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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"Church growth."”.
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Relationship between senior pastors' attitudes toward organizational change and church growth factors
… regarding the change process within the local church has become increasingly prominent over the last few years. A great deal of the literature discusses the process of organizational change by focusing on a macro or system-oriented approach. Individual characteristics that are equally important …
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The divergence of Donald McGavran's church growth movement in North America, 1955-2000
… that a divergence of Donald McGavran's Church Growth Movement (CGM) has occurred in North America from 1955 to 2000. As a result of this divergence the force of the movement has weakened, because the focus of the movement has shifted. Chapter 2 details the historical development of the …
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A RHETORIC OF CHANGE: CHURCH GROWTH AND SOCIAL CHANGE AT THE RICHMOND OUTREACH CENTER
… “The ROC” is an independent soulwinning megachurch in Richmond, Virginia. This thesis explores how rhetoric plays a role in the rapid growth of this urban church and considers the church’s response—rhetorically and politically—to the city’s social issues. Through a rhetorical analysis of …
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An analysis of the Ga-Jung Church's evangelistic strategies and their impact on church growth
This dissertation examines the Ga-Jung Church's evangelism strategies and their impact on church growth. Chapter 1 addresses the Ga-Jung church as a renewal model, which is directed toward conversion church growth based on biblical principles. Attention is given to various Ga-Jung church …
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The Relationship Between Leadership Traits and Church Growth Among Pastors of Free Churches in Germany
… of personality traits among pastors of Free Churches in Germany in the context of church growth. The leading research question was. What kind of leadership traits, behaviors, and attitudes are favorable to lead a church toward growth and to return stagnating churches to vibrancy?</p> …
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An exploration of the relationship between a process-driven design for church ministry and church growth
… explores the nature of the relationship between church growth and a process-driven design for church ministry. From extensive literature on church growth, church leadership, and process, four elements of a process-driven design are identified: the leaders' comprehension, the flow, simplicity, and …
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A Statistical Model for Seventh-day Adventist White English-Speaking Church Growth in the United States
… there was no statistical model for projecting church growth among white English-speaking Seventh-day Adventist churches in the United States. The purpose of this study was to identify a forecasting model based on the variables that were gathered from pastor and local church reports. Thegeneral …
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An analysis of the ministry of Charles H. Spurgeon, with implications for the modern Church Growth Movement
… H. Spurgeon, with implications for the modern Church Growth Movement (CGM). Chapter 1 presents a brief biographical sketch of Spurgeon's life and ministry. This chapter also includes a brief history of the CGM and addresses various criticisms raised within the modern CGM. Attention is given to …
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The Apostolic Faith Mission in Africa, 1908-1980 : a case study in church growth in a segregated society
… Faith Mission (AFM) in Africa in relation to Church Growth theory covers the period 1908 - 1980. Its geographical scope is South Africa, including the black Homelands. In chapters 1 and 2 we examine the history, origins and development of the AFM in Africa in relation to Pentecostalism and the …
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Comparative study of Pauline church growth strategies, including the contribution of the book of Acts, with CAPRO strategies in Nigeria
This thesis is a comparative study of Pauline church growth strategies and Calvary Ministries (CAPRO) strategies in Nigeria. The growth of the church has become a critical area of biblical and missiological studies. This debate revolves around the balance between quality and quantity in the …
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Exploring the Influence of Racial Diversity on Church Growth: A Case Study of Buffalo Suburban Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lancaster, New York
… in the United States of America: multiracial churches. While earlier research indicates that church growth typically happens in more homogenous congregations, more and more churches are growing that are multiracial. This case study focused on the growth of Buffalo Suburban Seventh-day …
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"Effective Evangelism" in the City: Donald McGavran's Missiology and Urban Contexts
… is an outline of the rise of Donald McGavran's church growth thought through the twentieth century, including the rise and decline of the Church Growth Movement's missiological emphasis. Chapter 2 includes a more in-depth biographical study of Donald Anderson McGavran and an outline of his …
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Bill Hybels and the Willow Creek Community Church: a Study in Audience Analysis and Adaptation
… and Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois. General background information of the church growth movement in America is provided, placing the inception and development of the Willow Creek Community Church in that context. Selected aspects of the Burkeian …
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An analysis of factors contributing to the decline of Protestant churches in a metropolitan center
… contributing to the decline of protestant churches in metropolitan centers. Houston, Texas, was named as the metropolitan center. The research concern is that there is a lack of current and recent knowledge of factors leading to the decline of Protestant churches in metropolitan centers. …
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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Community Connectedness and Congregational Spiritual Vitality
… Discussion over how to achieve church growth has been prominent over the first decade of this century and the last half of the 1900s as membership growth in mainline Christian denominations faltered to flat or negative growth. Membership growth in the Oregon Conference of …
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Han and the Pentecostal experience: a study of the growth of the Yoido Full Gospel church in Korea
This thesis aims to investigate the growth of the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Korea, which has grown to be the largest single church in the world, and has attracted the attention of many scholars. Accordingly, much work has been done to find the reasons for its growth. However, most of them are …
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The impact of family life centers and church recreation programs on ministry involvement
… in the recreation ministry of Southern Baptist churches in meeting the ministry goals of these churches. The focus will be on church growth and evangelism. The research questions are along the lines of the five principles of church growth by Gene Mims in his book Kingdom Principles for Church …
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A system of aggression: motives, methods and margins of Methodist growth with special reference to the growth of Methodism on Cannock Chase 1776-1893
… Motives, Methods and Abrgins ofMethodist Growth with special reference to the growth ofIVkthodism on Cannock- Chase 1777-1893. This study treats Methodism as a self-conscious religious phenomenon in its own right and not as the answer to some other related historical problem The aim of the …
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A biblical analysis of Donald A. McGavran's harvest theology principle
… in the evangelistic task and actual numerical church growth. Chapter 1 introduces the problem and outlines the research method. Chapter 2 contains a detailed explanation of harvest theology as presented by McGavran in his published works. The chapter outlines the concept of harvest theology in …
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