My brother provides my next WOD

Missiology: "the conscious, intentional, ongoing reflection on the doing of mission. It includes theory(ies) of mission, the study and teaching of mission, as well as the research, writing, and publication of works regarding mission" (Neely 2000, 633). "1. the study of the salvation activities of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit throughout the world geared toward bringing the kingdom of God into existence, 2. the study of the worldwide church's divine mandate to be ready to serve this God who is aiming his saving acts toward this world" (Verkuyl 1978, 5).

Sounds like a weird, hibrid, half-English, half-Greek neologism to me. I doubt that Pericles ever used it while exhorting the Athenians to... damn, I've gotta reread that.

Here's some context (I wonder who the intended audience is. At a guess: young, government-educated Bible college students. I criticize the style, not the point. The point I take under advisement.):

We need prophets who could care less about:
- Political Correctness
- Style over Substance
- What the Masses and Wusses are Yapping for
- Being Popular

My ClashPoint [...Um-m....What? Where'd that term come from? Eminem?] is this: I'm not a doom and gloomer. It is not as if we are approaching the end of civilization's road; it's not even the beginning of the end. Most likely, it is the end of the beginning...who knows where we stand from an eschatological view point? However, I do know where we stand from an ecclesiastical and missiological point of view. We stand where we have always been supposed to stand, as the pillar of truth who proclaim it publicly and globally, applying it fully to all of life.

And guess what, Church? Just as Ringo said, "You know it don't come easy."

Come on - we don't need anymore nicety-nice clergy in charge of churches that don't equip us to face the real issues confronting our church and culture. We can do without spineless crowd pleasers, can't we? We really do not need narcissistic, solipsistic, pseudo saints. What we need are prophets, stalwart sons and daughters who will speak and defend truth, freedom and human rights in the face of atheism, lies and hellbent special interest groups!