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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (3): A Self-Propagating Church

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  • Jason L. Kortering

The goal of mission work is to create indigenous churches which become self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. This article looks at the aspect of the indigenous church being self-propagating, discussing the importance of location, ability to speak the local language, developing instructional material in the local language, good books, training each believer to witness, and the training of children.

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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (2): A Self-governing Church

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  • Jason L. Kortering

The goal of mission work is to create indigenous churches which become self-governing, self-propagating, and self-supporting. This article looks at the aspect of the indigenous church being self-governing, providing six things to consider in relation to church government.

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Working Towards an Indigenous Church (1)

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  • Jason L. Kortering

What is an indigenous church? This is the question every missionary and sending church is asking. This article looks at the history of mission work during the colonization era and points to how things were done wrong. The author also discusses what it means to be an indigenous church.

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Toward a Financially Responsible Indigenous Church

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  • Vern Sterk

This article is about finances in the mission context. The author gives three principles for helping the indigenous church with finances.

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The Contribution of Henry Venn to Mission Thought

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  • Wilbert R. Shenk

This article discusses the life of Henry Venn (1796-1873) and his contribution to mission thought. The heart of Venn's vision was the indigenous church as the goal of mission work.

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