Theological Renewal of Church Structures in Mumbai
Six theological paradigms have impacted the renewal of the Indian church
 | Indigenization of worship, church forms and theology |
| The idea of house churches and cell churches. |
| Renewal of the Holy Spirit , with signs and wonders |
| Acceptance of Supernatural Gifts |
| Openness to Unity |
| Lay Leadership |
Each of the above ideas
| had a champion |
| is an idea for its time. Indigenization occurred during the phase of nationalism, house churches occurred in a time when money was not readily available for church buildings, unity occurred at a time when the cities were finding multi-ethnicity being overcome by commonalities, lay Leadership occurred at a time of increasingly educated laity. |
| is a simple idea readily reproducible |
| the champions have been able to teach simple structures to enable the idea to be implemented. |
| the ideas have strong Biblical basis |
