Below is a link to an article written in 2006 by Ken Hemphill. It discusses the positive and negative aspects of the Church Growth Movement. I find the list quite accurate and seems to be as relevant today as it was when it was written. The Church Growth Movement started as a Missiological activity by …
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According to the North American Society for Church Growth: Church growth is that discipline which investigates the nature, expansion, planting, multiplication, function, and health of Christian churches as they relate to the effective implementation of God’s commission to “make disciples of all peoples” I taught a class in "Principles of Church Growth and Multiplication" …
The Most Common Factor in Declining Churches.
"The growth of the church is both natural and supernatural. The church was designed by God to grow naturally, but all church growth is a supernatural miracle. In truth, the church will experience growth if we remove artificial and often selfish barriers we have used to keep our church artificially small-- to keep it a …
I don't really know why dissertations are so soo sooo boring. It seems to me that most dissertations (I have read enough to have an opinion... but not enough to be an expert) fit into one of two categories: A. Take an interesting topic and make it boring. B. Take a boring topic and make …
I like to describe churches as having three basic ministries. These are: 1. Community Care. Care and development of people within the church family. 2. Church Growth. Activities that would expand the local church family (outside biological growth, I suppose) 3. Missions. Activities that focus on expanding the kingdom of God without necessarily expanding the …
I haven't read the book The Apostolic Congregation by George G. Hunter III. Happily, I have a friend who did. Here are some good quotes from it. “Today, worldwide, wherever most of the ministry that matters is assigned to the clergy, Christianity stagnates or declines. Today, worldwide, wherever most of the ministry that matters is entrusted …
Continue reading Quotes from George C. Hunter III on Evangelism and Church Growth