What we mean by...
Many words, terms and phrases we use may be new to you. Also, various organizations and people have different meanings for the same words used.
Below is a list of common words and phrases with an explanation of what we mean.

ISC (International Service Corps)
Program for individuals, couples and families to serve the IMB as short-term (two to three year) missionaries

Journeyman
Program for single college graduates in their 20s to serve the IMB as short-term (two to three year) missionaries

Masters
Program for adults over the age of 50 to serve the IMB as short-term (two to three year) missionaries

Engagement
A people group is engaged when a church planting strategy, consistent with Evangelical faith and practice, is under implementation. (In this respect, a people group is not engaged when it has been merely adopted, is the object of focused prayer or is part of an advocacy strategy.)

People Group
A grouping together of people with similar linguistic, cultural and religious backgrounds

Unreached People Group
A people group in which less than 2 percent of the population is Evangelical Christian

Unengaged Unreached People Group
A people group in which less than 2 percent of the population is Evangelical Christian and in which there is no church planting strategy under implementation among the given people group

Ends of the Earth People Group
A people group that is unreached and has not had a new evangelical church started within the past two years

Evangelical
An Evangelical Christian is a person who believes that Jesus Christ is the sole source of salvation through faith in Him, has personal faith and conversion with regeneration by the Holy Spirit, recognizes the inspired word of God as the only basis for faith and Christian living, and is committed to Biblical preaching and evangelism that brings others to faith in Jesus Christ.
Therefore, an Evangelical church is a church that is characterized by these same beliefs and principles. Some churches that are not considered Evangelical in faith and practice may contain members who are Evangelical

Church-planting movement
A rapid and multiplicative increase of indigenous churches planting churches within a given people group or population segment

Church
An autonomous local congregation of baptized believers associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the Gospel to the ends of the earth. Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes. In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. Its scriptural officers are pastors and deacons. While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.

Best practices
Proven techniques that are easily learned and easily transferable to others