Why Don’t We Have More Church-Planting Missionaries?

Missio Nexus October 1, 1978

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"Crossing an ocean doesn't make one a missionary" has become an axiom in missionary circles. I'd like to add a corollary that I think is just as self-evident: "Crossing an ocean doesn't make one a church-planter."

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