In this debate, Ted Esler and Chad Vegas the CPM and “proclamational” models of missions. Ted Esler is the president of Missio Nexus and Chad Vegas is the founding board chairman of the missionary training organization Radius International. While Esler sides with the “church planting movement” model, he actually seems to be defending the more specific “disciple making movement (DMM)” model. Vegas defends the proclamational model which emphasizes the importance of the messenger proclaiming the gospel message (in contrast to seekers discovering spiritual truth through Discovery Bible Studies).
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