Learning from Willow Creek?
Subtitle: church services for Seekers in German milieu contexts
By: Rainer Schacke
Publisher: Cuvillier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Göttingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 733
ISBN-13: 9783869551043
Subjects: Church growth; New Church development; Germans; Willow Creek Community Church (South Barrington, Ill.); Religious life; Evangelistic work; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 661-733).
Table of contents: title: Part I. Theoretical analysis; title: 1. Missionary church development and the Willow Creek approach; title: 2. Theological critique of the Seeker Service approach; title: 3. Church and faith in Germany; title: 4. Culture and milieus in Germany and the USA; title: Part II. Empirical research; title: Methodology; title: Results of the case studies : ten urban church events for Seekers; title: Final conclusions; title: Appendix.