Confidence in the Spirit as the governing ethos of the Pauline mission

More than eighty years have passed since the Anglican missionary-statesman Roland Allen wrote his classic work contrasting the mission methodology of his day with that of the Apostle Paul. In Part I Allen establishes the permanent relevance of Paul\u27s model of church planting by refuting contentions that the Apostle faced a unique set of moral and social conditions that no longer apply in the complex modem world. In Part II Allen identifies the principles of finance that Paul employed to promote and preserve the integrity of his evangelistic work, and the contextualized, decision-oriented manner in which he proclaimed the gospel. It is in Parts III and IV that Allen tackles the thorny issues surrounding the training of converts (III) and the gathering of converts into organized churches (IV). It is here that he makes his most distinctive contribution