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gme-581		gme-581		18	.doc	application/msword	6958	332	59	Position 2 � WORLD GOD Missional Church Advance of God’s kingdom Position 3 Missions “Ministries”� in the world WORLD WORLD GOD Missionary teams (obeying Great Commission) new churches Local Churches Position 4 � Arther Glasser and Donald McGavran survey the debate in Contemporary Theologies of Mission (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1983). Rufus Anderson, writing 170 years ago, articulated this Position 1 like this: A missionary is one called by God and sent by the church to do “missionary work,” i.e.: · the converting of lost men, · organising them into churches, · giving these churches a competent native ministry, · all for the purpose of spreading of a scriptural self-propagating Christianity In this approach, every believer is called to be involved in world missions, whether by “going, giving or praying”.	cache/gme-581.doc	txt/gme-581.txt