This study examines the Biblical pattern for church planting as a primary means of fulfilling the Great Commission. David Bosch (1980:184) once said: “…it is not true that there is a mission because there is a Church; rather, there is Church because there is a mission”. In essence, the primary mission of the Church is to ‘preach the Gospel to all nations’ by planting vibrant churches.

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