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Critical Review of David Garrison’s “Inside Church Planting Movements” (by J. A. Irons)

Introduction Inside Church Planting Movements (2026) is published by WIGTake Resources, a small publisher started by David Garrison in 2004. WIGTake has published several other movement-related books, including the original Church Planting Movements, T4T, Any-3, A Wind in the House of Islam, and Bhojpuri Breakthrough, among others. After more than two decades since the original release of…

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September 3, 2026

Biblical Basis of Missions / Disciple Making Movements (DMM) / Pragmatism

The Church Planting Movement Debate: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Discussions about church planting movements, supportive and critical, have been a part of missions for the past two decades. While many individual issues have been addressed, the central issue has been less clear. This article suggests that discussions and debates about church planting movements center on implicit values. Instead of debating secondary issues, it is important to…

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March 19, 2026

Biblical Basis of Missions / Proclamation / Role of Missionary

“Missions by the Book: How Theology and Missions Walk Together” by Chad Vegas and Alex Kocman

Missions by the Book contains a light critique of CPM/DMM but is probably a response to it. Rather than a critique, it is written from a positive stance advocating a biblical basis of missions (and thus the book's title). One of the main points is that the Bible gives us a method for missions, and we are…

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January 3, 2022