Mentoring, modeling, and mandating Leadership influences on the perceptions and activities of church planters in West Africa
The rapid growth of Christianity in Africa in the last three decades is attributed to the aggressive activity of local church planters in their efforts to evangelize and missionize their contexts. Key factors represent important leadership influences serving as catalysts for the rapid increase in th...
| Published in: | Missiology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Missiology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RB Church office; congregation RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Leadership
B Togo B church planting B Nigeria B Mentoring B Modeling |
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| Summary: | The rapid growth of Christianity in Africa in the last three decades is attributed to the aggressive activity of local church planters in their efforts to evangelize and missionize their contexts. Key factors represent important leadership influences serving as catalysts for the rapid increase in the number of new faith communities. Research data in the contexts of Anglophone Nigeria and Francophone Togo demonstrate that leaders serve a vital function in motivating church planters through mentoring, modeling, and mandating church-planting activity. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091829619869950 |