1. Introduction
2. Axioms of Emerging Missions Organization
1) Effective Organization Depends on Effective Strategy
2) Organizational Patterns Tend to Perpetuate Themselves
3) Strategic Planning becomes more important As the Emerging Missions Movement Matures and Increases in Size.
4) Church Administrative Structures Tend to Increase Their Control Over Mission Structures Over Time
5) Mission Structures Tend Toward Becoming Increasingly Autonomous Over Time
6) When a Dynamic, Balanced Tension Between Mission Structures and Church Structures Is Maintained, the Church Expands More Rapidly and Increases in Spiritual Zeal
7) Argentina Model
3. Local Church Based Missionary Sending
1) Advantages
2) Disadvantages
3) African Models
4) India Models
4. A Broader Perspective
5. Conclusion
Common conventional Western theory on mission structures not been able to cater or meet the needs of non-Western leaders who think that there may be more effective ways to organize mission structures. By pointing out perspectives on organizational structure, Dr. Pate hopes to bridge the Western-non/Western gap.
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