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050 00 $aBV652.25$b.M293 1980
082 00 $a266
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aMcGavran, Donald A.$q(Donald Anderson),$d1897-1990.
245 10 $aUnderstanding church growth /$cby Donald A. McGavran.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aGrand Rapids, Mich. :$bEerdmans,$c©1980.
300 $axvi, 480 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 460-469) and index.
505 0 $aPreface to the revised edition -- Preface to the 1970 edition -- Part one : Theological considerations. The complex faithfulness which is church growth -- God's will and church growth -- Today's task, opportunity, and imperative -- Part two : Discerning the outlines. The marvelous mosaic -- A universal fog -- The facts needed -- Part three : Causes of church growth. Discovering the why of it -- Sources to search for causes of growth -- Helps and hindrances to understanding -- Revival and church growth -- Part four : The sociological foundation. Social structure and church growth -- Without crossing barriers -- The receptivity of men and societies -- Part five : Special kinds of church growth. The masses, the classes, and church growth -- Halting due to redemption and lift -- Discipling urban populations -- People movements -- Kinds of people movements and their care -- Indigenous church principles and growing churches -- Part six : Administering for church growth. Stream across the bridges -- Set goals -- Make hard, bold plans -- Epilogue.
520 $aSoon after it was published, Understanding Church Growth by Donald McGavran (Eerdmans, 1970) became known as the definitive exposition of the church growth philosophy, and its author was recognized as "the dean of church growth studies and prophet of church growth importance and practices" (Southwestern Journal of Theology). Though Understanding Church Growth was geared toward overseas missions, many began to see that its principles and strategies were also applicable to North American churches. Because of the widening interest in North American church growth, Donald McGavran has revised and updated his landmark study to make it more relevant and accessible to pastors and lay leaders in the United States and Canada. This revision has not altered the original aim of the book -- to demonstrate that communicating the faith, discipling the nations, and propagating the Gospel are the chief and irreplaceable tasks of the church, biblically required and pragmatically sound. McGavran has, however, "Americanized" the book throughout, so that basic church growth principles can be more easily applied to the burgeoning American Church Growth Movement. Besides adding three new chapters, McGavran has incorporated the recent contributions of several contemporary church growth specialists, including C. Peter Wagner, Ralph Winter, Winfield Arn, and George Hunter. - Back cover.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aChurch growth.
650 0 $aChristian sociology.
650 7 $aChristian sociology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00859530
650 7 $aChurch growth.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00860726
650 7 $aChristian sociology.$2sears
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n80010923
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