Meanings of the term "unreached people group": Consequences for mission purpose
The dissertation explores the relationship between connotative meanings of the term unreached people group as presented by the proponents of the term, and the images of the term found in the historical and contemporary literature in a contemporary mission agency. One aim of the study was to discover...
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| Language: | English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
01-01-1994
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| Summary: | The dissertation explores the relationship between connotative meanings of the term unreached people group as presented by the proponents of the term, and the images of the term found in the historical and contemporary literature in a contemporary mission agency. One aim of the study was to discover how effectively one older mission had made the transition from its original field to a completely new area of work after being dislocated from China by the Communist Revolution. Content analyses were made of the literature of a contemporary mission to discover the ways the conceptual categories of the term unreached people group affected mission purpose. Ethnographic interviews and questionnaires were used to gather data from four levels of missionaries in the representative mission. These four levels were: international directors, field directors, field missionaries and candidates. There are 8 chapters in the study. Chapter 1 presents the research problem. Chapters 2 and 3 lay the scientific and theological base of the study. Procedure for the research is described in Chapter 4. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 are the data chapters. In Chapter 5, images of mission to the unevangelized as evidenced in the purpose and procedure statements of the CIM/OMF are reviewed and analyzed, especially as those images relate to the term unreached people group. Chapter 6 presents the development of the term unreached people group in selected literature of the Lausanne Movement, and responses to the term by several evangelical mission leaders. Chapter 7 presents data from one contemporary evangelical mission. The analyses of the data showed the ways and extent the term unreached people group is making an impact on the ministries and communication of OMF. Chapter 8 presents the application and conclusions of the results of the inquiry. Briefly, the inquiry showed that the meanings of the term unreached people group is affecting the work and ministry of the mission. Both positive and negative effects were seen. The term serves as a motivational stimulus to alert people of the needs of the unreached. It also helps in the initial stages of planning strategy by providing a framework for identifying neglected peoples. Negatively, the term tends to shew the definitions of concepts like reached and unreached. |
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| ISBN: | 9798208317006 |