TY - BOOK AU - McGavran,D.A. TI - How churches grow: the new frontiers of mission U1 - OUV 266 19th PY - 1959/// CY - London PB - World Dominion N1 - What 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 ER -