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St Francis Magazine Vol 6, No 6 | December 2010
ding the language and worldview of the people you are trying to
reach.” 20 “[T]he primary evangelizers are always the new believers
themselves,” who “contextualise the gospel better than anyone.” 21
2.3.3 Intentional Planting of Reproducing Churches
The aim is not merely to plant churches, but “to plant reproducing
churches.” 22 “If a fellowship is to be reproduced, then it must be
both reproducible and reproducing.” 23 To this end, “[a]ll the elements
that are foreign to the church – and not easily reproduced –
[are] eliminated. ”24
2.3.4 The Authority of God’s Word
The missionary must demonstrate that it is the Bible which is “authoritative
for the new believers and the emerging church, not the wisdom
of the missionary nor some foreign creed nor even the local
church authorities.” 25 Where the populace is illiterate, “Memorization,”
26 “Audio-visual,” 27 “Bible Storying,” 28 “Songs,” 29 and “Using
Educated Youth,” 30 are strategies employed for communicating
God’s word.
20 Ibid., p. 179.
21 Ibid., p. 181. Cf. “For outsiders, contextualization can help. Insiders will contextualize
more naturally, particularly if they have recently turned in faith to Jesus.”
Garrison and Garrison, ‘Factors That Facilitate Fellowships Becoming Movements’,
p. 212.
22 Garrison, Church Planting Movements, 181. Emphasis original.
23 Garrison and Garrison, ‘Factors That Facilitate Fellowships Becoming Movements’,
p. 216.
24 Garrison, Church Planting Movements, p. 196.
25 Ibid., p.183.
26 Ibid., p. 184.
27 Ibid., p. 184.
28 Ibid., p. 184.
29 Ibid., p. 185.
30 Ibid., p. 185.
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