01549nam a22002297a 4500 AUA.1 20180212094635.0 180212b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0310241103 (pbk. : alk. paper) JTL BV652.25 .E93 2004 Evaluating the church growth movement : 5 views / [contributors] Elmer Towns ... [et al.] ; Gary L. McIntosh, general editor. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2004. 295 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Counterpoints (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-272) and index. Effective evangelism view : church growth effectively confronts and penetrates the culture / Elmer Towns -- Gospel and our culture view : church growth lacks a sufficient view of the church, which hinders it from effectively engaging the culture / Craig Van Gelder -- Centrist view : church growth is based on an evangelistically focused and missiologically applied theology / Charles Van Engen -- Reformist view : church growth assumes theology but ineffectively employs it to analyze culture, determine strategy, and perceive history / Gailyn Van Rheenan -- Renewal view : church growth must be based on a biblical vision of the church as the vital community of the kingdom of God / Howard Snyder -- Pastoral reflections. Church growth. Towns, Elmer L. McIntosh, Gary, 1947- lcc BOOK BV 652.25 .E93 2004 19338 19338 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2017-12-08 Bought by JTL 5.99 AUA22263 6 1 BV 652.25 .E93 2004 AUA22263 2024-09-09 05:55:25 2024-09-05 5.99 2018-02-12 BOOK