TY  - GEN
AU  - Ault,Lee
TI  - The renewal of a rural church affliated with a mainline denomination: insights and strategies for growth 
AV  - TJ163 .R464 1991
PY  - 1991///
KW  - Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions
KW  - Ministry Perspective Project
N1  - 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; 2
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