The apostolic congregation
Subtitle: church growth reconceived for a new generation
By: George G. Hunter III.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781426702112
Subjects: Church growth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: (Re)introducing church growth; title: What do we mean by "church growth"?; title: From four types of church growth to six; title: Internal growth; title: Expansion growth; title: Extension growth; title: Bridging growth; title: Introducing catalytic growth; title: Introducing proliferation growth; title: The case of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Manhattan; title: The case of the inuit christian movement, northern canada; title: What kind of church reaches pre-christian people?; title: Cultural relevance; title: Emotional relevance; title: Small groups; title: Lay ministries; title: Proliferation of groups, ministries, congregations, leaders; title: Social network outreach; title: Outreach ministries; title: Radical outreach; title: Social conscience; title: World mission involvement; title: Postscript; title: Perspectives on relevant Christianity; title: The stages of mission and cultural relevance; title: Recovering the emotional relevance of "a religion of the heart"; title: On recovering sublime experience in communicating christianity; title: When we reach out, who will we reach?; title: Some church leaders know some of the answers; title: The church growth movement's biggest answer: reach receptive people; title: For strategic reasons, target these populations too; title: Postscript : on getting your apostolic act together; title: Evangelizing pre-Christian people : a thematic perspective; title: Community; title: Compassion; title: Connections; title: Conversations; title: Case : Quest Community Church, Lexington, Kentucky; title: Evangelizing pre-Christian people : a narrative perspective; title: How Protestant folk wisdom views evangelism; title: "As simple as possible"; title: The earliest case study; title: Postscript; title: Leading the change from tradition to mission; title: "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand"; title: Perspectives for addressing change; title: Theories for leading informed change; title: Not all interventions are created equal; title: Interventions in the leadership of change; title: "What if our church isn't ready for strategic planning?"; title: More principles for leading change in churches.