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A Ph.D. thesis on Church planting movements in India |
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Tuesday, 28 November 2006 |
source: University of Free State
A Ph.D. thesis titled 'DEVELOPING A CHURCH PLANTING MOVEMENT IN INDIA' by DANE WINSTEAD FOWLKES
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Abstract:
This dissertation acknowledges the need for Church PlantingMovements among the unreached peoples of India. Of particular concern to
this study is the application of Church Planting Movement strategy to forward caste Hindus of India.It traces the historical development of group or people movementstrategy and then compares that strategy with traditional missionaryapproaches in India. It shows that evangelizing households is the primarystrategy of the New Testament and the most appropriate strategy forinitiating Church Planting Movements. The thesis carefully examines salvation understanding in the Hindu context and its relationship to the caste system. All of this lays a foundation for a proper approach to evangelization of forward caste Hindus in light of the fact that there have been no documented Church Planting Movements among forward caste Hindus in all of India.
The paper concludes that the best approach to facilitating a Church Planting Movement among forward caste Hindus is by not planting
churches. As contradictory as this sounds, the paper shows that Christian disciples remaining within Hindu culture and familial systems holds the potential for the most indigenous approach to establishing multiplying churches among forward caste Hindus.
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