Spontaneous Expansion of the Church by Roland Allen

Spontaneous Expansion of the Church by Roland Allen

If it were once believed that the freedom of churches should be restricted to bring greater control to missions, Roland Allen sets out to overturn this conception. Warning against the danger of imposing greater limits on churches, the Author advocates that all members of the church, 'natives' and foreigners alike, must take an active role in its establishment and daily life. The study divides itself into nine chapters; the first, introducing Allen's standpoint, the second as an opening into thenature and character of Spontaneous Expression. The third chapter deals with modern attempts by 'natives' towards the liberty of their churches. The fear of the doctrine becoming weakened by natives taking it into their own hands is addressed by chapter four and this fear is widened into the realm of the Christian standard of morals in chapter five. Civilisation and enlightenment form the central themes of the sixth chapter. Chapters seven and eight tackle the distinction between the Church andmissionary societies. It is in the final chapter that the future of Spontaneous Expansion is investigated and Allen puts forward his ideas which, as he rightly predicted, were broadly accepted fifty years and longer still after their original publication.

Roland Allen (1868-1947) served as an Anglican deacon and priest in England, as a missionary to China, and also served the Church in Kenya. He was a prolific author with his most popular writings being Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? and The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church.

J. D. Payne (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the pastor of church multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a missiologist, podcast host (Strike the Match), and blogger jdpayne.org). J. D. is the author and editor of twelve books on missions including Roland Allen: Pioneer of Spontaneous Expansion.

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ISBN 13	9780802810021
ISBN 10	0802810020
Title	Spontaneous Expansion of the Church
Author	Roland Allen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Year published	1962-12-01
Number of pages	170
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