Page Range
3-23
Keywords
Nevius, CPM, Revival, Indigenous, Three-self, Korea
Abstract
John Nevius served as a missionary to China in the late nineteenth-century. From his field experience, Nevius argued for radical changes in missionary methodology. His greatest influence may have been on the mission to Korea beginning in the 1890s. David Garrison, currently serving in South Asia, served for several years in influential administrative roles within the International (formerly Foreign) Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He studied and advocated Church Planting Movements [CPM], necessitating a change in contemporary missionary methodology. Both men have made major contributions to the practice of missions. This article endeavors to show the similarities between their methods, viz., the Nevius Method and CPMs, through the historical lens of the introduction of Protestant Christianity to Korea. The impetus behind this analysis is the role and value of missions history in developing missionary strategy. Both the Nevius Method and Church Planting Movements implement certain similar strategies that have proved effective and are worthy of consideration.
Recommended Citation
Handy, Wesley L.. 2012. "Correlating the Nevius Method with Church Planting Movements: Early Korean Revivals as a Case Study." Eleutheria: John W. Rawlings School of Divinity Academic Journal 2, (1). https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/eleu/vol2/iss1/3
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