Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

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

a. Structured around home cell groups, p. 79

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

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

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

1. 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 2. Pastor Cho Yonggi: Yoido Full Gospel Church , 780,000 membership with 20,000 home cell groups meeting across the city, p. 81 3. 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. a. The selves-must be focused on the indigenous people as a whole, and not be woodenly place on each individual congregation b. The selves are about cultural and regional interdependence and support , not on the forced application of strict independence (which leads to isolation, stinginess, and vulnerability) c. The selves cannot be interpreted to mean the lack of shared spirituality or governance: Garrison’s own examples reveal a shared structure and mode of operating among many of the house churches (e.g., the “seven member central committee” structure) 4. John L. Nevius: (the rearticulation of the Melvin Hodges principles of indigenous spirituality and governance)