Basic research toward developing a church planting strategy for Munster/West Germany /by Hartmut Burghoff.
- 1990.
- iv, 105 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Bibliography: leaves 101-105. I. Introduction II. Munster Through the Ages III. A Verbal Self-Portrait of a Typical Munsteraner IV. Munster Today IX. Conclusions List of Illustrations Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1990. Typescript. V. Migration Within the City Area Virgin Islands City Flight-A Recent Phenomenon Virgin IslandsI. The Six Mayor Districts of Munster Virgin IslandsII. Christian Faith in Munster
A Description of the Problem to be solved -- The Significance of the Topic -- Present Studies by Others in this Specific Subject Area -- Delimitations -- Methodology -- Philosophy and Presuppositions for the Research. An Overview of the City's Development Through the Ages. Basic Demographic Facts -- The Present Number of Citizens -- Development of Number of Citizens from 1815-1987 -- Number of Families and Children -- Number of Incomplete Families -- Number of Marriages -- Number of Apartments -- Members per Household -- Foreign Workers -- Refugees and People Asking for Political Asylum -- Homeless People -- Shortage of Dwelling Places -- Size -- Social Structure and Facilities -- The Social System as a Whole -- Sports Clubs -- Cultural Facilities for Children and Youth -- Facilities for Elderly Citizens -- Hospitals -- Economic Structure -- Political Parties and Unions -- Educational Structure -- Roads and Regional Network of Public Transportation. Factors and Reasons for Cross City Moves -- Family Status and Size of the Household -- Age group of the Citizens -- Vocational Backgrounds -- Nationality. Introduction to the Phenomenon -- Where Do People Move When They Leave the Inner City? -- Is This Tendency Also True for Evangelicals? -- Possible Reasons for City Flight -- Implications. Number of Children per age group -- Social Structure -- Social Contributions and Financial Aid -- Economic Structure -- University Students in Munster -- Number of Citizens -- Portion of Age Groups of Population -- Number of Citizens Versus Size of Apartments -- Number of Complete Families -- Number of Incomplete Families -- Number of Children -- Religious Groupings in Munster -- Statistic of Catholic Church Life -- Membership of the Protestant Church -- Statistic of Protestant Church Life -- Foreign Workers in Munster -- Map of Europe -- Goals for Munster 2000 -- City Map of Munster -- Population Pyramid -- Young Families -- Students -- Immigrants -- Target Areas and Peoples. Overview -- Age groups -- Number of Citizens per District -- Number of Complete Families -- Number of Incomplete Families -- Number of Children -- The Center -- Statistical Information -- The North -- Statistical Information -- The East -- Statistical Information -- South East -- Statistical Information -- Hitrup (the South) -- Statistical Information -- The West -- Statistical Information. Percentage of the Religious Groupings in Munster -- A Listing of Catholic Churches -- A Listing of Protestant Churches -- Evangelical Churches Not Affiliated With the State Church -- Evangelicals Affiliated With the Protestant State Church -- Other Evangelical Groups -- Religious Cults and Sects in Munster -- Two Platforms of Christian Cooperation in Munster -- Evangelische Allianz -- Ecumenical movement (ACK) -- Rationale for Not Directly Working Together With Most Existing Churches -- Introducing DAWN 2000 As Church Planting Strategy in Munster -- Evaluation of the present religious situation in Munster -- Is There a Strong Evangelistic Impact on the City? -- Is there a market gap for church planting in Munster? -- What Kind of Church Shoudl be Planted? -- Other observations. Rationale for Target Area -- Hiltrup and Center/North/West -- Suggestions for Target Groups -- Young Families -- Contextual and Institutional Factors -- Students -- Existing Ministries Among Students -- Reasons for Targeting Students in a Church Planting Strategy -- Strategy -- Outreach and Ministry -- Churches' Relationship to the Students -- Goals of the Student Ministries in Munster -- East German Immigrants -- Context -- Strategy for Reaching East Germans -- Strategy for Other Foreign Groups -- Initial Goals for Church Planting in Munster -- Munster Overall by the Year 2000 -- Years 1-4 -- Years 5-7 -- Years 8-10 -- Steps/Strategies -- Methodology -- Persons Beginning the Project.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.