McGavran Nugget #1: "Recognition of variations in receptivity is offensive to some missiologists because they fear that, if they accept it, they will be forced to abandon resistant fields. Abandonment is not called for. Fields must be sown. Stony fields must be plowed before they are sown. No one should conclude that if receptivity is low, the church should withdraw evangelistic efforts. Correct policy is to occupy fields of low receptivity lightly. The harvest will ripen someday. . . . While holding them lightly, Christian leaders should perfect organizational arrangements so that when these lands turn responsive, missionary resources can be sent in quickly." Donald McGavran, Understanding Church Growth, 3d. ed., revised and edited by C. Peter Wagner (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1990), 190-191.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:11:03 +0000
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