01339nam a2200157Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023035001800064040001500082044000800097082001800105100002000123245008300143260003700226505091800263OCoLC20230928114458.0910315s1959    xxk           000 0 eng d  a(OCoLC)521794  bengcZAAPA  axxk  219thaOUV 2661 aMcGavran, D. A.10aHow churches grow :bthe new frontiers of mission /cDonald Anderson McGavran.  aLondon :bWorld Dominion,c1959.  aWhat this book is about: The blaze of opportunity -- The crucial issue in the world Mission -- Obstructions in the Protestant mind -- The structure of church growth
Population factors in church growth: How is the population composed? -- What does each population believe? -- How can the responsive be formed into Churches
General factors in Church Growth: Authentic spiritual fire -- What do the Scriptures say of Mission? -- Current philosophies of Mission -- Understanding church growth -- The "Cultural overhang" -- The tremendous pressure to "perfect"-- "Gradualism" -- The prison of previous patterns -- Permanent v. Pauline involvement
Methods of Church-growth: Methods which multiply churches -- The creation and support of leadership -- Checking methods against actual growth
Organization in Church-Growth: Expansion ahead of the Church -- Fatigue -- "The Same for all" -- Administration and church-growth