This document defines key religious terms through definitions and examples. It explores concepts like community, cooperation, sharing, communication, roles, vision, leadership, texts, faith, identity, religions, churches, denominations, commitment, vocation, preaching, and missionary work. The document examines how these terms relate to religious groups, teachings, and the process of spreading faith.

1. Picture Definition
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Associated words Sentence

2. Definition
A community is a set of people
with some shared element —
in particular a group of people
who live in the same area is a
community.
community
Associated words
• School Sentence
• Neighbourhood
• Religious
• Family
• Class

3. Definition
the process of working
together towards the
same end, or, assistance
or willingness to assist
cooperation
• Associated words Sentence
• Working together
• Sharing
• helping

4. Definition
divide or apportion
equally, to use or benefit
from something jointly
with others
sharing
• Associated words Sentence
• Equal parts
• Divide equally
• Join with another

5. Definition
the act, by one or more
persons, of sending and
receiving messages, these
messages occur within a
context have some effect,
and provide some opportunity
for feedback
communication
• Associated wordstalk Sentence
• Exchange information
• Share knowledge
• To transmit

6. Definition
a patterned sequence of
feelings, words and
actions, or a set of
behaviours associated
with a position
role
• Associated words Sentence
• Job
• Play a part
• function

7. Definition
a collapse or disintegration of
a community. The members
of that community lose the
sense of identity and
belonging that defines being
a member of a community
Community
breakdown
• Associated words Sentence
• Cease function
• Become ineffective
• Crush
• destroy

8. Definition
a promise or engaging (of
oneself) to a particular
cause, action, or attitude;
it implies an obligation,
promise, etc. that defines
one’s actions and may
restrict one’s choices
commitment
• Associated words Sentence
• Promise
• Obligation
• pledge

9. Definition
Work done for others which
may be the person’s
response to a commitment
undertaken by them.
Active devotion to God, as
through good works or prayer
service
• Associated words Sentence
• An act of help
• Assistance
• Provide for

10. Definition
the ability to perceive
what may happen and
plan accordingly.
Vision is a very important
element of leadership
vision
• Associated words Sentence
• Perceive
• Great perception
• Mental image

11. Definition
a process whereby an
individual influences a
group of individuals to
achieve a common goal.
leadership
• Associated words Sentence
• Inspiring others
• Rule
• Show the way

12. Definition
someone who founds or is
instrumental in setting up an
institution/group. This person
usually has a charismatic
style of leadership that
attracts followers
founder
• Associated words Sentence
• Bring into being
• establisher

13. Definition
to fill someone with a feeling
of confidence/encouragement
that stimulates them into
action. The vision of life or of
God that inspires a person or
group.
Inspiring vision
• Associated words Sentence
• Encourage
• To fill with confidence
• Leading light

14. Definition
The disclosure or
communication of truths
which would not
otherwise be known
revelation
• Associated words Sentence
• Disclose secret
• Visionary diclosure

15. Definition
the text or texts that a
community of faith believe to
be divinely inspired and that
acts as a guiding force for the
community
Sacred text
• Associated words Sentence
• Divine words
• Religious book

16. Definition
good news; the life and
teachings of Jesus in
written form.
gospel
• Associated words Sentence
• Good news
• Truth
• Word
• doctrine

17. Definition
Faith is a decision to put your trust in
God or gods or in a way of salvation
proposed by a religion.
Belief is generally understood to
refer to the content of a person's
faith - what they understand about
something,
Faith/belief
• Associated words Sentence
• Trust in god
• Confidence in God

18. Definition
the individual
characteristics by which a
person or group can be
identified.
identity
• Associated words Sentence
• Unique characteristics
• Individual

19. Definition
a belief in or the worship
of a god/gods.
religions
• Associated words Sentence
• Belief in god
• Worship
• different

20. Definition
any of the many branches of
Christians with their own
doctrines, style of organisation
and worship; the whole
Christian establishment.
church
• Associated words Sentence
• Building
• Community
• Organisation
• religion

21. Definition
a religious group within a
major religion which has
its own particular beliefs,
organization and
practices.
denomination
• Associated words Sentence
• Religious groups
• Organisations
• faith

22. Definition
dedicating oneself to a cause
from a sense of conviction; to
promise or engage oneself
for some undertaking that has
a religious purpose
Religious
commitment
• Associated words Sentence
• Dedication to God
• Undertaking
• nuns

23. Definition -"to call."
a call to a particular way of
life or to a particular service
of God’s people.
a feeling of being specially
suited for a particular type of
work
vocation
• Associated words Sentence
• A calling
• Service to God
• religious

24. Definition
to advise or advocate
something, to speak
fervently about a religious
topic.
preaching
• Associated words Sentence
• Telling
• Spreading good news

25. Definition - “sending”.
sense of obligation in all
religions to share their
faith and practice with
others
missionary
• Associated words Sentence
• Nuns
• Priests
• Sharing faith with others

26. Definition
The bringing together of different
branches of the Christian church
in an attempt to promote mutual
respect and understanding and
work towards its unity on
fundamental issues of belief and
worship.
ecumenism
• Associated words Sentence
• Bring together
• Respect
• Understanding

27. Definition
the dialogue or exchange of
ideas and opinions, especially
between Christian and non-
Christian religions with a view to
resolving conflict or achieving
agreement
Interfaith
dialogue
• Associated words Sentence
• Talking
• Exchanging ideas
• Resolving conflict
• agreement

28. Definition
attitudes, actions, and beliefs
involving religion,
and typically involves a
negative mixing of religion
and politics and is expressed
in destructive actions
sectarianism
• Associated words Sentence
• Negative actions
• Narrow minded
• Intolerant
• N Ireland

29. Definition
a clash between different
religious aims, interests,
ideas or principles
Religious
conflict
• Associated words Sentence
• Clash of faith
• Different
• Intolerance
• Israel

30. Definition
the ability to be fair towards
and accepting of other
people’s religious or political
beliefs or opinions, and
accept their right to follow
their beliefs freely.
tolerance
• Associated words Sentence
• Being fair towards
• Accepting others

31. Definition
the power or right to lead,
control or judge others or to
have the final say in
something.
An accepted source of expert
information or advice
authority
• Associated words Sentence
• Power
• Control
• Expert knowledge

32. Definition
Work carried out for or on
behalf of others that may
be the person’s response
to a commitment
undertaken by them.
service
• Associated words Sentence
• To do for others
• undertake

33. Definition
to serve or attend to someone;
a particular kind of church action
which includes service as well
as preaching and is modelled on
the image of Jesus washing the
feet of the disciples.
ministry
• Associated words Sentence
• Serve and preach
• Lead

34. Definition
Leadership style
Sentence

35. Definition
Community of
faith
Sentence

36. Definition
hierarchy
Sentence