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4.4 ACOP’s Church Planting Strategy
Indigenous churches are defined as self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating. If a church has never self-propagated (planted another church) is it an indigenous church? Why or Why not?
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Base on the information it has not meet the requirements to be categorized as indigenous church. It has not grown to be able to able to multiple itself. Being able to duplicate your self need strategy.
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Based on this definition, no, because they need to be self-propagating.
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I church that has never self-propagated cannot be an indigenous church as by definition they are meant to reproduce. A sign of a thriving church is one that grows beyond its walls and plants a new church, not only to reach new congregants, but raise up a new set of leaders
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In the definition spoken about in this prompt, the church in question would not be an Indigenous church. It is lacking the element of self-propogating or planting another church. Self-propogating is an important step in Christian ministry of churches as it enables more people to hear the gospel instead of just the members in the specific church.
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