TY  - BOOK
AU  - McIntosh,Gary
TI  - Evaluating the church growth movement: 5 views 
AV  - BV652.M478.E935 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Zondervan
KW  - Columbia International University
KW  - Alumni and alumnae
KW  - CIU Alumni Authors
KW  - Church growth
N1  - 1 (pages 269-272) and index; Effective evangelism view : church growth effectively confronts and penetrates the culture; Elmer Towns  --; Gospel and our culture view : church growth lacks a sufficient view of the church, which hinders it from effectively engaging the culture; Craig Van Gelder  --; Centrist view : church growth is based on an evangelistically focused and missiologically applied theology; Charles Van Engen  --; Reformist view : church growth assumes theology but ineffectively employs it to analyze culture, determine strategy, and perceive history; Gailyn Van Rheenan  --; Renewal view : church growth must be based on a biblical vision of the church as the vital community of the kingdom of God; Howard Snyder  --; Pastoral reflections; 2
ER  -