Evaluating the church growth movement : 5 views /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. :
Zondervan,
c2004.
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| Series: | Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Why church growth can't be ignored / Gary L. McIntosh
- Effective evangelism view : church growth effectively confronts and penetrates the culture / Elmer Towns
- Gospel and our culture view : church growth lacks a sufficient view of the church, which hinders it from effectively engaging the culture / Craig Van Gelder
- Centrist view : church growth is based on an evangelistically focused and a missiologically applied theology / Charles Van Engen
- Reformist view : church growth assumes theology but ineffectively employs it to anayze culture, determine strategy, and perceive history / Gailyn Van Rheenen
- Renewal view : church growth must be based on a biblical vision of the church as a vital community of the kingdom of God / Howard Snyder
- Pastoral reflections.