A self-propagating church

A church that is self ministering is by the same token a self propagating one. It is equipped to assure the growth of the church by the acquisition of new members. By its very nature the church is missionary. it should not be closed unto itself but concerned about the many others who God may be calling to the church. Where the church to become unto it self, it would be doomed to slow extinction and a weakening of its vitality through the lack of new blood.

A living and effective local church should possess the outgoing dynamism for attracting new members. A self-propagating church is one that does not rely on others for attracting new members, but its own members, its own initiative, its own methods and means.