Winning the World

Session 4: Sanctifying the Present by Embodying the Past, Preparing for the Future 71

a. Notice the wealth demographics of evangelicalism in Singapore, cf. p. 78.

b. A movement fueled around privately owned homes in contrast to more than 90% living in public housing, p. 78

(1) Structured around home cell groups, p. 79

(2) Fueled by evangelism, p. 79 (Billy Graham crusade, the Jesus Film )

c. It’s urban evangelicalism, not a CPM, but “it is certainly a close relative,” p. 79.

5. Seoul: not a CPM but sharing their qualities (5.5 million believers in a population of 12 million people)

a. 40-year-old explosion of Protestantism, 5,000 church buildings, 10 of the largest 12 churches on earth, many churches with 1,000s of members, p. 80

b. Pastor Cho Yonggi: Yoido Full Gospel Church , 780,000 membership with 20,000 home cell groups meeting across the city, p. 81

c. Question: How long can a CPM last? Answer: As long as it can fuel itself based on indigenous support, direction, and propagation , pp. 81-82

d. John L. Nevius: (the rearticulation of the Melvin Hodges principles of indigenous spirituality and governance)