Evaluating the church growth movement : [manuscript] : 5 views /
Evaluating the church growth movement : 5 views / [manuscript] :
[contributors] Elmer Towns ... [et al.] ; Gary L. McIntosh, general editor.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2004.
- 295 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Counterpoints .
- Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
0310241103 (pbk.)
2004008616
Church growth.
BV652.25 / .E93 2004
254/.5
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.
0310241103 (pbk.)
2004008616
Church growth.
BV652.25 / .E93 2004
254/.5