The History of Church Planting Research and Korean Churches

This essay examines the development of the Evangelical Movement in Austria from 1945 to the present. The history of the Evangelical Movement can be divided into four phases: The beginnings (1945-1961), which can be characterized above all by missionary work among ethnic German refugees of the World War II, a second phase from 1961-1981, which can be described as an internationalization of the Evangelical Movement especially through the work of North American missionaries. During this time new ways of evangelism were sought and also church planting projects were started. A third phase is characterized by a growing confessionalization and institutionalization of the Evangelical Movement. While free church congregation were increasingly taking on denominational contours, the evangelical movement as a whole began to increasingly establish its own institutions. The last phase since 1998 is characterized by the Evangelical Movement breaking out of isolation towards social and political acceptance.

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The Major Model of Muslim Ministry

Missiology An International Review ◽

10.1177/009182960203000401 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 443-454

Author(s):

Roger L. Dixon

Keyword(s):

Church Planting ◽

General Introduction ◽

Relevant Today ◽

Muslim People ◽

History Of ◽

Muslim Evangelism ◽

Insight Into

In the history of Islam, probably the most significant turning of Muslim people to Christianity has been among the Javanese of Indonesia. Their experience gives us special insight into principles of church planting among Muslims and implications for ministry among other unreached peoples. This article gives a general introduction to the Javanese story and lists some of the major principles of Muslim evangelism and church planting used to reach them, as well as some implications that are relevant today for anyone involved in an approach to Muslims.

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Church Planting

10.1093/oso/9780197509418.003.0002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 20-38

Author(s):

Richard N. Pitt

Keyword(s):

Church Planting ◽

Contemporary History ◽

Church Planters ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Church Plant ◽

History Of

Chapter 2 is intended to be a primer for laypeople on a number of basic dynamics of church planting. As this book is less about church planting than it is about church planters themselves, this chapter provides a brief introduction to the contemporary history of church planting as a phenomenon. Drawing primarily on secondary sources, the chapter will give context to the issues raised in the rest of the book. Some of the basics of church planting—why denominations do it, forms church planting takes, the various customer bases for new congregations, and how new church plant locations and names are chosen—are described as well.

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Teaching Missiology in and for World Christianity: Content and Method

International Bulletin of Mission Research ◽

10.1177/2396939318775265 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (4) ◽

pp. 358-369

Author(s):

Peter C. Phan

Keyword(s):

Church Planting ◽

Church History ◽

Christian Missions ◽

The West ◽

History Of Christianity ◽

Narrow Focus ◽

History Of ◽

World Christianity ◽

Definition Of ◽

The Relationship

The article begins with a brief definition of “World Christianity” and elaborates three theses for conceiving the relationship between missiology and theology, the understanding and practice of Christian missions, and the teaching of missiology. I argue that outside missiology there is no theology. I also reject the separation between church history and missiology, the division between the historic churches of the West and the “mission lands” of the rest, and a narrow focus of the goal of Christian missions on conversion and church-planting. Finally, I recommend a shift from “church history” to “history of Christianity.”

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Nauczanie misjologii w świecie chrześcijańskim i dla niego. Treść i metoda

Annales Missiologici Posnanienses ◽

10.14746/amp.2019.24.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. 85-99

Author(s):

Peter C. Phan ◽

Klaudyna Longinus

Keyword(s):

Church Planting ◽

Church History ◽

Christian Missions ◽

The West ◽

History Of Christianity ◽

Narrow Focus ◽

History Of ◽

World Christianity ◽

The Relationship

The article begins with a brief deﬁ nition of „World Christianity” and elaborates three theses for conceiving the relationship between missiology and theology, the understanding and practice of Christian missions, and the teaching of missiology. I argue that outside missiology there is no theology. I also reject the separation between church history and missiology, the division between the historic churches of the West and the „mission lands” of the rest, and a narrow focus of the goal of Christian missions on conversion and church-planting. Finally, I recommend a shift from „church history” to „history of Christianity.”

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Church Planting and the Parish in Durham Diocese, 1970–1990: Church Growth Controversies in Recent Historical Perspective

Journal of Anglican Studies ◽

10.1017/s1740355318000025 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 103-127

Author(s):

Philip Lockley

Keyword(s):

Church Growth ◽

Church Planting ◽

Rapid Growth ◽

Historical Perspective ◽

Church Of England ◽

The Other ◽

Parish Ministry ◽

History Of ◽

The Church ◽

Reverse Tendency

AbstractThis article unearths the forgotten history of the first modern church planting scheme in the Church of England: an attempt to restructure parish ministry in Chester-le-Street, near Durham, in the 1970s and 1980s. This story of rapid growth followed by decline, and of an evangelical church’s strained relations with their liberal bishop, David Jenkins, has pertinence for contemporary Anglican antagonisms over ‘fresh expressions’ and other church planting programmes. A culture of mistrust is arguably apparent both then and now, between liberals and conservatives in ecclesiology, even as the same line divides those of the reverse tendency in broader, doctrinal theology: conservatives from liberals. Developments, decisions and, indeed, debacles in the story of Chester-le-Street parish point to the urgent need for liberals and conservatives in Anglican ecclesiology and theology to overcome their mistrust of each other by recognizing the other as valuable for the mutual strengthening and renewal of the Church.

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Living Out Being a Public Church in Selma, Alabama

International Journal of Public Theology ◽

10.1163/15697320-12341583 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 360-373

Author(s):

Samuel Lee

Keyword(s):

Church Planting ◽

Economic Aspect ◽

Christian Faith ◽

Public Theology ◽

History Of ◽

Public Church

AbstractContemporary missions, regardless of the sending country, often include socio-economic dimensions. One application of the socio-economic aspect is Entrepreneurial Church Planting which uses business entrepreneurs and clergy members to launch spiritually and economically integrated communities of faith. In a world that measures success economically, how should be success being measured in such endeavours? For too long in the history of the Christian faith, financial stewardship or the number of conversions has sufficed. Increased economic pressures have led to the need not only to be governed by the quantifiable elements of reconciliation or financial flourishing, but also to evaluate outcomes of transformation—and thus to be accountable. This article explores these issues through a case study of the Blue Jean Church in partnership with Arsenal Place Accelerator and the Children’s Policy Council in Selma, Alabama. It represents a form of a congregationally-based practical public theology.

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