Winning the World

86 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

6. The Pakistani Kashmir CPM: A movement growing under great persecution, “they are threatened for life and socially boycotted,” Garrison, p. 106.

a. Visions of the Christ, e.g., Masooda , Garrison, p. 106

b. Pressing not for conversions but for new conceptions – love, harmony, tolerance, Garrison, p. 107

7. The Soviet Central Asian CPM: e.g., Kazakhstan (300 indigenous churches, 13,000 believers)

a. Working directly with the Central Asian people groups rather than working through the neighboring Slavic churches which had a history of ancient hostility with them, Garrison, p. 108

b. Joint venture with the government: the openness of the people because the Strategy Coordinator had gone directly to the people , Garrison, p. 109

c. People group strategy: “The earliest church planters deliberately aimed at stimulating a Kazakh movement. The results have been impressive. Kazakhs today feel that they own the movement. Consequently, momentum is shifting from foreign workers to national leaders,” Garrison, p. 109-110.

8. A pseudonymous movement, Jedidistan: “the largest CPM in the history of Christian missions to Muslims,” Garrison, p. 110

a. Limited number of missionaries allowed to work, Jedidi NT published, experimentation with new forms