History of Church Planting
Anglican missionary efforts called church planting in British colonies coincided with British colonialism. Church planting also describes the missionary model of Baptist missionaries, for instance, in mid-twentieth century Brazil. For Southern Baptists, church planting, with its focus on establishing new and independent congregations, is a logical outcome of their theology: "Southern Baptist mission work was driven by church planting. Based on a voluntaristic faith, the work defined individual salvation as the cornerstone of religious life; and religious life took place within local, autonomous congregations."
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