Winning the World

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B. Tradition described as an indigenous movement which is able to avoid church planting movement poison through neglect of missionary oversight, funding from outside, and institutionalization of training, Garrison, pp. 65-97.

1. Mongolia: a dynamic movement fueled by prayer and the Mongolian people, pp. 65-67

a. Missionary priority of loving the Mongolian people

b. Strong missiological principles of training Mongolian leaders

c. Authority of the Bible emphasized in decision making

d. Church established as a cell-church movement

e. Indigenous forms of worship

2. Cambodia: extraordinary growth of indigenous church which avoided dependence on foreign funds, missionary interference, and institutionalization, pp. 68-70

a. A movement built on the importance of prayer, p. 71

b. Training of indigenous leaders (where there were RLTPs [indigenous training], church planting always followed), p. 71

c. Churches shared the tradition of a sevenfold structure, the “seven-member central committee” of the church (i.e., a worship leader, a Bible teacher, a men’s

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