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Gajung (House) Church Ministry As A Renewal Movement For Korean Protestant Church : Focusing On The Ministry Of Seoul Baptist Church Of Houston, Texas, Sinhyung Seo Oct 2017

Gajung (House) Church Ministry As A Renewal Movement For Korean Protestant Church : Focusing On The Ministry Of Seoul Baptist Church Of Houston, Texas, Sinhyung Seo

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A Case Study Of Disciple-Making Practices Of The Korean Immigrant Churches In The United States : The Principles Of Reproduction In Disciple-Making, Sung Hyuk Nam Oct 2017

A Case Study Of Disciple-Making Practices Of The Korean Immigrant Churches In The United States : The Principles Of Reproduction In Disciple-Making, Sung Hyuk Nam

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The Moral World(S) Of Malachi, Robert Alan Cope Oct 2017

The Moral World(S) Of Malachi, Robert Alan Cope

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Honoring Christ, Subverting Caesar : Relevance-Historical Reconstruction Of The Context Of Ephesians As An Honorific Discourse Praising Jesus The Great Benefactor, Benson Goh Oct 2017

Honoring Christ, Subverting Caesar : Relevance-Historical Reconstruction Of The Context Of Ephesians As An Honorific Discourse Praising Jesus The Great Benefactor, Benson Goh

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The New Testament And The Future Of The Cosmos, Ryan P. Juza Sep 2017

The New Testament And The Future Of The Cosmos, Ryan P. Juza

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Laypeople Serving Their Neighbors : Is It Ministry?, Brenda H. May Aug 2017

Laypeople Serving Their Neighbors : Is It Ministry?, Brenda H. May

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Overflowing Generosity, Glenn Featherstone Douglass Aug 2017

Overflowing Generosity, Glenn Featherstone Douglass

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Trinitarian Teams : The Trinity's Oneness In Our Midst, Jeffrey C. French Aug 2017

Trinitarian Teams : The Trinity's Oneness In Our Midst, Jeffrey C. French

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Health And Healing In The Documentary Papyri : A Comparison With The Healing Texts In Luke-Acts, Thomas Evan Grafton Aug 2017

Health And Healing In The Documentary Papyri : A Comparison With The Healing Texts In Luke-Acts, Thomas Evan Grafton

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Gender Development And Socio-Cultural Change : A Case Study Of The Root Cause/S Of Female Sex Work In Salgaa, Nakuru, Kenya, Jane Wairimu Kamau Lang'at Aug 2017

Gender Development And Socio-Cultural Change : A Case Study Of The Root Cause/S Of Female Sex Work In Salgaa, Nakuru, Kenya, Jane Wairimu Kamau Lang'at

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Book Review: The Benedict Option: A Strategy For Christians In A Post-Christian Nation By Rod Dreher, April Berg Jul 2017

Book Review: The Benedict Option: A Strategy For Christians In A Post-Christian Nation By Rod Dreher, April Berg

Great Commission Research Journal

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Learn Why Some Churches Are Growing, George G. Hunter Iii Jul 2017

Learn Why Some Churches Are Growing, George G. Hunter Iii

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Donald McGavran’s pioneering contribution to understanding the growth of churches and Christian movements drew from field research in growing churches and Christian movements, in addition to scripture and history. While field research included analysis from observation and the church or movement’s history and statistics, interview research produced the lion’s share of new insights. This article reports some of what has been learned about field interviewing—who to interview, the kinds of questions to plan to ask, the importance of follow up questions, and how to ask questions, manage the interview process, record insights, and reflect on the insights to inform future …

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Higher Education As Mission, Lewis Edwards, Kenneth Nehrbass Jul 2017

Higher Education As Mission, Lewis Edwards, Kenneth Nehrbass

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While missiologists have been paying attention to business as mission, few have studied the value of securing teaching positions in foreign secular universities as a missionary method. This article bases “Higher Education as Mission” on the Apostle Paul’s four-fold taxonomy for reaching the educated and uneducated at home and abroad. Teaching in universities can be a legitimate platform for gaining an entry point in restricted access countries. More than that, as Christian scholars pursue excellence in their own academic fields, they can model to the future elites of societies what it means to follow Jesus in every aspect of our …

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Entrepreneurial Church Planting, Jay Moon Jul 2017

Entrepreneurial Church Planting, Jay Moon

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Entrepreneurial church planting (ECP) explores innovative approaches for church planting in the marketplace. This article describes how entrepreneurial church plants leverage the networking and value creation provided by business in order to form communities of Christ followers among unchurched people. Biblical, theological, historical, and missiological support is provided to guide ECP planters. Four contemporary examples provide a paradigm of church planters that are typically suited for this approach to include the artist, social scientist, evangelist, and builder. These examples demonstrate the potential of ECP to break out of limited contexts and plant churches in larger networks of relationships in the …

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The Case To Redress Evangelism In North America, Gary Comer Jul 2017

The Case To Redress Evangelism In North America, Gary Comer

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This article is a response to a warning made by George Hunter regarding the church’s adherence to its own “folk wisdom.” It explores the question of how the church could change, particularly in how it currently views evangelism, and how church leaders and members are unprepared to face the mission complexity unique to our time. It offers an alternative perspective with methodology that is theologically formed on the pattern of Christ, and built around the notion of spiritual influence. To that end, the kind of research that is most needed is discussed along with ideas on examining existing presuppositions.

