The renewal of a rural church affliated with a mainline denomination : insights and strategies for growth /
by Lee Ault.
- 1991.
- ix, 66 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. 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, 1991. Bibliography: leaves 63-66. I. Numberical Decline in the Mainline Church II. The Pastor and Spiritual Reform III. Effective Presbyterian Rural Church Leadership Today IV. Leaders and Followers V. Conversion and Revival Virgin Islands Summary
Statistical Data of Presbyterian Church (USA) -- Shifting of Denominational Power -- The Impact of Geographic and Cultural Changes -- Membership Loss not due to Dropping Out -- Attitudes Affect Change -- Four Causes Breaking the Pattern of Mainline Church Membership for Young Believers -- Cause #1: Liberal Theology -- Cause #2: Church as a Spectator Sport -- Cause #3: Personal Evangelism Replaced by Membership Programs -- Cause #4: Rigid Order Replaces Ardor. Attitude Permeates Emphasis -- Developing Leadership Potential -- Being Yourself; Knowing Your Relationship with God -- Needed Components - What Makes Leadership Christian -- Discipline and Balance: Keys to Leadership -- The Pastor's Unique Role is Reproduction. Defining Church Size -- What is a Rural Church -- Four Who Responded to Rural Church Call -- Four Growing Rural Congregations -- The Rev. David Redding -- The Rev. Joe Byrne -- The Rev. Lawrence Bodley -- Mr. Lee Ault -- Commonality of Methodology for Growth. Relationships With Other Churches -- Followership: The Forgotten Dimension -- Interdependency is a Basic Dynamic -- Two Categories of Lay Leaders -- Objective is Church Growth. New Testament Conversion -- Old Testament Revival -- Revival Through the Church -- When to Look for Revival -- The Revived Grow -- Five Conditions for Small Church Growth. Will the Presbyterian Church Survive? -- Qualities of a Growth Leader -- Responding to the Call.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.