Winning the World

50 Wi nn i ng the Wor l d: Fac i l i tat i ng Urban Chur ch P l ant i ng Movement s

C. Re-evaluation of the claims based on our understanding of the evidence

D. Conclusions to draw

1 Cor. 12.21-25 (ESV) The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” [22] On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, [23] and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, [24] which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, [25] that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

III. Alternative Forms of Church, Spirituality: Garrison, pp. 34-64; Kreider, 17-38; Mull, 19-25

For those who question whether house churches can stand the test of time, Choudhrie points to their alternative. “The empty cathedrals in Europe are silent witnesses to the barrenness of the church. Why continue to imitate a failed model?”

~ Garrison, Church Planting Movements , p. 37.

A. Garrison on India, pp. 34-48

1. The essential nature of the Church Planting Movement in India begins with a restoration of the New Testament understanding of church as opposed to the contemporary view of church as a building , pp. 36-37.

2. Indian movements based on the “potent combination” of biblical teaching, lay leadership, and house church accommodations steering clear of energy sapping dependency on foreign finances, p. 37

3. Equipping for Indian CPMs occurs in the environment of house churches, not in seminaries, p. 38.

a. The 222 formula: 2 Tim. 2.2, equipping disciples to plant multiplying churches by multiplying leadership