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Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Wave Makers, Bill M. Sullivan Dec 1991

Wave Makers, Bill M. Sullivan

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1991 Presidential Address of the North American Society for Church Growth. It discusses critical issues facing the Church Growth Movement in the 1990s.

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Church Planting In The Korean Nazarene Church: An Evaluation Of The "1991 Thrust To The City Of Seoul" Program, Ki Young Hong Dec 1991

Church Planting In The Korean Nazarene Church: An Evaluation Of The "1991 Thrust To The City Of Seoul" Program, Ki Young Hong

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The Korean Nazarene Church (KNC) plans to plant 70 new churches in Seoul by 1993 through the "1991 Thrust to the City of Seoul” program. To date, more than fifteen churches have been planted in Seoul through this program. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the KNC’s church planting effort in Seoul and offer some suggestions for how it could be strengthened.

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A Movement Is Born: Church Growth Beginnings In An Old Church In Germany, Hans Martin Wilhelm Dec 1991

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

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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.

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Old First Church: Growth Models, John N. Vaughan Dec 1991

Old First Church: Growth Models, John N. Vaughan

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This study attempts to identify characteristics of "First Churches” experiencing growth and listed among the five hundred fastest growing churches listed in the Vol.3, No. 6 1988 issue of Church Growth Today.

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Reaching The Buster Generation, Elmer L. Towns Dec 1991

Reaching The Buster Generation, Elmer L. Towns

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The first Baby Buster turned 25 years of age in 1991, but Busters do not march to the same drum beat as their Boomer parents. Their Boomer parents were fighters and winners, fighting for women’s rights, nuclear freeze, and the peace movement. They hated Vietnam and the Cold War and they loved the "Camelot" Kennedy Years in the White House. But their Baby Busters are different. They have no great dreams, no battles to win, no mountains to climb. They are a generation with busted dreams, busted ambitions, and busted trust.

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About The North American Society For Church Growth 1990, John N. Vaughan Dec 1990

About The North American Society For Church Growth 1990, John N. Vaughan

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No abstract provided.

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Towards A Church Growth Agenda For The 1990'S, Eddie Gibbs Dec 1990

Towards A Church Growth Agenda For The 1990'S, Eddie Gibbs

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The Church Growth Movement in North America is now fifteen Years old and these two days represent the occasion of the fourth annual meeting of the North American Society for Church Growth. As we review the past we can celebrate a great deal of significant achievement in applying Church Growth insights to mobilizing the membership in a giftbased ministry, leadership management, and a new church planting. It occurs to me that, having covered a range of basic issues, and since we are now beginning to see the proliferation of individual concerns according to our various areas of interest, that there …

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Church Growthcoming Of Age, Elmer Towns Dec 1990

Church Growthcoming Of Age, Elmer Towns

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The Church Growth movement is relatively young in recognition and development. Even though there have been growing churches since Pentecost, Church Growth is a relatively young area of study. As a discipline, it has come a long way since its birth, and must move through adolescence to adulthood. I think we in the North American Society of Church Growth have a better understanding of the nature and purpose of Church Growth than anyone outside our discipline. Some outside our movement, or perhaps many, do not know who we are or what we do. There is still ignorance about Church Growth.

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Ethnic Church Planting, Daniel Sanchez Dec 1990

Ethnic Church Planting, Daniel Sanchez

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Undoubtedly one of the first questions which comes to mind when we think about this subject is, "Why do we need to plant ethnic churches?" Several answers can be given. Permit me to mention three reasons: (1) a clear biblical mandate; (2) an urgent demographic necessity; and (3) an encouraging pattern of receptivity.

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Christian Leadership Attributes Dynamic Increase In Effectiveness To The Work Of Intercessors, Nancy Plaff Dec 1990

Christian Leadership Attributes Dynamic Increase In Effectiveness To The Work Of Intercessors, Nancy Plaff

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In a recent survey of 130 pastors, evangelists and missionaries, it was revealed that prayer made a dynamic difference--89% indicating a positive change in ministry effectiveness when a trained intercessor prayed for them only fifteen minutes a day tor an entire year.

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Crusade Decisions: Counting And Accounting For Lost Sheep, Henry J. Schmidt Dec 1990

Crusade Decisions: Counting And Accounting For Lost Sheep, Henry J. Schmidt

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the data gathered from a follow-up survey sent to pastors of Fresno area churches that participated in the September 21-26, 1986, Luis Palau Central California Crusade.

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The Church Growth Contributions Of J. Waskom Pickett, David L. Cook Dec 1990

The Church Growth Contributions Of J. Waskom Pickett, David L. Cook

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McGavran rightly credits Church Growth's modern origins to the mind and contributions of J. Waskom Pickett. The fact the Church Growth movement has now eclipsed Pickett's name raises some important questions: Who was Pickett? How did he come to do Church Growth research even before McGavran? And what are some of his contributions and insights?

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Complete Issue, John N. Vaughan Dec 1990

Complete Issue, John N. Vaughan

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