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The Theological Roots, Vision, And Contribution Of The Church Growth Movement, George Hunter Apr 2005

The Theological Roots, Vision, And Contribution Of The Church Growth Movement, George Hunter

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In the 1970’s, Donald McGavran’s Church Growth movement emerged in the service of a powerful theological vision: to fulfill the ancient promise to Abraham—that all of the earth’s peoples would be blessed, and to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission—to reach, and make disciples, among the lost peoples of the earth. Church Growth’s people, however, have never “majored” in Constructive Theology. With most other Christians, we regard Christianity as a revealed (not an imagined) faith; most of us affirm the classical theology of the Church, with deep roots in the Scriptures and normative respect for the several ancient creeds. So Church Growth …

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Here’S To Your Health: The Church Or The Kingdom? A Reflection For Emergent Church Leaders, Roger Helland Jan 2005

Here’S To Your Health: The Church Or The Kingdom? A Reflection For Emergent Church Leaders, Roger Helland

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A pressing question for many pastors is what will help grow their church. But perhaps this question is based on faulty assumptions flowing from faulty theology. In his book, The Present Future, Reggie McNeal discusses the shift from church growth to Kingdom growth. To him the wrong question to ask is, “How do we grow this church?” That is, how do we get them to come to us?” This question, with its set of assumptions, is based on church thinking rather than kingdom thinking. Rather, the tough question is, “How do we transform our community?” He argues that we need …

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Big Picture Curricula For Multiethnic Ministry, Tom A. Steffen Oct 2003

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.

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Repositioning Paul’S Missionary Band In A Postmodern World: A Case For Culture-Bridging, Missional Teams As The Heart And Soul Of The 21st Century Church, R. Daniel Reeves Apr 2001

Repositioning Paul’S Missionary Band In A Postmodern World: A Case For Culture-Bridging, Missional Teams As The Heart And Soul Of The 21st Century Church, R. Daniel Reeves

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article adds to our continuing quest to understand how to minister effectively in a postmodern culture.

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Church Growth Viewed “Through A Glass Darkly”, Eddie Gibbs Oct 2000

Church Growth Viewed “Through A Glass Darkly”, Eddie Gibbs

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

In the Spring of 2000, Dr. Eddie Gibbs was installed in the Donald McGavran Chair of Church Growth at Fuller School of World Mission. His appointment followed the retirement of C. Peter Wagner from the chair in 1999. At his installation, Dr. Gibbs presented a paper, “Church Growth Viewed ‘Through a Glass Darkly,’” which is reprinted as the lead article in this issue of the JASCG.

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Building For The Future: Worldview Foundations Of Sand And Rock, Michael Goheen Oct 2000

Building For The Future: Worldview Foundations Of Sand And Rock, Michael Goheen

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

The good news of Jesus Christ is a message about the revelation and accomplishment of the goal of history-the restoration of the entire creation from sin. Thus, the Christian faith is not a religion that can be slotted into the private domain of human life. Rather it is a comprehensive worldview embodied by the Christian community. The Christian community has always had to embody the gospel of the kingdom in the context of a culture that holds other comprehensive beliefs. Three cultural contexts can be discerned in church history, all of which bring possibilities for and dangers to a faithful …

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No Trinity, No Mission: The Apostolic Difference Of Revisioning The Trinity, Gary M. Simpson Jul 1998

No Trinity, No Mission: The Apostolic Difference Of Revisioning The Trinity, Gary M. Simpson

Faculty Publications

Moral and experiential monotheism, twin bequests of the enlightenment, have robbed recent doctrines of God of an essential apostolic difference. A revisioned formulation of the Trinity will provide good news for the modern world.

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East European Missions, Perestroika, And Orthodoxevanglical Tensions, Mark Elliott Apr 1996

East European Missions, Perestroika, And Orthodoxevanglical Tensions, Mark Elliott

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

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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).

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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."

