Evaluating the church growth movement : 5 views / [contributors] Elmer Towns [and others] ; Gary L. McIntosh, general editor

Coauthor: Towns, Elmer L;McIntosh, Gary, 1947-Language: англійська.Publication: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, ©2004Description: 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 0310241103; 9780310241102.Series: CounterpointsDewey: 254/.5, 22Contents note: Elmer Towns -- Craig Van Gelder -- Charles Van Engen -- Gailyn Van Rheenan -- Howard Snyder -- Abstract: Although the church growth movement has made a significant impact on evangelicals over the past half century, it has also created controversy and division. This careful five-view analysis helps evangelicals understand the movement's strengths and weaknesses and arrive at their own conclusions on issues that affect the future direction of the church..Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index..Subject - Topical Name: Church growth | Church growth
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.

Effective evangelism view : church growth effectively confronts and penetrates the culture / Elmer Towns -- Gospel and our culture view : church growth lacks a sufficient view of the church, which hinders it from effectively engaging the culture / Craig Van Gelder -- Centrist view : church growth is based on an evangelistically focused and missiologically applied theology / Charles Van Engen -- Reformist view : church growth assumes theology but ineffectively employs it to analyze culture, determine strategy, and perceive history / Gailyn Van Rheenan -- Renewal view : church growth must be based on a biblical vision of the church as the vital community of the kingdom of God / Howard Snyder -- Pastoral reflections / David C. Fisher, Douglas Webster, and Roberta Hestenes.

Although the church growth movement has made a significant impact on evangelicals over the past half century, it has also created controversy and division. This careful five-view analysis helps evangelicals understand the movement's strengths and weaknesses and arrive at their own conclusions on issues that affect the future direction of the church.

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