Evaluating the church growth movement : 5 views / [contributors] Elmer Towns ... [et al.] ; Gary L. McIntosh, general editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.)Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2004.Description: 295 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0310241103 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 254.5 22
LOC classification:
  • BV652.25 .E93 2004
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Contents:
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.
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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.