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Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 29 No 1 - April 1994), Calvin Theological Seminary Apr 1994

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 29 No 1 - April 1994), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 9 / "Covenant" Overload in Reformed Theology by John H. Stek - 12 / The Continuing Conundrum: Calvin and the Conditionality of the Covenant by Peter A. Lillback - 42 / The Covenant of Works and the Stability of Divine Law in Seventeenth-Century Reformed Orthodoxy: A Study in the Theology of Herman Witsius and Wilhelmus à Brakel by Richard A. Muller - 75 / The Doctrine of the Abrogations in the Federal Theology of Johannes Cocceius (1603-1669) by W. J. Van Asselt - 101 / The Perkinsian Moment of Federal Theology by Michael McGiffert - …

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1993-1995, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1993

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1993-1995, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 24 No 1 - April 1989), Calvin Theological Seminary Apr 1989

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 24 No 1 - April 1989), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Hermeneutical Issues Then and Now: The Janssen Case Revisited by David E. Holwerda - 7 / Common Grace by Herman Bavinck, translated by Raymond C. Van Leeuwen - 35 / The Dimension of Ultimacy and Theology of Culture: A Critical Discussion of Langdon Gilkey by Brian J. Walsh - 66 / Dutch Calvinist Philosophical Influences in North America by Richard J. Mouw - 93 / Scholia: The Water of Baptism and the Wine of Communion by James LaGrand - 121 / Jude and the Rhetorician: A Dialogue on the Rhetorical Nature of the Epistle of Jude by Thomas R. …

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1989-1991, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1989

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1989-1991, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1984-1985, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1984

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1984-1985, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1982-1984, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1982

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1982-1984, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1981-1982, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1981

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1981-1982, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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A History Of Baptist Missions In Thailand, Alexander Garnett Smith May 1980

A History Of Baptist Missions In Thailand, Alexander Garnett Smith

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Disregard of history is a folly which cannot be ignored without dire consequences. Rightly or wrongly the old adage suggests "History repeats itself." Ignorance of history then becomes a blight that threatens the foundations of a people, an institution or an organization. The Church and her missions are not exempt, particularly those in the Third World today. In a day when social changes occur rapidly, attacks on the historical ethos mount with threatening crescendo. Where insufficient knowledge of historical foundations exists, chaos and instability in values, morals and attitudes can easily arise within the nation or the Church.

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1978-1979, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1978

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1978-1979, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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Karl Barth And Evangelism, Gregory G. Bolich Mar 1977

Karl Barth And Evangelism, Gregory G. Bolich

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

All beginnings are hard. Often a beginning is difficult because not enough people perceive its desirability or need. Starting is hard when all things appear new, for the way ahead is unseen. Usually, a vision is necessary. Generally, the foundation of the past is essential. But faith is the sine qua non for an evangelical beginning.

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Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1977-1978, Western Theological Seminary Jan 1977

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1977-1978, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

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Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 10 No 1 - April 1975), Calvin Theological Seminary Apr 1975

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 10 No 1 - April 1975), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Celebration in a State of Trauma by Amry Vandenbosch - 5 / Current Trends in the Ecumenical Movement by Paul G. Schrotenboer - 28 / Book Reviews - Foundations of Mission Theology by Sedos (ed.); Mission Theology Today by John Power, reviewed by Robert Recker - 46 / The Long Day of Joshua and Six Other Catastrophes by Donald W. Patten, Ronald R. Hatch, and Loren C. Steinhauer, reviewed by Elco H. Oostendorp - 57 / The Mission of the Church by Edward Schillebeeckx, reviewed by John H. Kromminga - 60 / The Full Harvest by C. H. …

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A Study Of The Missionary Call As Found In The Acts Of The Apostles And In Modern Missionary Biography, Leo Maze Thornton May 1952

A Study Of The Missionary Call As Found In The Acts Of The Apostles And In Modern Missionary Biography, Leo Maze Thornton

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

To the sincere and enquiring mind a very fundamental question has been asked many times. Why do missionaries leave their homes, people, comforts, and security for the uncongenial people of a far off country? This has posed as a problem since the early life of the Apostle Paul.

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