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Section 03: FOREIGN MISSIONS, Advanced Level 3a

03 3a: Start a movement of indigenous (culturally relevant) church multiplication

Make plans to use the God-given power that God has given your church to reproduce, to start daughter and granddaughter churches, etc. Help the missionaries to be spiritual

*Find in 2 Corinthians 12:15 the sense in which missionaries are to consider themselves as expendable--willing to serve as temporary scaffolding only--for the sake of the new churches.

*Find in Mark 4 illustrations of the church's God-given power to grow and reproduce.

Find in Deuteronomy 1:1-8 guidelines for extending and coordinating new ministries and outreach.

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* Stories (better, for letting the Word flow from friend to friend)

2(Optional Documents, to view, download or translate, for additional help)

Supervising the Lord's Work in a Large Area. Cited from Church Multiplication Guide, Patterson and Scoggins, William Carey Library, Pasadena, CA, USA, Chapter 13, Section 01. "Titus, my true son in our common faith, grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you." Titus 1:4-5. Click the explanation you want now, of why and how God wants a field supervisor to oversee God's work in a large field:

A. Oversee God's Work in a Large Area the Way Christ Says
B. Help Those with Apostolic Gifting to Choose Their Field Wisely
C. Evangelize Victims of Brutal Class Discrimination in Resistant Fields
D. Help Task Group Members from Another Culture to Bond with the People and their Culture
E. Help Task Groups to Make New Disciples the Way Jesus Commanded
F. Train New Leaders the Way Jesus and His Apostles Modeled it
G. Make Realistic Plans to Help Believers Do Effective Ministry
H. Use Time Wisely as You Serve in Ministry
I . Organize to Reproduce Congregations

(Optional reading)

For several serious mission principles related to adapting to a culture, well illustrated by pertinent case studies: Culture and Human Values, Jacob A. Loewen.

The standard anthropological work is: Anthropological Insights for Missionaries, Paul Hiebert.
For fascinating case studies illustrating culture and its importance to the missionary, Case Studies in Missions, Paul & Frances Hiebert.
For integrating social compassion with church planting, Leadership Handbooks of Practical Theology, 1992, Editor, James D. Berkley, volume 2, Part III

Interview one or more persons who have worked among a people group that has experienced multiplication of believers' groups.

Find out what methods they used principles.
Find out what their guiding principles are.
Use discernment to question whether or not their methods may be appropriate for the people group amongst whom you work.
Even if their methods do not apply, their faith and insights may prove useful.
Look for the universal principles that apply in every culture, that you can learn from several sources.

For research methods, see: Research.

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