The three-self formula and PRCA foreign missions (10)
Rev. Richard Smit examines the three-self formula (self-supporting, self-governing, self-propagating) as biblical methodology for foreign missionary work, addressing historical examples and contemporary criticisms including proposals for a fourth element of "self-theologizing." This article, part of a series, defends the biblical foundations of Reformed missionary practice within the PRCA's missionary efforts in the Philippines.
Rev. Richard Smit, missionary of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, stationed in Manila, Philippines Previous article in this series: October 1, 2022, p. 16. That the missionary should strive to establish an indigenous church which is self-supporting, selfgoverning (in the biblical sense), and self-propagating is certainly correct, biblical methodology. With this no one ought [to] have any quarrel.1 Previous articles in this series have shown that we may certainly agree with Prof....
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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