that the family again becomes the center of the Christian church and its ministry. Allen died in Nairobi. His funeral was conducted by the Bishop of Mombasa and his gravestone can be found in Nairobi's City Park. A simple stone cross with the inscription on the pedestal reads: "ROLAND ALLEN, CLERK IN HOLY ORDERS, 1868–1947, I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE SAITH THE LORD" Works The Siege of the Peking Legations, 1901 Missionary methods : St. Paul's or ours : a study of the church in the four provinces, London : R. Scott, 1912 Missionary principles, London : R. Scott, 1913 Pentecost & the World: the revelation of the Holy Spirit in the 'Acts of the Apostles''', London : Oxford University Press, 1917 Educational principles and missionary methods : the application of educational principles to missionary evangelism, London : R. Scott, 1919 Missionary survey as an aid to intelligent co-operation in foreign missions, (co-authored with Thomas Cochrane), London : Longmans, Green, 1920 Voluntary clergy, London : SPCK, 1923 The spontaneous expansion of the church : and the causes which hinder it, London : The World dominion press, 1927 Devolution and its real significance, (co-authored with Alexander McLeish), 1927 Sidney James Wells Clark. A vision of foreign missions, 1937 Modern editions The Ministry of the Spirit. Selected Writings, Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2006, ; edited by David M. Paton; foreword by Lamin Sanneh. Missionary Methods. St Paul's or Ours?, Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2006, ; foreword by Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali. Missionary Principles and Practice, Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2006, ; foreword by Brian Stanley. The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church and the Causes which Hinder it., Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2006, ; foreword by Bishop Michael Turnbull. Reform of the Ministry. A Study in the Work of Roland Allen, Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2006, ; edited by David M. Paton. Biography Allen, Hubert, Roland Allen: Pioneer, Priest and Prophet'', Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 1995 See also Anthony Norris Groves, whose "back-to-the-Bible" strategies predated Allen's by eighty years, and whose personal influence may be seen in Allen's desire to recover New Testament mission methods. Total Ministry, a style of ministry that empowers the laity to do Christian service, the development of which was influenced by Allen's writings. References External links Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church 1868 births 1947 deaths People educated at Bristol Grammar School Anglo-Catholic missionaries Anglican missionaries in China