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Northwest Yearly Meeting Of Friends Minutes, 1997, George Fox University Archives

Northwest Yearly Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, previously known as the Oregon Yearly Meeting.

The Legal Framework Of The Church Of England: A Critical Study In A Comparative Context, Richard H. Helmholz

Articles

No abstract provided.

Thoughts On A Movement, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article is the Presidential Address given at the annual conference of the American Society for Church Growth held in Houston, Texas in November 1994. Using Dr. Vaughan’s 1993 presidential address as a springboard, Dr. Gary L. McIntosh conducted a year long survey to determine the attitudes toward the Church Growth Movement among pastors, denominational executives, and members of the ASCG. The complete updated results of that survey are printed here for the first time.

A Study Of The "Grassroots Integrated Development Agency" In Uganda, John B. D. Kakembo

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

When poverty in Uganda deepened due to the miseries and destabilization caused by economic mismanagement, turbulent politics, and the incessant civil wars in Uganda up to 1985, all public, private, and religious organizations were adversely affected. At the end of 1985, conditions in the Seventh-day Adventist church were characterized by massive poverty among its rural membership, a slow church-growth annual rate of 4.9 percent--the lowest tithe per capita in the Eastern Africa Division (EAD)--and the lowest remuneration scales for pastors in the EAD. In 1986, an indigenous, grassroots organization sprouted in the SDA church under the leadership of a …

Book Review: Values-Driven Leadership By Aubrey Malphurs, James R. Braddy

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Producing Quality Training Through Partnerships: Assemblies, Academics, And Agencies, Tom Steffen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Dr. Tom Steffen, a missiologist at Biola University’s School of Intercultural Studies, addresses the issue of how to produce quality training partnerships for effective cross-cultural church planting. Using three case studies, Dr. Steffen develops four needs which exist for effectively training church planting teams.

Introduction Winter 1997, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Primary Purpose: Making It Hard For People To Go To Hell From Your City By Ted Haggard, Jerry L. Graham

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Incarnational Ministry: Planting Churches In Band, Tribal, Peasant, And Urban Societies [Review] / Paul G. Hiebert And Eloise Hiebert Meneses., Jon L. Dybdahl

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

The Challenge Of Postmodernism: An Evangelical Engagement [Review] / David S. Dockery, Editor., Gary Chartier

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

A Strategy For Church Planting Among The Ewe-Speaking People Of The Volta Region, Ghana, Emmanuel Osei

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Since the Seventh-day Adventist Church came to Ghana over one hundred years ago, there has not been any concrete and coordinated plan to establish SDA churches among the Ewe-speaking people of the Volta Region, Ghana. Unconsciously or otherwise, the Volta Region has been left unentered by the church, particularly the area from Ho southward to the sea. This study was undertaken to develop a strategy for reaching the Ewe-speaking people group (of the Volta Region Ghana) through church-planting ministry by which converts won would be gathered to form congregations of the Seventh- day Adventist Church.

Method

In an attempt …

A Suggested Methodology For Establishing Evangelistic Contact With The Upper Classes In Jamaica, Denton W. Rhone

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem. The Seventh-day Adventist Church was established in Jamaica in 1903. Since then, the church has grown with membership totalling 162,831 by 1995. In 1995, there were 2,500,000 inhabitants in Jamaica, with 1 in 15 claiming to be a Seventh-day Adventist. Jamaicans can be divided into nine social classes; the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been successful in reaching mainly two of these classes, the poor and the lower-middle. Presently the SDA Church and the upper classes are insulated from each other. This dissertation suggests an approach to establish contact with the upper classes so that they can be reached with …

A Strategy To Reach The English-Speaking People Of The Bay Islands Of Honduras, Stavely P. Elwin

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The English-speaking Seventh-day Adventist church in the Bay Islands has experienced slow growth over the last ten years. An evaluation reveals that some of the problems include poor evangelistic methods, few well trained pastors and workers, the churches' lack of support from the local mission and pastors, and no material provisions for the departments of the church. In addition, programs are lacking to help members come in contact with secular-minded people, and the methods used to improve the retention rate of newly- baptized members indicate there is a tremendous need for change in the style of evangelism in the …

Development Of A Program For Intentional Growth In The Antioch Seventh-Day Adventist Congregation, Long Island, New York, Trevor Saint Aubyn Forbes

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The Antioch Seventh-day Adventist congregation was started in 1988 and grew steadily; however, for the last four years membership growth has plateaued. This lack of church growth has caused much concern among the church’s administration. The original hope and intention that the congregation would establish a growing church was founded on the premise that in order for the congregation to grow, it must implement intentional church growth programs.

