This is usually done by sending missionaries who cross cultural and linguistic boundaries. The strongest signal for the EFCM to disengage is at this point. Our task is essentially done when the national church movement is able to reproduce itself at every step along the vision continuum, including that final step when it sends its own missionaries. Converts, cells, congregations, clusters of congregations and movements must all reproduce. The life of the seed must continue to give life to the movement.
Reproduction is the surest sign of such life.
We long and labor for the day when the movements we launch send missionaries to launch additional movements. The time frame for this to take place will vary, but nowhere will it happen quickly. W e must also insure that the movement is truly national or indigenous. The word national has two applications. First, the movement must be thoroughly indigenous, that is, completely at home in the soil in which it has been planted.