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Missions In Multi-Cultural America: A Study Of Acts 15:1-35, M. Rodney Webb Oct 1997

Missions In Multi-Cultural America: A Study Of Acts 15:1-35, M. Rodney Webb

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The culture milieu of the American Christian scene during the latter part of the twentieth century is in a constant state of flux. By revisiting the experience of the early church in its multicultural world and how it grows in that world of pluralistic cultures, philosophies, and theological understandings, the American Church is able to prepare, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to win this pluralistic nation for Christ.


The Pastoral Evangelism Of Charles Grandison Finney As A Model For Contemporary Pastoral Evangelists, Daniel B. Forshee Oct 1997

The Pastoral Evangelism Of Charles Grandison Finney As A Model For Contemporary Pastoral Evangelists, Daniel B. Forshee

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The church today needs pastoral evangelists who will lead their congregations in evangelistic activity. Areas “where the gospel has never been heard” desperately need pastoral evangelists to penetrate their mission fields with the salvific message of Christ. If there were no more additions to the world’s population, it would take four thousand years “to evangelize the world through current soul-winning efforts.” Also, pastoral evangelists are needed in the United States. Church growth is not matching population increases. Church membership in the United States increased 28 percent from 1960 to 1990 while the total population increased 39 percent.


O, The Depth Of Love Divine : The Historical Resources Of Methodist Worship In Light Of Contemporary Renewal, Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait Aug 1997

O, The Depth Of Love Divine : The Historical Resources Of Methodist Worship In Light Of Contemporary Renewal, Jennifer L. Woodruff Tait

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Involving Men In The Church, Dennis Edward Yocum May 1997

Involving Men In The Church, Dennis Edward Yocum

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Redeeming The Time : Patterns Of Time Management Among Pastors Of Growing Churches, Samuel John Connell May 1997

Redeeming The Time : Patterns Of Time Management Among Pastors Of Growing Churches, Samuel John Connell

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Rules Of Faith And Rules Of Method : English Bible As Postmodern Biblical Criticism, John Darwin Wadhams May 1997

Rules Of Faith And Rules Of Method : English Bible As Postmodern Biblical Criticism, John Darwin Wadhams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Interpretations Of The Book Of Ruth : A Critical Study, Kari Johansson Myers May 1997

Interpretations Of The Book Of Ruth : A Critical Study, Kari Johansson Myers

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Teacher Of Righteousness In The Dead Sea Scrolls, Robert H. Cooney May 1997

The Teacher Of Righteousness In The Dead Sea Scrolls, Robert H. Cooney

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Biblical And Theological Issues Of Church Marketing, Mark J. Belokonny Apr 1997

Biblical And Theological Issues Of Church Marketing, Mark J. Belokonny

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Mark J. Belokonny asserts that it is biblically and theologically sound to market the church of Jesus Christ in culturally relevant ways. Looking at this controversial issue with the eyes of a church growth pastor, Mark responds to several of the most common criticisms of church marketing in his article Biblical and Theological Issues of Church Marketing.


Numerical Growth In The Theology Of Acts: The Role Of Pragmatism, Reason And Rhetoric, John Mark Hicks Apr 1997

Numerical Growth In The Theology Of Acts: The Role Of Pragmatism, Reason And Rhetoric, John Mark Hicks

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

John Mark Hicks argues persuasively that Luke’s fondness for numbers is part of the theological purpose of Acts. His article Numerical Growth In The Theology of Acts: The Role Of Pragmatism, Reason and Rhetoric explores the issue in depth. He concludes that Luke is not simply recording numbers as a matter of historical record but as an integral part of the overall argument of Acts.


The Homogeneous Unit Principle Revisited: Part On, Walther A. Olsen Apr 1997

The Homogeneous Unit Principle Revisited: Part On, Walther A. Olsen

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Walther A Olsen presents new perspectives on the most criticized principle of the CGM in his article The Homogeneous Unit Principle Revisited. His experience as a missionary, pastor and professor allow him to address the issue with fresh insight. The reader will see the homogeneous unit principle with new “church growth eyes” after reading this article. This is Part One of the study with Part Two to appear in the Fall 1997 issue of the Journal of the American Society for Church Growth.


Book Review: Overcoming Barriers To Church Growth By Steve Clapp, John W. Ellas Apr 1997

Book Review: Overcoming Barriers To Church Growth By Steve Clapp, John W. Ellas

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Selling Jesus: What’S Wrong With Marketing The Church? By Douglas D. Webster, Gary L. Mcintosh Apr 1997

Book Review: Selling Jesus: What’S Wrong With Marketing The Church? By Douglas D. Webster, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.


Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 5:1 (Winter 1997), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Jan 1997

Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 5:1 (Winter 1997), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center

Bulletin

No abstract provided.


John Wesley As Editor And Encyclopedist, Samuel J. Rogal Jan 1997

John Wesley As Editor And Encyclopedist, Samuel J. Rogal

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Journal In Entirety Jan 1997

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Pascal's Biblical Omission Argument Against Natural Theology, Douglas Groothuis Jan 1997

Pascal's Biblical Omission Argument Against Natural Theology, Douglas Groothuis

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Wesley On Imputation: A Truly Reckoned Reality Or Antinomian Polemical Wreckage?, Woodrow W. Whidden Jan 1997

Wesley On Imputation: A Truly Reckoned Reality Or Antinomian Polemical Wreckage?, Woodrow W. Whidden

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Some Personal Reflections On The Jesus Seminar, William Richard Stegner Jan 1997

Some Personal Reflections On The Jesus Seminar, William Richard Stegner

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 5:2 (Summer 1997), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Jan 1997

Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center Bulletin 5:2 (Summer 1997), Wesleyan Holiness Studies Center

Bulletin

No abstract provided.


The Beauty Of Holiness, J. Prescott Johnson Jan 1997

The Beauty Of Holiness, J. Prescott Johnson

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


The Gracious Imperative, James Earl Massey Jan 1997

The Gracious Imperative, James Earl Massey

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Sharing The Joy We Know, James Earl Massey Jan 1997

Sharing The Joy We Know, James Earl Massey

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Biblical Theological Foundations For A Response To Religious Pluralism, Dean Flemming Jan 1997

Biblical Theological Foundations For A Response To Religious Pluralism, Dean Flemming

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


The Role Of The Spirit In Creation, Clark H. Pinnock Jan 1997

The Role Of The Spirit In Creation, Clark H. Pinnock

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, David A. Desilva, Randy L. Maddox, John Culp, B. Keith Brewer, John N. Oswalt, David P. Whitelaw D.Th. Jan 1997

Book Reviews, David A. Desilva, Randy L. Maddox, John Culp, B. Keith Brewer, John N. Oswalt, David P. Whitelaw D.Th.

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Thoughts On A Movement, Gary L. Mcintosh Jan 1997

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.


Looking At The World Through The Word, James Earl Masey Jan 1997

Looking At The World Through The Word, James Earl Masey

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


Thinking Beyond Ourselves, James Earl Massey Jan 1997

Thinking Beyond Ourselves, James Earl Massey

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.


The Church Growth Movement: Offense To The Cross?, John N. Vaughan Jan 1997

The Church Growth Movement: Offense To The Cross?, John N. Vaughan

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This is the Presidential Address to the American Society for Church Growth originally delivered in Pasadena, California, in November 1993. Dr. Vaughan’s seminal lecture served as the spark which ignited a new direction for our society that is gaining momentum each and every day.