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Book Review: Growing God’S Church: How People Are Actually Coming To Faith Today By Gary L. Mcintosh, Garrett R. Eaglin Jul 2017

Book Review: Growing God’S Church: How People Are Actually Coming To Faith Today By Gary L. Mcintosh, Garrett R. Eaglin

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Leading Through Growth: The Role Of The Lead Pastor In The Large Church, Stephen Grusendorf Jul 2017

Leading Through Growth: The Role Of The Lead Pastor In The Large Church, Stephen Grusendorf

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In order to be an effective leader, the large church lead pastor must recognize and respond to the ever-shifting organizational dynamics of his church. This article highlights the distinctive organizational dynamics of large churches as opposed to churches of other sizes. It will seek to identify the unique responsibilities that leading a large church places on the lead pastor. Finally, this article will describe the particular organizational perils and opportunities present as the lead pastor transitions a church through the various stages of organizational growth.

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The Life Of Donald Mcgavran: Founding A School, Gary L. Mcintosh Jul 2017

The Life Of Donald Mcgavran: Founding A School, Gary L. Mcintosh

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With the Institute of Church Growth in Eugene, Oregon, set to close in June 1965, McGavran was thinking of retiring to his small farm in Oregon. However, his plans changed when he was chosen to become the founding dean of Fuller Theological Seminary’s new School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth in September of that same year. The story of McGavran’s selection, as well as that of getting Alan Tippett back into the USA, demonstrates God’s miraculous work in bringing about the establishment of the new school.

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Orthodox Background Believers: Listening And Learning, Cameron D. Armstrong Jul 2017

Orthodox Background Believers: Listening And Learning, Cameron D. Armstrong

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Evangelical church and organizational leaders in majority-Orthodox Romania often find themselves at a loss in understanding how to conduct outreach to Orthodox people. Often the cultural differences between Orthodox and evangelical Romanian Christians seem impassable. One approach is that of listening and learning from the transformational narratives of evangelical Christians converted out of Orthodoxy. The following article moves in this direction through qualitative analysis of conversion stories by four Romanian Orthodox background believers. Five common themes that arise from the data are discussed. The article concludes by offering an initial “evangelism rubric” to better posture evangelical groups to begin outreach …

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Book Review: Race And Theology By Elaine A. Robinson, Aaron Perry Jul 2017

Book Review: Race And Theology By Elaine A. Robinson, Aaron Perry

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Book Review: Church Planting In The Secular West: Learning From The European Experience By Stefan Paas, John P. Thompson Jul 2017

Book Review: Church Planting In The Secular West: Learning From The European Experience By Stefan Paas, John P. Thompson

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Reintroducting The Doctrine And Experience Of Christian Perfection To United Methodists, Matthew Hatcher Johnson May 2017

Reintroducting The Doctrine And Experience Of Christian Perfection To United Methodists, Matthew Hatcher Johnson

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Preaching Wesley's Ordo Salutis : A Study In Wesleyan Theology Today, Edward E. Beedle May 2017

Preaching Wesley's Ordo Salutis : A Study In Wesleyan Theology Today, Edward E. Beedle

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The Church Has Left The Building : The Benediction And Missional Worship, Nathan Leslie Carden May 2017

The Church Has Left The Building : The Benediction And Missional Worship, Nathan Leslie Carden

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Following Our Rabbi : Discovering An Apprentice Model Of Discipleship, Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons May 2017

Following Our Rabbi : Discovering An Apprentice Model Of Discipleship, Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons

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Cultures Of Intentional Connection : Effective Ministry Practices Of Congregations With Their Daycares And Schools, Mark C. Caldwell May 2017

Cultures Of Intentional Connection : Effective Ministry Practices Of Congregations With Their Daycares And Schools, Mark C. Caldwell

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Breaking Generational Poverty Through Collaborative Efforts, Rodney L. Graves May 2017

Breaking Generational Poverty Through Collaborative Efforts, Rodney L. Graves

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Spiritual Friendships : Rediscovering A Means Of Christian Discipleship In The Local Church, Carolyn Diane Nettles May 2017

Spiritual Friendships : Rediscovering A Means Of Christian Discipleship In The Local Church, Carolyn Diane Nettles

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Short Term Missions As Discipleship : Best Practices For Real Life Impact, Mark A. Byrom May 2017

Short Term Missions As Discipleship : Best Practices For Real Life Impact, Mark A. Byrom

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Romans 12 Living : Older Adults And The Call To Serve, Jeffrey Arthur Hosmer May 2017

Romans 12 Living : Older Adults And The Call To Serve, Jeffrey Arthur Hosmer

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