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Missiology

Roland Allen's argument that churches grow best through the unorganized witness of local believers, without missionary control.

In missiology, spontaneous expansion refers to Roland Allen's argument that churches grow best through the unorganized witness of local believers, without missionary control. This meaning comes from Allen (1927/1956) in The spontaneous expansion of the church and the causes which hinder it.[1]

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Allen, R. (1956). The spontaneous expansion of the church and the causes which hinder it. World Dominion Press. (Original work published 1927) Open Library record

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