Church growth in Britain
Subtitle: 1980 to the present
By: edited by David Goodhew
Series: Ashgate contemporary ecclesiology
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781409425779; 9781409425762; 9781409425786
Subjects: Church growth; Christianity; History
Description: Church Growth in Britain is the work of an international team of scholars. It provides a forceful critique of the notion of secularisation which dominates much of academia and the media - and which conditions the thinking of many churches and church leaders. This book demonstrates that, whilst decline is happening in some parts of the church, this needs to be balanced by recognition of church growth amongst large swathes of the Christian church in Britain. Rebalancing the debate in this way requires wholesale change in our understanding of contemporary British Christianity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.