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The Indigenous Church: Including the Indigenous Church and the Missionary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Early in his ministry in Central America, Hodges became firmly convinced that training national workers was the key to effectively evangelizing any country. The Central American church experienced rapid growth in the early 1950s. In 1953, Hodges was asked to expound on the church planting principles used, so he wrote The Indigenous Church. This volume combines Hodges’ book The Indigenous Church...

Here are some things that missionaries must consider: Is the Mission the Center? 1. They should have a clear concept of their work as missionaries and of their proper relationship to national believers. They must understand that a missionary’s ministry in any one area is transitory. It has been aptly compared to the scaffolding used in the erection of a building. What would one think of a carpenter who had to leave his scaffolding in place so the building would not fall down! Missionaries may center
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