Understanding church growth and decline, 1950-1978 /edited by Dean R. Hoge and David A. Roozen.
- New York : Pilgrim Press, (c)1979.
- 398 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Recent trends in church membership and participation : an introduction Research on factors influencing church commitment Church growth and decline in historical perspective : Protestant quest for identity, leadership, and meaning National contextual factors influencing church trends The efficacy of demographic theories of religious change : Protestant church attendance, 1952-68 Comparison of trends in ten denominations, 1950-75 An examination of the statistical growth of the Southern Baptist Convention A test of theories of denominational growth and decline Factors producing growth or decline in United Presbyterian congregations Performance of United Church of Christ congregations in Massachusetts and in Pennsylvania Social change and local churches : 1951-75 Church growth research : the paradigm and its applications Recovering the church's transforming middle : theological reflections on the balance between faithfulness and effectiveness Some sociological conclusions about church trends Is religion a dependent variable? What are the alternatives? David A. Roozen and Jackson W. Carroll -- Dean R. Hoge and David A. Roozen -- James H. Smylie -- Dean R. Hoge -- David A. Roozen -- Ruth T. Doyle and Sheila M. Kelly -- Phillip Barron Jones -- Dean R. Hoge -- Wade Clark Roof, Dean R. Hoge, John E. Dyble, and C. Kirk Hadaway -- William J. McKinney -- Douglas A. Walrath -- C. Peter Wagner -- Robert A. Evans -- Dean R. Hoge and David A. Roozen -- Dean M. Kelley -- Lyle E. Schaller.