Church Matters: Retrieving the Great Tradition

Ses s i on 6: Shared Sp i r i tua l i t y and Chur ch P l ant Movement s 117

3. Movement impacted a number of traditions: CMA, Overseas Missionary Fellowship, Four-Square, Presbyterians.

4. Garrison’s analysis focused on methodology , but the key to the movement was shared spirituality !

a. The entire movement was built on the importance of intercessory prayer, a disciplined, focused, continuous kind of prayer, p. 71.

b. Training as passing down the tradition to indigenous leaders (“where there were RLTPs [indigenous training], church planting always followed), p. 71

c. All churches embraced the same authority, liturgy, and leadership structure: Churches shared the tradition of a sevenfold structure, the “seven-member central committee” of the church, p. 73.

(1) A worship leader

(2) A Bible teacher

(3) A men’s minister

(4) A women’s minister

(5) A youth minister

(6) An outreach minister

(7) A literacy teacher

d. Evangelism was reproducing the spirituality and structure in the new village or unreached region : Tradition was the key form of evangelistic invitation for church planting in unreached village.