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4.4 ACOP’s Church Planting Strategy
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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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It would not meet the definition of indigenous, because the church must be self-propagating. Of course, that does not mean the church has no value, there can still be some great churches that have no planted or expanded, or even never intend to. But they would certainly be at risk of missing out on the commands in the bible and the value of spreading the Body of Christ as much as they could have been.
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With this definition of an indigenous church a church that has not planted another church would not be defined as an indigenous church.
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