02346ctm a22004094a 4500 13556909 20250312110423.0 ta 160324s2004 miua b 001 0 eng 2004008616 0310241103 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocm55000339 DLC DLC YDX DLC pcc BV652.25 .E93 2004 254/.5 22 Evaluating the church growth movement : [manuscript] : 5 views / [contributors] Elmer Towns ... [et al.] ; Gary L. McIntosh, general editor. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2004. 295 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Counterpoints 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. Church growth. Towns, Elmer L. McIntosh, Gary, 1947- Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2004008616-d.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2004008616-t.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2004008616-s.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 2 shelf copies policy default BK sh27 2004-04-16 sh04 2004-04-19 to Dewey 8 4982 4982 0 0 ddc 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 254.5 Eva 2004 14996 2025-03-09 15:56:04 2025-03-09 BK