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In the last eight years of the twentieth century, the goal of Christian mission should be to preach the gospel, and by God’s grace, to plant in every unchurched segment of mankind—what shall we say—”a church” or “a cluster of growing churches?” By the phrase “segment of mankind I mean an urbanization, development, caste, tribe, valley, plain or minority population. I shall explain that the steadily maintained long range goal should never be the first; but should always be the second. The goal is not one small sealed-off conglomerate congregation in every people. Rather, the long range goal (to be held constantly in view in the years or decades when it is not yet achieved) should be, “a cluster of growing congregations in every segment.”