Previous article in this series: March 15, 2022, p. 274. According to our examination of the historical examples in foreign missions of a commitment to the three-self formula, the three aspects of this formula should be somewhat familiar. However, it is beneficial that we have a clear description of the self-government, self-support, and self-propagation of an indigenous, autonomous church institute that functions faithfully in obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ. First, what is the “self-government” element of the three-self formula? As defined by Robert Decker,1 self-government means that in the biblical and confessional sense…each congregation is under the care of...