Why and how churches grow : a guide for leaders of newly indigenous churches / by David A. Tucker.

By: Publication details: 1985.Description: vii, 110 leaves, bound : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
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  • BV4070 .W493 1985
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Contents:
Growth is Desirable -- Growth is Measurable.
Church Growth Distinctives -- Receptivity -- Homogeneous Units -- Bridges -- Evaluation and Strategy -- Church Growth Expansion.
Problems with Church Growth -- Problems and Solutions.
Responsibility of the Indigenous Church.
Community Records -- Church Health -- Why Monitor Church Growth.
Organizing Data -- Saving the File.
Comparison of Growth -- Composite Membership.
Planning for Future Growth.
75 X 125 mm (3 X 5 inch) filing card -- 100 X 150 mm (4 X 6 inch) filing card -- Sample membership file card.
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Dissertation/Thesis (7-day checkout) Dissertation/Thesis (7-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library DISSERTATIONS Non-fiction BV4070.C683T835 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000653135

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A Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1985.

Includes bibliographies.

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I. Church Growth: Beginning

Part One: Understanding Church Growth

II. Growth

Growth is Natural -- Growth is Desirable -- Growth is Measurable.

III. Church Growth

A Brief History -- Church Growth Distinctives -- Receptivity -- Homogeneous Units -- Bridges -- Evaluation and Strategy -- Church Growth Expansion.

IV. Church Growth

Definitions -- Problems with Church Growth -- Problems and Solutions.

V. Church Growth Responsibility

Indigenization and Nationalization -- Responsibility of the Indigenous Church.

Part Two: Monitoring the Growing Church

Virgin Islands Monitoring Growth

Reports -- Community Records -- Church Health -- Why Monitor Church Growth.

Virgin IslandsI. Collecting Data for Monitoring and Evaluation

Data Required -- Organizing Data -- Saving the File.

Virgin IslandsII. Measuring Church Growth

A Church Growth Survey -- Comparison of Growth -- Composite Membership.

IX. Evaluating Church Growth

Causes that Affect Growth -- Planning for Future Growth.

Part Three: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

List of Illustrations

Distribution of Receptivity -- 75 X 125 mm (3 X 5 inch) filing card -- 100 X 150 mm (4 X 6 inch) filing card -- Sample membership file card.

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