👉 Nonmissionary is a concept in Protestant theology that refers to individuals who do not participate actively in missionary work or missions. These individuals are often identified as those who have abandoned their faith and returned to their former beliefs, having given up on the need for evangelism or missionary efforts. The term was first used by Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in 1963, where he described how nonmissionary people were unable to see that they had abandoned