MISSIOLOGY VIII. Strategy of Missions IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN REACHING MANY PEOPLE FOR CHRISTA MISSIONARY NEEDS A BIBLICAL STRATEGY. Missions in many places have failed or grown slowly because the wrong strategies were used. So multiplied centuries have passed with the church not expanding in some places. David Garrison, in his booklet, Church Planting Movements, identifies things that promote exponential growth and things that inhibit growth of the church on mission fields. Following is a summary of key points from Garrison’s booklet, together with some additional information. The goal of a missionary should be to promote