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The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue No. 25, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

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Vollenhoven And Thinking In The Light Of Scripture, John H. Kok

Pro Rege

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Mission In The Evangelical And Ecumenical Traditions, Michael W. Goheen

Pro Rege

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Looking Back On A Closing Chapter: The Experience Of The East German Churches, Barbara G. Green

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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A Study Of The Role Of The Old Testament Sabbath In The New Testatment, Chris Roy Downey

ATS Dissertations

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Churches - The Hot One, Elmer Towns

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This paper discusses several large, influential churches that may be considered model churches because they have influenced a vast section of our nation. These include Calvary Temple of Denver (Charles Blair), First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana (Jack Hyles), Thomas Road Bapist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia (Jerry Falwell), Grace Community Church, Panorama City, California (John McArthur), Yoido Full Gospel Church, Seoul, Korea (David Yonggi Cho), and Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois (Bill Hybels).

The Gift Of Evangelism And Its Relationship To Evangelism, Larry Gilbert

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Possibly the greatest contribution the Church Growth Movement has made to spiritual gifts is recognizing and properly defining the gift of evangelism. Understanding this gift is imperative to understanding the relationship of spiritual gifts to church growth.

Improving Our "Sink Or Swim" Training Model For Church Planters, Tom A. Steffen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Many of those sent out locally or internationally to plant churches have never planted a church or been involved in the process, worked on a team, or have been trained in crosscultural studies. This paper argues that we can do a much better job of preparing our church planters.

Intervention Aimed At Conference-Wide Church Growth, Steven L. Todd

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In 1987, the Nebraska Conference of the United Methodist Church began an ambitious process aimed at reversing its two decade membership decline. Contracting with Church Growth, Inc., headed by Dr. Win Am, the conference's newly created Church Growth Committee introduced to its 432 congregations in the state an enterprise labeled "Daring a New Harvest." The plan consisted of an introductory Basic Growth Seminar, followed by a three-and-a-half year process called Love in Action (LIA).

The Future Of Denominational Research: Souther Baptist Research Fellowship, Larry L. Mcswain

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Denominational researchers must focus on their unique role in relation to the role of other researchers. Our future as competent and effective researchers is dependent on our ability to keep up with the technology available to us. We must develop and maintain networks among researchers to avoid duplication of effort and create adequate sharing of what we know. We must also find ways to include the most difficult research subjects in our efforts. Moreover, if our calling is to have any meaning we must have the kinds of relationships and influence with decision makers that the information we have will …

Megachurches: High-Impact Ministries, John N. Vaughan

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This paper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of megachurches.

About The North American Society For Church Growth 1992, John N. Vaughan

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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The Prime Time Plus (+) Megachurch, Kenn Sanders

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

I have found that churches which were having three or four services on Sunday morning immediately increased their attendance by 20% after building new facilities on their present site. These new facilities enabled them to have two prime time services between 9 A.M. and noon. Services during these hours are found to be more desirable to members, and they allow for a better distribution of workers. (Versatility is the key in today's church.) Two services are good stewardship of time and money.

Where Has All The Commitment Gone, Harold Westing

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Two contemporary sociologists, Allan Bloom (The Closing of the American Mind) and Robert Bellah (Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life), focus our attention to the growing problems in America brought about by our often individualistic and uncommitted values. Christian leadership struggles to find ways to bring Christians to a serious commitment to Christ.

Generations In Conflict, John W. Ellas

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Christians must recognize that there is a generation gulf. There exists not only an incredible difference in the values, perspectives on life, and needs of future church members as compared to present church members, but more important, even now, there is a vital difference that already exists between members of today's congregations. A failure to understand and deal with this present challenge is creating conflict and numerical decline in a multitude of churches. These issues are not limited to any region or religious tradition. Churches that understand the real issues and address them through effective ministry are experiencing significant growth.

No Rope Let Down From Heaven, Reta Halteman Finger

Biblical, Religious, & Philosophical Studies Educator Scholarship

In the early 1970s, a group of six evangelical women in Chicago began meeting. Their topic of conversation? The emerging secular movement of feminism and what it might mean in a Christian context. These discussions would eventually lead to the Daughters of Sarah, a mid-20th century American journal for the particular audience of Christian feminists. Daughters of Sarah published some of the earliest religious scholarship on the topic.

