The Indigenous Church: Including the Indigenous Church and the Missionary (Biblia.com)

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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...

Three basic elements that make the church indigenous are self-propagation, self-support, and self-government. Should any of these essential elements be missing, the church is not truly indigenous. But how can the missionary assure the development of these necessary factors in the national church? Importance of Self-Government. Of these three aspects, self-government is the most difficult and requires the longest time to achieve. Yet the principle of self-government is so important

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