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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Qualitative Church Growth: An Overview And Evaluation Of Selected Writings Of Dallas Willard, Larry S. Mcdonald
Qualitative Church Growth: An Overview And Evaluation Of Selected Writings Of Dallas Willard, Larry S. Mcdonald
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
Even though leaders have acknowledged the need for qualitative growth, few address it. This writer believes it is time for the Church Growth Movement to access the literature available that can assist in developing a healthy qualitative growth.
8 Passions Needed For Church Planting And Church Renewal Impressions From A Church Planting Tour In Australia, Edgar Machel
8 Passions Needed For Church Planting And Church Renewal Impressions From A Church Planting Tour In Australia, Edgar Machel
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
In April 2002 I had the opportunity to be part of a church planting tour in Australia. How are young churches in Australia able to reach secular and a-religious people? How are they different from traditional churches? How much is transferable and how much is culture bound? Those questions accompanied us while we were planning our excursion. The churches we attended and/or studied were Independent, Charismatic, Baptist and Seventh-day Adventist.
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
1990-2003 Index Of The Journal Of The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
1990-2003 Index Of The Journal Of The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
What Is Wrong With The Homogeneous Unit Principle?: The Hup In The 21st Century Church, Skip Bell
What Is Wrong With The Homogeneous Unit Principle?: The Hup In The 21st Century Church, Skip Bell
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
If you find the homogeneous unit principle to be controversial, credit Donald McGavran, who launched the church growth movement with his important work, Understanding Church Growth, first published in 1970. McGavran describes this principle: “Men like to become Christians without crossing racial, linguistic, or class barriers.” What exactly did McGavran and other key church growth researchers mean by this principle?
Big Picture Curricula For Multiethnic Ministry, Tom A. Steffen
Big Picture Curricula For Multiethnic Ministry, Tom A. Steffen
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This article will propose a storied, big-picture approach to multiethnic ministry. It will advocate curriculum that builds a cathedral rather than isolated rooms. Before considering story-based, big-picture curricula I will first look at how the multiethnic church, and other types of churches, relates to the dominate theological themes of unity and diversity.
When The Church Was A Family: Revisioning Christian Community In Light Of Ancient Social Values, Joe Hellerman
When The Church Was A Family: Revisioning Christian Community In Light Of Ancient Social Values, Joe Hellerman
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
Some might attribute the relational crises characterizing our churches solely to individual sin and selfishness. Sin and selfishness, however, have been around since Adam. Why the radical increase in relational breakdown in our society and in our churches today? Something bigger is in the works, and it has to do with the unique orientation of modern Western culture, especially contemporary American society. Ours is a culture which insists to its own destruction that the dreams, goals, and personal fulfillment of the individual deserve a higher priority than the well-being of any group (natural family or church body) or relationship (friendship …
Remembering History, Worshipping God, Katie Marie Heffelfinger
Remembering History, Worshipping God, Katie Marie Heffelfinger
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Divine Craftsman : A Comparative Study Of Bezalel's Divine Endowment And Craftsmanship In The Ancient World And Its Implications In Isaiah 11: 1-9, Nancy Lynn Erickson
The Divine Craftsman : A Comparative Study Of Bezalel's Divine Endowment And Craftsmanship In The Ancient World And Its Implications In Isaiah 11: 1-9, Nancy Lynn Erickson
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Preaching Doctrine In A Postmodern World, C. Mark Gooden
Preaching Doctrine In A Postmodern World, C. Mark Gooden
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Old East Side’S Daunting Challenge: The “Cultural Enclave”, George G. Hunter
Old East Side’S Daunting Challenge: The “Cultural Enclave”, George G. Hunter
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
An explanation of how older churches become cultural enclaves, and how they can be renewed as apostolic congregations.
Book Review: The New Worship: Strait Talk On Music And The Church By Barry Leach, Clark Fox
Book Review: The New Worship: Strait Talk On Music And The Church By Barry Leach, Clark Fox
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
About The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
About The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
The Seed-Planting, Nurturing Church: Changing Church Leaders From Maintenance Harvesters To Missional Seed-Planters, And Members From Donors To Disciples, Waldo J. Werning
The Seed-Planting, Nurturing Church: Changing Church Leaders From Maintenance Harvesters To Missional Seed-Planters, And Members From Donors To Disciples, Waldo J. Werning
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This article blends together the best of the Church Growth and Church Health paradigms.
