Church Glossary
Church Glossary
Here are the terms often used at Onnuri Church and what they mean, organized by theme.
Even after attending church for a long time, some terms can still feel unfamiliar. From basic church terms to Onnuri Church events, explore them in the Church Glossary.
Basic Church Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Easter | The day that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after He was crucified and died. |
| Cell Group (Soon) | In the Bible, it means 1. a shoot, and 2. Jesus Christ, the Messiah. A cell group is a gathering full of spiritual life that meets around Jesus Christ, and it is the basic unit through which Onnuri Church pursues its dream of being an Acts-like early church. |
| Ministry | A role of service through which God's kingdom and will can unfold. |
| Discipleship | A system of education that provides nourishment so that Christians who have been born spiritually can keep growing in faith. |
| Baptism | An act of washing away sin: a sinner repents before God and, as a sign of that repentance, is washed clean of sin. Through it, one shares in the death and resurrection of Christ and becomes a new person. |
| Testimony | Not only confessing one's past sins but also bearing witness to God's guidance and providence at work in one's life. |
| New Year's Eve Service | A service at the very end of the old year, giving thanks to God who kept us through the past year and spending the first hours before dawn of the new year with the Lord in worship. |
| QT | A time of meditation in which you meet God through His Word every day and apply the Word to your life. |
| Outreach | Activities that put Christ's love and service into practice by sharing the gospel, serving and making disciples in places in Korea and abroad where the gospel has not yet reached. |
Key Onnuri Church Terms
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Campus Church | An Onnuri Church established in Korea under the Acts29 Vision. |
| Vision Church | An Onnuri Church established overseas to fulfill the Acts29 Vision. |
| One-on-One | Part of the new member registration process but a separate program from the new member classes: one Companion (a member doing One-on-One for the first time) and one Mentor (a member trained in the One-on-One Mentor course) meet one-on-one and share life together centered on God's Word. |
| ACTS29 | It means that the vision of the Book of Acts (spreading the gospel to the whole world) did not end at chapter 28 but continues. The concrete goal of the vision is to raise up 2000 missionaries and 10000 lay ministers to bring the gospel to the whole world. |
| Cell Leader (Soonjang) | 'Soon' means "new shoot"; biblically it means "the Messiah, the Christ, the Savior" (Jer. 23:5, Isa. 53:2). At Onnuri Church, the basic unit of a community is called a "soon" (cell), the largest unit (Maximum Size) of church that an Acts-like church aims for. The spiritual leader who leads this cell meeting and nurtures its members spiritually is called the soonjang (cell leader). |
| iSchool | The umbrella name for Onnuri Church's discipleship programs: a system that connects each member to the discipleship content they need. |
| CGN | CGN, a missions media organization, began satellite broadcasting in 2005 for Korean missionaries and the diaspora sharing the gospel around the world. As media has gone through countless changes, CGN has kept moving to reach anywhere the gospel is needed, from internet broadcasting, cable, IPTV and YouTube to ‘Fondant’, Korea's first Christian OTT service. CGN has also set up branches in six places, the Americas, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and France, working with local churches, Korean churches and missionaries to produce and distribute content tailored to local people. CGN is a media ministry whose calling and identity is ‘missions’, sharing the gospel ‘everywhere, to everyone’ in a warmer and bolder way. <How to Watch CGNTV>
* PC: Visit the Fondant website (www.fondant.kr) * Smart TV: Install ‘Fondant’ from Apps (supported on Samsung and LG smart TVs) * Cable TV: LG HelloVision – channel 288, D'LIVE - channel 304, GCS Pureun Broadcasting – channel 159, Hyundai HCN – channel 550 * Smartphone: Search ‘CGN’ on YouTube |
Major Onnuri Church Events
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Love Sonata | A cultural evangelism rally for the evangelization of Japan. Through cultural evangelism rallies, Love Sonata kindles a new fire of revival in Japan and connects those who decide to follow Christ at the rallies with Japanese churches. It also builds a network between Korean and Japanese churches and shares ministry content. |
| Acts of Maria | Acts of Maria is a women's prayer and revival movement for the nation and its people. It is a place to remember the grace and love of God, who rescued this people when they sat on the dung heap of war. It is a place to repent of who we are now, steeped in complacency, comfort and numbness. It is a place where God's daughters kneel, with a calling for this age, before God's plan to use this nation as a kingdom of priests. It is a place where we gather, hoping this fire of prayer that revives the nation will spread across the whole country. A nation that prays has hope. |
| Onnuri Revival Festival | |
| Onnuri Restoration Festival | A large gathering held every year, a festival for everyone who longs for restoration. Expert speakers from various fields are invited to interpret current issues in recovery ministry from a biblical perspective and to look for answers together. |
| Countdown | What this age, racing breathlessly toward the end, needs most is a revival of true worship and the fulfillment of God's mission. In response to this call of the times, the Onnuri Church College & Young Adults Association holds Countdown, a worship and missions conference, every other year. Countdown is used as a holy instrument that proclaims God's message to this age, restores true worship and fulfills God's Great Commission. |
| Saturday Passion | A Holy Spirit rally for youth that raises up intercessors for their schools and sparks school QT and prayer groups through deep worship and messages that challenge young people's lives. It meets on the 4th Saturday of every month at 6 PM in Kyungchan Hall, Seobinggo. |
| Passion Rally | A youth worship camp held every winter where young people experience, and learn to live out, five themes they need (missions, the Bible, relationships, vision, worship) through evening rallies, special lectures and small group meetings. |
| The One Rally | God transforms nations and peoples and builds His kingdom through one person after His own heart. The One, the national college and young adult retreat, began with a vision to gain such people. College students and young adults from across the country gather in one place to pray together with a vision for the nation and its people, the nations and missions, and through The One, local churches, campuses, workplaces and peoples in this land are still being transformed today. |
| Shepherding Conference | An event that raises up Onnuri's pastoral staff, elders and lay leaders, looks back on what Onnuri Church and each community have done in line with the Acts29 Vision, and shares the vision for the road ahead. |
| Cell Leaders' Spiritual Retreat | The Cell Leaders' Spiritual Retreat is a regular spiritual program designed to encourage the “cell leaders”, the very leaders Onnuri Church envisions, and to keep supporting their leadership. It covers topics such as “sharing Onnuri Church's vision, encouragement and comfort for cell leaders, and the theory and practice of leadership training that raises up leaders.” |