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245	1	0	_aUnderstanding church growth and decline, 1950-1978 /edited by Dean R. Hoge and David A. Roozen.
260			_aNew York : _bPilgrim Press, _c(c)1979.
300			_a398 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a1 (pages 374-391) and index.
505	0	0	_tRecent trends in church membership and participation : an introduction _rDavid A. Roozen and Jackson W. Carroll -- _tResearch on factors influencing church commitment _rDean R. Hoge and David A. Roozen -- _tChurch growth and decline in historical perspective : Protestant quest for identity, leadership, and meaning _rJames H. Smylie -- _tNational contextual factors influencing church trends _rDean R. Hoge -- _tThe efficacy of demographic theories of religious change : Protestant church attendance, 1952-68 _rDavid A. Roozen -- _tComparison of trends in ten denominations, 1950-75 _rRuth T. Doyle and Sheila M. Kelly -- _tAn examination of the statistical growth of the Southern Baptist Convention _rPhillip Barron Jones -- _tA test of theories of denominational growth and decline _rDean R. Hoge -- _tFactors producing growth or decline in United Presbyterian congregations _rWade Clark Roof, Dean R. Hoge, John E. Dyble, and C. Kirk Hadaway -- _tPerformance of United Church of Christ congregations in Massachusetts and in Pennsylvania _rWilliam J. McKinney -- _tSocial change and local churches : 1951-75 _rDouglas A. Walrath -- _tChurch growth research : the paradigm and its applications _rC. Peter Wagner -- _tRecovering the church's transforming middle : theological reflections on the balance between faithfulness and effectiveness _rRobert A. Evans -- _tSome sociological conclusions about church trends _rDean R. Hoge and David A. Roozen -- _tIs religion a dependent variable? _rDean M. Kelley -- _tWhat are the alternatives? _rLyle E. Schaller.
530			_a2
650		0	_aChurch membership.
650		0	_aChurch growth.
700	1		_aHoge, Dean R., _d1937-2008.
700	1		_aRoozen, David A.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell