Passage

Romans 12

• Doctrine

  Christian Identity in Christ

  Identity located in union with Christ, not in clan (qabiil) identity, which in Somali society provides not only social belonging but literal mutual-protection and physical security in a context of weak central state institutions; choosing an identity that relativizes clan primacy can carry costs well beyond social disapproval.

  ROM.12.5

• Glossary Term

  Church

  Kiniisadda is the established, unambiguous Somali word for the Christian church, distinct from masjid (mosque) and its associated congregational structures.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Church as God's People

  New covenant community that gathers believers across clan lines, a genuinely countercultural model in a society organized so thoroughly around qabiil.

  ROM.12.4-5

• Doctrine

  Separation unto God's Service

  Must not be confused with Sufi ascetic withdrawal or with the ritual status of a wadaad (religious specialist) set apart by training rather than by God's direct call.

  ROM.12.1-2

• Doctrine

  Spiritual Gifts

  Spirit-given enablements for the church's benefit, not karaamad (a Sufi sheekh's miraculous personal endowment) or a mark of individual spiritual rank.

  ROM.12.6-8

• Glossary Term

  Spiritual Gifts

  Always pair hadiyado with Ruuxa; karaamad specifically denotes a miraculous endowment attributed to Sufi holy figures in Somali devotional tradition and must not be used.

  ROM.12.6-8