GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Initiatives are large, cross-cultural missions endeavors that require multiple, diverse “projects” and target a geographic area, a people group, a religious background, or a large urban center.

Projects are local gospel endeavors that contribute to a large gospel “initiative”. They can be done by an individual, a Converge team, a combined team with other agencies or national partners, or a stateside church.

Regional Impact Teams come alongside national movements and movement leaders to help catalyze gospel movements among the leastreached; in most cases where we do not have Converge staff.

We are building 4 Regional Impact Teams: Africa, Latin America, Europe & the Mediterranean, Asia.

Diaspora is the reality that there are millions of people on the move (such as Afghans coming to America) which creates new opportunities for people to hear the gospel. There are also opportunities for Christians (such as the 200,000 Filipinos in Saudi Arabia) to share the gospel in places where Western missionaries cannot go.

Consortium is a network of churches and individuals who have been Spiritled to join with global partners to undertake missionary efforts beyond the resources of any one member.

Global Worker is our newly preferred term for our missionaries. We use “global worker” today because the term “missionary” can trigger a dangerous reaction in many parts of the world where our teams are serving.