning. Noticeably, the evil position of Satan in the Old Testament is decidedly lacking, as it is in the majority other religions writings; however, in the New Testament, Jesus Christ expounds on the reality of the devil as one of the “main focal points” and immediately confronts Satan from the start (Matt 4:1-11). Jesus targeted the devil’s influences (both male and female) and the enslavement it instigates, “Who changed the glorious image of God (our sexual pleasure) into the lie of lust” (Rom 1:23-25).

Missionary expansion throughout the centuries has taken a hard, often violent road. The expansion of Christianity begins with the adherents of Jesus Christ and ended with the premature demise of many of the disciples. In the centuries following the disciples, many missionaries were faced with percussion and death as the gospel was proclaimed. As missionary expansion occurs throughout the centuries, often times facing trial and difficulty, the question comes up; is the capital cost of missionary expansion worth the monetary value? This paper will highlight many trials that have been faced by three missionaries in particular and explain often by the words of these missionaries why the enormous cost of missionary expansion is worth the cost. The thesis of this paper is: everyone is called to preach the gospel; the calling of the missionary is called to live by faith even when facing difficulty.

A missionary can be defined as someone who is sent to spread Christianity throughout the world or do other religious works. There have been several influential missionaries in modern day America such as William Carey, George Müller, David Livingstone, Lottie Moon, and Amy Carmichael. These people have dedicated their lives to reaching out to others and have inspired many people to become missionaries. Each one of them has impacted the world in a different way.

This course has had a great impact on my walk with Christ as well as my witness for Christ. I pastor a church and teach two classes and for me I thought that I was doing plenty. However this course has helped rekindle my passion for sharing Jesus Christ with people through personal evangelism. This paper will demonstrate what I have learned throughout this course.

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been many great men who have left an impact on today’s world. Some of these men may have changed a certain system was run or established a better community for other people. While doing these things is certainly commendable, there is one man who stands above the rest. This man is unique in every way from His conception to His death. In addition, this man made astonishing claims and performed many great miracles. While there were many that embraced this man, there were many that called him foolish and a sinner. This man was Jesus Christ. Through the use of Old Testament prophets, various New Testament testimonies, and certain divine attributes, it is proven that Jesus Christ is unique in that He and God are one.