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How To Lead A Church Through Major Change: A Road Map For Successful Innovation, Jim Egli

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

The Vincentian Family: An Overall Vision, José Ignacio Fernández De Mendoza C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

The Challenge Of The Sects In Latin America, Francisco Sampedro Nieto C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

Calvin Seminary Forum: January 1998, Andrew Bandstra, Henry Zwaanstra, Robert Recker, Roger S. Greenway

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

1 - “What in Heaven is Going on?” - Andrew Bandstra
3 - “Holwerda Retires – Zwaanstra Named Editor” - Henry Zwaanstra
4 - “That Congregational Prayer” - Robert Recker
6 - “What I Most Want my Students to Know about Missions” -Roger S. Greenway

Toward The Recovery Of Effective Youth Ministry For Korean Ethnic Churches In The United States, Suh Kyoung Suh

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relation Between Sexual Behavior And Reported Well-Being Of Single Adult Christians, Peter T. Legner

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Preaching To Cultivate A Whole-Person Response In The Practice Of Stewardship, Stacy R. Minger

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Motivation To Participate: Understanding Students' Reasons For Participating As A Help In Growing A Youth Group, Ken Garland

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Why do high school students participate in church activities? The question has been asked and answered abstractly and anecdotally for years. Still, no one working in church ministry with high school students really understands what motivates those who participate regularly in church youth group activities to do so. It seems that understanding these motivations would be a rather high priority considering what seems to be increasing disinterest in church among contemporary high schoolers.

Youth Mission, David Fernandez Nuñez C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

The Integration Of The Family In The Mission, Antonio Ruiz Barbacil C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

Volume 15 (A), Number 2, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Spring 1997

Note: Original misprinted as Volume 14, Number 2

A Philosophy Of Worship And Church Growth, Byron Spadlin

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

It seems very clear—from the Scriptural record, as well as the realities each of us face in daily ministry—that there exists the need to develop a conscious philosophy of how worship relates to the whole arena of church growth. To that end then, let me make some suggestions, not so much in offering something brand new, but by giving some broad stroke observations and principles.

The Rationale For A Culturally Relevant Worship Service, George Hunter

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

More and more churches, in most denominations and traditions, rely less upon pipe organs, hymnals, robed choirs, and the old European hymns, and rely more upon grand pianos, guitars, bands, drama teams, singing ensembles, and newer music with the words projected on a screen. The movement toward contemporary worship, however, has attracted its fair share of suspicion, criticism, and even rage.

Volume 13, Number 3, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Spring 1995

Tested By Fire: Brief History Of The Provinces Of Poland, Hungary And Slovakia, Jan Dukala C.M.

Vincentiana

No abstract provided.

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.

The Many Ways Of Justice, Seamus Murphy S.J.

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Much of my background lies in social ministry, but after ordination the provincial decreed that I was to work in philosophy also. It seemed an odd mix at the time: philosophers tend to be squeamish about the rough-and-tumble of social action, while some social activists give the impression that garlic should be worn to ward off the anemia-inducing influence of philosophers. The combination has given a certain Janus-like quality to my life; but it has worked, and I have felt no need to look back.

Justice is the theme of my essay. Many of those in ministries such as education …

Calvin Seminary Forum: January 1994, John Bolt, David Holwerda, Roger S. Greenway, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

Contents
1 - The Right to Die - John Bolt
3 - From Dream to Forum - David Holwerda
6 - Missions is Spiritual Warfare - Roger Greenway
7 - Smedes For Preachers - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
8 - Christ the Victor - Ronald J. Feenstra

Volume 11, Number 2, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Spring 1993

Volume 11, Number 1, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Fall 1992

Volume 10, Number 1, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Spring 1992

A Movement Is Born: Church Growth Beginnings In An Old Church In Germany, Hans Martin Wilhelm

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A new approach must be discovered to break old, encrusted traditions which have kept the church in a "Babylonian captivity." Lack of spiritual vitality and creativity have stifled attempts to inject new life into the church. Unfortunately, the influx of missionary personnel into the European scene has not produced the breakthrough it hoped to accomplish. Mission societies have failed to be the change agents they wanted to be. This is principally due to the failure to understand the historical and cultural context, as well as the theological complexities of the German situation.

Staffing A Church For Growth: A Church Planting Model, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

What is the best way to staff a church so that it grows? Historically this has not been an urgent question for church leaders. Throughout most of church history few churches were large enough to have multiple church staff members. It has only been since the Industrial Age of the mid 1800s that enough people were clustered in cities to produce churches large enough to need multiple staff members. Even then multiple staffing did not become a well known phenomenon until the 1950s when the growing complexity of the so-called Information Age sprang upon the church increasing mobility, diversity, and …

Volume 9, Number 3, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Spring 1991

Volume 8, Number 2, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Summer 1989

Volume 7, Number 3, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Summer 1988

Volume 7, Number 2, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

Winter 1988

Volume 1, Number 2, Department Of Church Relations

Pacific Church News

Edited by Jerry Rushford

May 1983

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."