The Theology And Methods Of George Whitefield, Seth N. Polk
The Theology And Methods Of George Whitefield, Seth N. Polk
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
George Whitefield ranks among the most influential evangelists of all time. Unfortunately, the impact of his theology and methods on Church Growth Thought has never been researched. Seth Polk, senior pastor of Cross Lanes Baptist Church in West Virginia, explores this aspect of George Whitefield’s ministry in “The Theology and Methods of George Whitefield.”
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Daughter Church Planting Makes Sense, Mark Williams
Daughter Church Planting Makes Sense, Mark Williams
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
Dr, Mark Williams, a specialist in church planting, shares his story of becoming involved in daughter church planting. His article “Daughter Church Planting Makes Sense” will be a very helpful piece for everyone concerned for the expansion of Christ’s Church.
The Impact Of Sabbaticals On Burnout Precusors And Tenure Among Nazarene Clergy In The United States, James Phillip Fuller
The Impact Of Sabbaticals On Burnout Precusors And Tenure Among Nazarene Clergy In The United States, James Phillip Fuller
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Leadership Behaviors And Personal Transitions That Occur In The Lives Of Pastors Who Have Led Churches Through Significant Growth, Andre J. Snodgrass
Leadership Behaviors And Personal Transitions That Occur In The Lives Of Pastors Who Have Led Churches Through Significant Growth, Andre J. Snodgrass
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Increasing The Holistic Small Group Factor Of Evangelical United Methodist Church, Racine, Wisconsin, Through A Strategic Adult Sunday School Program, Creighton William Kaye
Increasing The Holistic Small Group Factor Of Evangelical United Methodist Church, Racine, Wisconsin, Through A Strategic Adult Sunday School Program, Creighton William Kaye
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Before Contextualization, Critical Incarnational Living: A Study In Discovering Appropriate Southern Baptist Missionary Church Planting Roles Among Chinese Malaysians, Bryan K. Galloway
Before Contextualization, Critical Incarnational Living: A Study In Discovering Appropriate Southern Baptist Missionary Church Planting Roles Among Chinese Malaysians, Bryan K. Galloway
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Factors Leading Visionary Entrepreneurial Laity To Start New Ministries, Andrew J. Cooney
Factors Leading Visionary Entrepreneurial Laity To Start New Ministries, Andrew J. Cooney
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
A Trinitarian Ontological Approach To The Congregational Revitalization Of Loudsville United Methodist Church, John Eugene Heckman
A Trinitarian Ontological Approach To The Congregational Revitalization Of Loudsville United Methodist Church, John Eugene Heckman
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Staying Power : Pastoral Tenure In Church Planting, Stan R. Buck
Staying Power : Pastoral Tenure In Church Planting, Stan R. Buck
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Assimilation: The Touch, See, & Hear Approach To Integrating People Into Your Church, Danny Von Kanel
Assimilation: The Touch, See, & Hear Approach To Integrating People Into Your Church, Danny Von Kanel
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
This paper presents the “touch, see, and hear approach” for assimilating newcomers into the life of a local church, using case studies of three churches—Coral Ridge Presbyterian, Highland Park United Methodist, and Idlewild Baptist.
Book Review: Testing The Claims Of Church Growth By Rodney E. Zwonitzer, Gary L. Mcintosh
Book Review: Testing The Claims Of Church Growth By Rodney E. Zwonitzer, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
About The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
About The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh
Journal of the American Society for Church Growth
No abstract provided.
Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 11:1 (Spring 2003), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center
Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 11:1 (Spring 2003), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center
Bulletin
No abstract provided.
When You Speak Of God, Do You Think Of God As A Man Or A Woman?: Inclusive Language And God's Concept, David Lawrence Fisher
When You Speak Of God, Do You Think Of God As A Man Or A Woman?: Inclusive Language And God's Concept, David Lawrence Fisher
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.