In chapter 8, McGavran describes what he feels the role of the mission should be among People Movements. He thinks the missionaries and mission energy should support the local congregations. Interestingly, he feels that the mission station should continue to do what it has been doing - school, health care, etc. - but he states that it should do these things in and among the growing churches instead of in and amongst itself. He also feels that we should let mission stations die and remold them into supporting agencies. That is a bold statement.
I really wish McGavran would offer some evidence, anecdotal or otherwise, that his plan works. If there are as many People Movements going on in the world as he says, surely someone is supporting them well.
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