A Movement is Born: Church Growth Beginnings in an Old Church in Germany

A new approach must be discovered to break old, encrusted traditions which have kept the church in a Babylonian captivity. Lack of spiritual vitality and creativity have stifled attempts to inject new life into the church. Unfortunately, the influx of missionary personnel into the European scene has not produced the breakthrough it hoped to accomplish. Mission societies have failed to be the change agents they wanted to be. This is principally due to the failure to understand the historical and cultural context, as well as the theological complexities of the German situation