The book, Church Planting Movements , by David Garrison of the IMB, is the latest in the trilogy and includes clear descriptions of successful movements with a new perspective. SCP is not a new idea. However, Garrison's approach is different and it raises several issues that can be explored as the table below suggests. Alliance IMB Focus National focus with recognition of people groups within the nation. People group focus.
Movements are fairly homogeneous.
The role of the foreign missionary is facilitative. A missionary does not need to plant a church. The role of the foreign missionary is one of strategist, but he may model direct church planting, especially in the beginning. ASCP implies that one of the greatest hindrances to SCP is the lack of cooperation between denominations. Training Training is very important to the ASCP approach.