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Target Tanzania is the name for the overall plan to plant churches
all throughout Tanzania. Ultimately, the goal is to establish congregations
full of mature Christians that need no more support from the States or
anywhere else. In roughly twenty years, these congregations should be
well established and sending out their own brothers and sisters to spread
the gospel.
Here is the basic plan broken into 5 equal parts:
1. First
Five Years: Establish a large congregation in an urban area. (Hopefully
300+ members)
Also, begin spreading news of the gospel to neighboring villages through
weekend trips and correspondence courses. The Main goal is to establish
an urban congregation.
2. Next
Five Years: Natives from the urban congregation will now be actively involved
with ministry to the neighboring villages. The goal is to establish 50+
village congregations. The Urban Christians will spend lots of time visiting
these churches.
3. Third
Five Years: Establish a program to bring in village church leaders. Have
monthly teaching seminars/ retreats etc. Goal is to create a community
of urban and rural brothers and sisters to work together.
4. Last
Four Years: By this time, a whole generation of believers have "grown
up" in the urban congregation. They (and others) will be ready to
do mission work themselves in foreign lands. The church should be self-supporting.
The goal is to send out workers and to strengthen the village churches
until they can do the same.
Ken Bolden developed this plan from his
experience working in Kenya for 20 years. His dream is to implement this
program in several key places throughout Tanzania.
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