Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

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b. Opposition and advance of the Gospel spread simultaneously and side-by-side, p. 75

(1) Crisis reached at the point of 30 members, p. 75

(2) 30 as the tipping point of public irritation and recognition !

(3) Power of training, prayer, persecution , and smallness to create a dynamism and renewal, p. 76

4. Singapore: explosion of home-cell mega-churches, “the nature of those churches changed radically from traditional congregation-based worship to sprawling home-based cell groups,” p. 77

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.