The Essential Tasks of Missiology

Developing a strong movement of God in a new city or ethnic area requires the accomplishment of three essential missiological tasks. First, initial evangelism must lead to planting new churches. Second, Christians must be nurtured to maturity within these churches. Third, leaders must be trained to evangelize and plant other churches, pastor and shepherd the community of believers, and train still other leaders. This section briefly surveys various strategies for accomplishing these primary mission tasks. While other mission tasks may amplify these three central tasks, a strong movement of God cannot come into being without their accomplishment.