The Indigenous Church and the Indigenous Church and the Missionary

Indigenous principles have been a core component of Assemblies of God missions since the 1920s. But while missionaries wrote about, preached, and practiced them, Melvin Hodges was the first to outline them in book form for generations to come.

While working in Central America, Hodges tested and proved indigenous principles firsthand. Early in his ministry, he became firmly convinced that training national workers was the key to effectively evangelizing any country.

The church in Central America experienced a time of rapid growth in the early 1950s. In 1953, Hodges was asked to expound on the church planting principles used, so he wrote The Indigenous Church.

This volume combines Hodges' book The Indigenous Church with a later work, The Indigenous Church and the Missionary. These books have had an incalculable influence on missions worldwide, both in Assemblies of God missions and among other evangelical missions agencies. This new edition offers a fresh look at proven missions methodology for a new generation answering the call to reach the lost and to establish the Church worldwide.