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An Evaluation Of Romans 11:25-26 As The Result Of Impromptu Prayer In Romans 9-11, Dennis A. Hitchcock Dec 1995

An Evaluation Of Romans 11:25-26 As The Result Of Impromptu Prayer In Romans 9-11, Dennis A. Hitchcock

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Understanding Your Critics: An Outsider’S Analysis Of A Core Criticism Of The Church Growth Movement, Duane Litfin Oct 1995

Understanding Your Critics: An Outsider’S Analysis Of A Core Criticism Of The Church Growth Movement, Duane Litfin

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A call to proclamation evangelism rather than persuasion evangelism.


A Response To Dr. Litfin, Carl George Oct 1995

A Response To Dr. Litfin, Carl George

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A response to Duane Litfin's (1995) "Understanding Your Critics: An Outsider’s Analysis of a Core Criticism of the Church Growth Movement" (in this issue).


Core Values: Backbone Of A Movement, Kent R. Hunter Oct 1995

Core Values: Backbone Of A Movement, Kent R. Hunter

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In the last 10 to 20 years, the Church Growth Movement has proliferated in at least three dimensions. First, the Movement has proliferated by topics. In the last decade or so, we have seen church growth leaders concentrate on mega-churches, metachurches, philosophy of ministry, understanding secular people, mission statements, the age wave, builders, boomers, busters, lifestyle evangelism, vision, change, small groups, Sunday Schools, breaking barriers, etc. In a second dimension, there has been proliferation in other ways. Not only was there the founding of the American Society for Church Growth, but there Church Growth Associations in other countries. In a …


40 Years Of Church Growth: A View From The Theological Tower, Walter Russell Iii Oct 1995

40 Years Of Church Growth: A View From The Theological Tower, Walter Russell Iii

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

I present these evaluative thoughts about the first forty years of the Church Growth Movement, and especially the first twenty-five years of the movement in North America (1970- 1995), with the humility appropriate to one person’s perspective on so vast and diverse a phenomenon as that of the Church Growth Movement.


Introduction: Church Growth At The End Of The Twentieth Century, Gary L. Mcintosh Oct 1995

Introduction: Church Growth At The End Of The Twentieth Century, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Five Perceptions of the Church Growth Movement


A Response To Dr. Russell, Jerold F. Reed Oct 1995

A Response To Dr. Russell, Jerold F. Reed

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A response to Russell's (1995) article "40 Years of Church Growth: A View from the Theological Tower."


A Response To Dr. Rainer: What Is The Key To Effective Evangelism?, Charles Arn Oct 1995

A Response To Dr. Rainer: What Is The Key To Effective Evangelism?, Charles Arn

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A Response to Ranier's (1995) "Church Growth at the End of the Twentieth Century: Recovering Our Purpose" (in this issue).


A Response To Dr. Russell, Geroge C. Hunter Iii Oct 1995

A Response To Dr. Russell, Geroge C. Hunter Iii

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A response to Russell's (1995) article "40 Years of Church Growth: A View from the Theological Tower."


A Response To Dr. Litfin, Charles Van Engen Oct 1995

A Response To Dr. Litfin, Charles Van Engen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A response to Duane Litfin's (1995) "Understanding Your Critics: An Outsider’s Analysis of a Core Criticism of the Church Growth Movement" (in this issue).


Church Growth At The End Of The Twentieth Century: Recovering Our Purpose, Thom S. Ranier Oct 1995

Church Growth At The End Of The Twentieth Century: Recovering Our Purpose, Thom S. Ranier

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The thesis of this paper is that a critical element is missing in much of church growth literature and practice today. Furthermore the viability of the movement and the health of churches across our land may very well depend upon our recovery of that missing element. The mysterious missing element is, simply stated, evangelism.


A Response To Dr. Rainer, Larry Gilbert Oct 1995

A Response To Dr. Rainer, Larry Gilbert

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A Response to Ranier's (1995) "Church Growth at the End of the Twentieth Century: Recovering Our Purpose" (in this issue).


Church Growth-- “Quo Wadis - Whither Goest Thou”, Elmer L. Towns Oct 1995

Church Growth-- “Quo Wadis - Whither Goest Thou”, Elmer L. Towns

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The philosophy and the strategy of the Church Growth Movement are focused on the homogeneous unit principle, people movements, receptivity, and the use of the social sciences to establish principles and methods.


The Individual And History In A System Of Grace : An Introduction To The Life And Thought Of Friedrich Adolph Lampe (1683-1729), Daniel Warren Forman Aug 1995

The Individual And History In A System Of Grace : An Introduction To The Life And Thought Of Friedrich Adolph Lampe (1683-1729), Daniel Warren Forman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Wesley's Development Of Discipleship, Abraham Norihito Iwagami Aug 1995

Wesley's Development Of Discipleship, Abraham Norihito Iwagami

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Racial Separation : The Cancer Of Structural Racism Within Evangelicalism, Keith Kei Sunahara May 1995

Racial Separation : The Cancer Of Structural Racism Within Evangelicalism, Keith Kei Sunahara

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


How Should The Doctrine Of Eternal Rewards Influence The Wesleyan Concept Of Christian Discipleship?, Ron Creasman May 1995

How Should The Doctrine Of Eternal Rewards Influence The Wesleyan Concept Of Christian Discipleship?, Ron Creasman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Life Of God's Word In The Theology Of Athanasius, Sanders Fred Apr 1995

The Life Of God's Word In The Theology Of Athanasius, Sanders Fred

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Meaning Of Perfect In Matthew 19:16-30 And Its Influence On Matthew's Theology Of Discipleship, Timothy Nobuo Mitsumori Apr 1995

The Meaning Of Perfect In Matthew 19:16-30 And Its Influence On Matthew's Theology Of Discipleship, Timothy Nobuo Mitsumori

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Observation Of The Impact Of A Confirmation Class Upon The Spiritual Formation Of Early-Adolescent Youth, Kurt Frederick Oheim Jan 1995

An Observation Of The Impact Of A Confirmation Class Upon The Spiritual Formation Of Early-Adolescent Youth, Kurt Frederick Oheim

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 3:2 (Summer 1995), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Jan 1995

Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 3:2 (Summer 1995), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center

Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 3:1 (Winter 1995), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Jan 1995

Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 3:1 (Winter 1995), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center

Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Persistence Amid Transition: The Views Of Malay Students In America On Ethnic Identity And Religious Change In The Context Of Malay History And Culture, Phil Matanick Jan 1995

Persistence Amid Transition: The Views Of Malay Students In America On Ethnic Identity And Religious Change In The Context Of Malay History And Culture, Phil Matanick

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Habakkuk 3 : Text And Meaning, Atsuko Tateishi Jan 1995

Habakkuk 3 : Text And Meaning, Atsuko Tateishi

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.