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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."

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.

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 …

The Christian Founder-Leader: Qualities Necessary For Founding An Effective Ministry Of Evangelism And Discipleship, With Case Studies Of Founders, Robert F. Boyd

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Spiritual Formation On Church Growth Among United Methodist Elders In West Virginia, David Dwight Spence

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Church Growth Through Indigenous Urban Church Planting In The Korean Nazarene Church, Ki Young Hong

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Adapting To A Revolution: A Study Of The Brethren In Christ In The Changing Context Of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Daryl Ray Climenhaga

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Split-Level Christianity In Africa : A Study Of The Persistance Of Traditional Religious Beliefs And Practices Among The Akan Methodists Of Ghana, Mathias Kwesi Forson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Church Growth Movement: A Wesleyan Critique, Alan G. Padgett

Faculty Publications

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A Strategy For Lay Involvement In Urban Evangelism And Geographical Advance In The Territory Of The North Mexican Union Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Mexico, David Velazquez

Doctor of Ministry Projects

The Global Mission thrust initiated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) in 1990 envisions a specific length of time for all the world to be covered with the SDA message. An important challenge of Global Mission is reaching the inhabitants of the cities. This project report contains a strategy for lay involvement in urban evangelism.

Part One of this project attempts to provide a theoretical framework by developing a theological perspective of the city, as shown in four areas:

1. An analysis of the phenomenon of urban growth around the world, as well as in Latin America and Mexico is …

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Methodism In The Soviet Union Since World War Ii, Mark Elliott

The Asbury Journal

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Indian Evangelical Mission, 1960-1990 : An Examination Tyagigargha Or The Way Of Sacrifice As A Model For Mission Along The Indian Roa, Desmond C. Francis

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Mobilizing The Laity : A Strategy For Obtaining Great Numerical Growth In The Wilmore Free Methodist Church, Carroll Wesley King Jr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of A Ministry Formation Group For Increasing Laity Intrinsic Religious Orientation, Brodrick A. Hoyer

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Revitalization And The Church: A Study Of The Renewalmovement In The Sixth Conference Of The Brazillian Methodist Church, João Carlos Lopes

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Pastor As Change Agent : How Effective Pastors Of Missionary Churches Develop A Change Climate In Their Churches, Arnold L. Stauffer

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Approach To A Holistic Ministry In A Seventh-Day Adventist Urban Church In Uganda, Nathaniel Mumbere Walemba

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem. The SDA church in Uganda started in rural areas among rural people. But the situation has changed. Although the majority of the church membership nationwide is still rural, a large percentage is now urban in the real sense of the word. Moreover, it is estimated that by the year 2000, membership in city churches will have doubled. This urbanised membership requires an urbanized approach to ministry. Furthermore, as in any developing country, Ugandan urbanites have many needs which can be met only by a holistic approach to ministry. This study is undertaken to make a contribution toward achieving that …

Mission: Vol. 21, Nos. 5 And 6

Mission

Mission: Vol. 21, Nos. 5 and 6. The articles in this issue include: "A Manager and a Cross" from the Editor, "Joy Song" by Wilma C. Buckner, "Should We Mention the Cross at Christmas?" by Bill Love, "A Christmas Prayer" by Charles R. Boatman, "He Gave Himself" by Nita Short, "Together at the Foot of the Cross" by Larry James, "The Old Rugged Cross" by Paul Watson, "Touched by Love" by David Henderson, "God Wants Us to Be One" by Myron J. Taylor, and "The Spirit of Christ: The Hermenutical Advantage" by Leroy Garrett. A WORD FOR OUR TIMES: "Peace …

I Must Represent Jesus, Lea Joyner, Carolyn Smith

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Uemura Masahisa (1857-1925) First Generation Pastor, Christian Leader And Instinctive Proponent Of Indigenized Christianity In Japan, Addison Soltau

Doctor of Theology Dissertation

Uemura was an extremely able leader and organizer of men, sophisticated thinker, broad reader, and committed to the Christian faith ashes understood it. Part of the fascination of the study lies in observing how the influence of this towering figure and others like him came so quickly to bear upon the church in Japan. Unlike other countries to which the faith has been taken by missionaries, Japan stands out as one in which missionary leadership and influence were replaced by Japanese within thirty years after its introduction. Uemura was one who helped to bring this about. The Christian church in …

The Three-Self Principle As A Model For The Indigenous Church, Peter Dorn

Master of Divinity Thesis

With all of these definitions, the one that is recognized the most is still the one with which it was associated from the beginning. "In common usage, an indigenous church is defined as a church that is self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propagating."11 This Three-Self Principle is the subject of this paper. Since the development of the Three-Self Principle more than a century ago, many other "selves” have been put forward as a means to developing the indigenous church. The most current of these discussions are centering on the indigenization or contextualization of theology. These discussions are outside the realm of discussion …

Mission: Vol. 14, No. 12

Mission

Mission: Vol. 14, No. 12. The articles in this issue include: "Seminar," "To be a People of Justice" by Larry James, "Seeking Justice in Missions" by Bob Douglas, "Go Ye: Preach and Heal?" by Roger McCown, Ellie Evans and Robert T. Clark, M. D., "The Mission Training and Resource Center: A Bold Adventure in Evangelism" by Bob Douglas, "Viewing the Church of Christ from Jail" by Michael Gose, "Reflections on an Unlikely Prophet" by Don Crittenden, "Books" by Edward G. Holley, "Forum," and "Index."

Book Reviews, Kenneth Cain Kinghorn, Donald E. Demaray, J. T. Seamands, George A. Turner, Ralph G. Turnbull

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Report On The Chorti-Maya Indians Of Guatemala With Special Reference To The California Friends Mission, Harold Thomas

Historical Quaker Books

The Chorti-Mayan Indians of Guatemala interested me for several reasons. I had lived among them for a year and a half in a work program as a conscientious objector to war. During that time, I became more and more actively involved in the mission program of the California Yearly Meeting of Friends Church. Nearly all my extra time came to be taken up in youth meetings, camping programs and personal friendships.

While a student in the School of World Mission., Fuller Theological Seminary, my interest deepened. During my stay in Guatemala a great many people in one concentrated area accepted …

Book Reviews, Donald E. Demaray, Lionel Crocker, James D. Robertson, Robert W. Lyon, Anne W. Kuhn, Harold B. Kuhn, Kenneth Cain Kinghorn, John T. Seamands, Gilbert James

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Church, Ministry And Mission Fields, Maynard Dorow

Concordia Theological Monthly

The ministry is currently the focus of considerable attention on nearly all Christian fronts. On the American scene this attention has been occasioned in part by the general shortage of clergy. More than this, however, questions are being raised concerning the role of the pastor and the relevance of the ministry as presently conceived for our industrial and urban society.

The Apostolic Faith 4 No. 7 (July 1928), Holy Spirit Research Center, Oral Roberts University

Apostolic Faith - Baxter Springs, KS

This issue includes...

• National Camp Meeting announcement
• "Is the Church Honest?" - John E. Brown
• "A Plea for Deeper Consecration"
• "The Voice of God"
• "Startling Signs of the Times"
• "Holman-Parham" - an announcement of the marriage of Pauline Holman to Robert L. Parham.
• "Stanton Launches War on Evolution"
• "Russia" by Rev. K. Gretzenger
• "The Anglo-Celtic-Saxon Race" - by J. G. Campbell - an article about the Anglo-Israel theory
• "Companionate Idea is Called Barbaric Relic"

**Disclaimer: Some of the views of Charles Parham are controversial, particularly his view of race. This information is being made public for its historic value to …