TY - BOOK AU - Jones,David M TI - Foreign subsidy and the indigenous church: A study of the subsidy of church building in Kenya AV - BV4070 .F674 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Columbia, South Carolina PB - [Unknown] KW - Columbia International University KW - Faculty, Alumni and alumnae N1 - List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Chapter 1: The Problem Stated; Chapter 2: Biblical Background; Chapter 3: Theoretical Background; Chapter 4: Research Methodology; Chapter 5: Research Findings; Chapter 6: Conclusions and Recommendations; Includes bibliography references (pages 62-64); 1. Respondents answer: How was the church facility funded? --; 2. Overall effect of foreign subsidy on the national church --; 1. Urban church response to interview items 2,3, and 16 regarding status of the church after receiving foreign subsidy --; 2. Rural church response to interview items 2, 3, and 16 regarding status of the church after receiving foreign subsidy --; 3. Observation of maintenance in urban churches --; 4. Observation of maintenance in rural churches --; 5. Distinguishing responses of urban and rural churches to interview items 7, 8, and 9 regarding financial assistance of pastors and missionaries --; 6. National church's responsibility to help others as they have been helped --; Introduction --; Research Questions --; Delimitations of the Problem --; Denominational Boundaries --; Maturity Restriction --; Further Limitations --; Definition of Terms --; Possible Limitations --; Giving in the New Testament Church --; New Testament Illustrations of Financial Assistance --; Opponents of Foreign Subsidy --; Proponents of Foreign Subsidy --; Summary --; Research Type and Overall Strategy --; Procedures for Implementation --; Selection of Churches for Case Study --; Case Study of Selected Churches --; Analysis of the Data --; Instrumentation --; The Survey Instrument --; The Interview Schedule --; Interpretation of the Data --; Report of the Findings --; Current Status of Recipient Churches --; Maintenance of Donated Church Buildings --; Continued Ministry and Additional Foreign Funding --; Funding of National Pastors or Missionaries by the Recipient Church's Own Funds --; The Attitude of National Believers Toward the Missionary, the Donating Churches, and the Ultimate Giver, God --; The Attitude of National Believers Toward the Donated Facility Itself --; The National Believers' Sense of Responsibility to Assist Others With Similar Needs in Their Own Culture --; The Congregation's Relationship to Its Community --; Conclusions of the Study --; Recommendations to Pastors, Missionaries, and Mission Leaders --; Recommendations to Other Researchers; 2; b ER -