Church growth and the whole Gospel : a biblical mandate / C. Peter Wagner. [print]

1. The church, the kingdom and the cultural mandate the evangelical resurrection and the kingdom idea the kingdom of God in the bible Old Testament ideals pitfalls to avoid in Kingdom thinking church growth and kingdom growth preaching the kingdom the cultural mandate incarnational growth the signs of the kingdom the signs in Jesus' ministry selective obedience the disciples and the signs the signs and church growth notes

2. Christian social ministry in perspective the poor and the hungry the biblical bias toward the poor the poor receive the good news facing the problems of poverty does God love the rich? -- the church and the cultural mandate social service and social action church growth and social involvement planning for Christian social ministry redemption and lift vigorous giving prevents redemption and lift notes

3. The church and the evangelistic mandate the evangelistic mandate defining evangelism church growth and the evangelistic mandate the "church" of church growth is it all right to count? -- numbers and American culture quantity and quality notes

4. Consecrated pragmatism the right and duty to specialize -- "fierce pragmatism" -- sources of pragmatism in church growth planning strategy for results church growth as a science computerizing resistance and receptivity is church growth the point? -- faithfulness and success pouring church growth into theological minds notes

5. Holistic mission versus holistic evangelism is mission evangelism? -- changing the classical definition of mission Lausanne and holistic mission potential dangers of holistic mission the scope of holistic mission holistic evangelism? -- pattaya and holistic evangelism giving priority to evangelism biblical priorities the issues and the advocates where does mcgavran fit? -- notes

6. Priorities and their practical consequences the social disaster area: reversing priorities evangelicals on social change missions and social improvement the magnetic field of the evangelistic mandate the three priorities priorities and the collapse of Christian movements unprecedented American church decline the great priority shift effectiveness in social ministries the evangelical track record notes

7. The gospel, conversion, and ethical awareness McGavran on discipling and perfecting three kinds of discipling why critics call it "cheap grace" -- "obey everything I have commanded you" -- obedience is the key the postponement of ethical awareness what is repentance? -- conversion and ethics in biblical times the point of guilt receptor-oriented ethics prophets and evangelists notes

8. How Methodology influences social perspectives waking up to methodology keeping the balance: the "ought" and the "is" -- adding phenomenology to theology in functionalism and adequate model? -- church growth and socio-cultural change civilization before evangelization? -- thinking about conversion: bounded and centered sets fundamentalists and radical Christians notes

9. The homogeneous unit principle as an ethical issue what the homogeneous unit principle really is the principle is risky the dilemma of the two mandates homogeneous units in the kingdom of God toward an open society the open society and the homogeneous unit notes

10. Structuring for Christna social ministry choosing political options one church: two structures are mission structures legitimate? -- understanding each other better structures and the cultural mandate why social action hinders growth social issues in the united.

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