Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Pulaaku, the strong and often exclusive Fulani ethnic-cultural identity code, functions as a powerful identity marker independent of religion; this curriculum should teach that identity in Christ relativizes but does not require abandoning legitimate ethnic and cultural belonging, a genuinely significant tension for Fulani converts specifically.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  kawtal ('gathering/assembly,' from kawt-, 'to gather') is a native-rooted term for the church as gathered people, deliberately avoiding any Arabic-Islamic-institution vocabulary.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  kawtal should be understood as the whole people of God, not narrowed to a single congregation; confirm regional currency with native speakers given the limited established base of Fulfulde church vocabulary.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Biblical 'set apart' in Romans is devotion to God while remaining fully engaged in ordinary pastoralist community life, not a specialized religious vocation; should be distinguished from Islamic scholarly clerical roles (marabouts, Quranic teachers) that carry specific social status in Fulani communities.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements must be clearly distinguished from barke, the widespread West African Islamic-Sufi concept of blessing/spiritual power associated with marabouts.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  dokkal Ruuhu ('gift of the Spirit') is a plausible descriptive compound.

  ROM.12.6-8