Moral And Spiritual Changes In The Last Years Of The Soviet Union - Part One, Howard L. Parsons

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

See Part Two here: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol13/iss1/2/

The Revolutionary Church? The Role Of East German Protestants Amid Political Change, Todd W. Harris

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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For The Sake Of Zion And Of Righteousness, László Tökés

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Herald Of Holiness Volume 81 Number 12 (1992), Wesley D. Tracy (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

Cover & Inside Front Cover Photo Credit: Fred Sieb

FEATURE ARTICLES

2 Partners in Publishing, Robert Foster

3 It All Started with the Sugar Creek Gang, Wesley D. Tracy

4 The NPH Family, Paul Miller

19 Good News from Bangkok, Michael P. McCarty

20 Having It All, Julie Warden-Gay

23 The Whirlwind of Christmas, Dan Whitney

24 Christmas Joybawls, Ruth Glover

26 Good Parents and Troubled Teens, Les Parrott III

28 Prayer and the Five Dollar Letter, Carol Techau

44 On to Perfection, William M. Greathouse

POETRY

(Inside Front Cover) Trapped in the Wrappings, Nancy C. Spiegelberg

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Speech At Business Executives For Economic Justice Meeting, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Speaking at a meeting of Business Executives for Economic Justice (University Club-Chicago), Pollard addresses the negative economic trends prevalent at the beginning of the 1990s and calls for a moral framework that will help steer the free market system in a positive direction.

Grow Churches, Changed Lives In Growing Churches: 1992 Annual Of The Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Arkansas Baptist State Convention

Arkansas Baptist State Convention Annuals

This is the 139th Annual Sessiona and the 144th year.

Program: Featured Lecture, "Getting It Together: Academic Rigor And Cultural Pluralism In A Christian University.", Richard Hughes

William M. Green Distinguished Christian Lecture Program

Program for the Thirteenth Annual William M. Green Distinguished Christian Lecture Program with featured lecturer Dr. Richard Hughes, Professor of Religion, Pepperdine University.

Herald Of Holiness Volume 81 Number 11 (1992), Wesley D. Tracy (Editor)

Herald of Holiness/Holiness Today

Cover Photo Credit: Don Pluff

FEATURE ARTICLES

2 Relevant to the Times; True to the Gospel, Paul Benefiel

18 Is This My Father’s World?, Hollis Fenn

22 Good Parents and Troubled Teens, Les Parrott III

26 The Morality of Love, Carol Wight Gritton

28 The Biblical Delivery System for the Gospel, John A. Knight

31 Credit Where It’s Due, Gary B. Swanson

32 Growing Up Nazarene, Claudine Stubbs Henry

38 A Romanian Connection, Edward F. Mann

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FEATURE

44 Then Came November, Elizabeth Jones-Ketner

POETRY

43 Standing Far Off, Wilma Dean Williams

CONTINUING COLUMNS

6 General Superintendent’s Viewpoint, Donald …

Speech At Florida Southern College, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech at Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL), Pollard considers how the free-market system can be a force for good if only business leaders would conceive of themselves as stewards of any given firm's greatest asset, namely its people.

1992-93 Chapel Schedule, Taylor University

Chapel Schedules

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Message Of Patriarch Pavle And Cardinal Kuharic Following Their Meeting In Geneva On 23 September 1992, Franjo Kuharic

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Receiving A Spirit Of Adoption, Reta Halteman Finger

Biblical, Religious, & Philosophical Studies Educator Scholarship

In the early 1970s, a group of six evangelical women in Chicago began meeting. Their topic of conversation? The emerging secular movement of feminism and what it might mean in a Christian context. These discussions would eventually lead to the Daughters of Sarah, a mid-20th century American journal for the particular audience of Christian feminists. Daughters of Sarah published some of the earliest religious scholarship on the topic.

Orthodox - Catholic Ecumenical Developments, Patricia Lefevere

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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The Legacy Of The Church Struggle In Contemporary Germany, Albrecht Schönherr

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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