Method

In order to learn how churches grow, I surveyed literature on church growth. I also interviewed six pastors of growing churches — three who are Seventh-day Adventists and three who …

Hong Kong And The 1997 Crisis: Danger Or Opportunity? : Strategies For Baptist Mission And Growth In A Climate Of Political Transition, Eddie Kin-Ming Ma

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

I Studied Inscriptions From Before The Flood: Ancient Near Eastern, Literary, And Linguistic Approaches To Genesis 1-11 [Review] / Edited By Richard S. Hess And David Toshio Tsumura., Jon L. Dybdahl

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

The Primitive Church In The Modern World [Review] / Edited By Richard T. Hughes., Mark F. Carr

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Spiritual Life In Anabaptism [Review] / Translated And Edited By Cornelius J. Dyck., James E. Miller

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Inspirational Creativity In The Foursquare Church, Shelley Mcbride

Seminary Masters Theses

From its very inception, the Foursquare denomination has functioned in the gifting of creativity. Just as in genetic coding family traits are passed down, there is a freedom of Spirit and blessing from God to be received by current Foursquare pastors from Aimee Semple McPherson's legacy of unique spiritual gifts. This denomination, once thought of as a cult, is now one of the fastest growing denominations in the United States and is known throughout the charismatic community worldwide. Each church in the denomination functions or is in process of receiving its own special or unique gift. This paper seeks to …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 31 No 2 - November 1996), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Editorial: John Bolt - 333 / Calvin and Sixteenth-Century Spirituality: Comparison with the Anabaptists by Richard C. Gamble - 335 / Moderate Religious Liberty in the Theology of John Calvin by John Witte, Jr. - 359 / Did Calvin Use Lippoman's Catena in Genesim? by Anthony N. S. Lane - 404 / Calvin Bibliography: 1996 by Paul Fields - 420 / Scholia: Unfulfilled Expectations of Church Planting by David Snapper - 464 / Are Harold Netland's Principles Universal and Neutral? by T. S. Perry - 487 / The Question of Criteria: A Response to Mr. Perry by Harold …

Fort Wayne Alumnus, Taylor University Fort Wayne

TUFW Alumni Publications (All)

The Fall 1996 edition of The Fort Wayne Alumnus, published by Taylor University Fort Wayne in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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.

Back To The Future: A Proactive Approach To Confirming Our Roots And Charting Ascg’S Next Generation, R. Daniel Reeves

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Presidential Address to the American Society for Church Growth Annual Meeting Kansas City, November 21-23, 1996

Trends In Worship And Church Growth Into The 21st Century, Byron Spadlin

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

As I have traveled, in this country and in others talking to numerous Christian leaders, and observing a number of different congregations, denominations and contexts, I believe the following major broad stroke trends regarding worship I believe can be anticipated by the churches and Christian communities around the world. 1. Controversy over worship styles will continue. 2. Diversity of Worship styles will increase. 3. Worship-based services will emerge and increase. 4. Inter-denominational and Regional Cooperation in worship events will increase. 5. Worship will be seen as Evangelism. 6. Evangelicals are experimenting with more formal liturgy and Orthodoxy. 7. Technology will …

04-23-96 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 13, Issue 24)

1995 -- 1996

No abstract provided.

04-10-96 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 13, Issue 22)

1995 -- 1996

No abstract provided.

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

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

03-26-96 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 13, Issue 20)

1995 -- 1996

No abstract provided.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 39 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 1996), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Editorial: Worship: What Is It All About? by Harry Boonstra....2

Don't Get Hung Up on Style by Emily R. Brink....3

Look Before You Leap! by Wayne Brouwer....6

Growing Pains by Ron Vanderwell....9

Why They Come, Why They Stay by Ronald Scates....11

View from the Pew: Have It Your Way by James Calvin Schaap....14

Is It Well with Your Worship? by Nick Overduin....16

Songs for the Season by Bert Polman....20

Blessing for a Lifetime by Kathy Sneller....28

On the Day of Pentecost....32

Comfort, Comfort Now My People....35

A Challenge for Today's Christians by …

02-20-96 (The Liberty Champion, Volume 13, Issue 17)

1995 -- 1996

No abstract provided.