Planting an Indigenous Church: The Case of the Borneo Eva...
Tan, Jin Huat / Stanley, Brian
The story of the Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM) and the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) highlights the importance of intentinal mission policy and its sustained implementation for the development of an indigenous church. Having a clearly defined exit policy provided the necessary impetus for the BEM to plant a church that was able to stand on its own feet. A number of contextual factors, such as the administrative policies of the Brooke government...