TY  - BOOK
AU  - Towns, Elmer L.
AU  - McIntosh, Gary, 
TI  - Evaluating the church growth movement : : 5 views / 
SN  - 0310241103 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BV652.25 .E93 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Zondervan, 
KW  - Church growth
N1  - 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

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