RT Article
T1 Challenges of church planting in the book of Acts, its implications for contemporary church
JF HTS teologiese studies
VO 79
IS 2
A1 Alawode, Akinyemi O.
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1946148199
AB Church planting is an essential instrument in God’s hand to redeem humanity through the power of the gospel. Several church planters and locations have utilised several church planting methods at different eras. The aim of this article is to find out how it was done during the apostolic period and its significance to the body of Christ. The historical-analytical method was used to discover the scriptural foundations of church planting, patterns of church planting in the book of Acts, the challenges accompanying the pattern and its implications for the contemporary church.Contribution: Therefore, the researcher believes that all Christian missionaries, missions agencies, church planters, missiologists and pastors will have a better understanding of how best to go about the business of Church planting in contemporary times as the article concludes that the church planting pattern in the book of Acts is fundamental and strategic in propagating the gospel in the world today.
K1 Implications
K1 Challenges
K1 Contemporary Church
K1 The Book of Acts
K1 Pattern
K1 Church Planting
DO 10.4102/hts.v79i2.8317