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Practical Theology: Social Justice, Evangelism, Missiology, Spiritual Formation, Evangelization, Social Creed, Church Growth
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-23.
ISBN 9781156716762
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Social Justice, Evangelism, Missiology, Spiritual Formation, Evangelization, Social Creed, Church Growth, Spiritual Direction, Pastoral Theology, Theology of Relational Care, Practical Theology, Pastoral Counseling, Moral Theology. Excerpt: Church Growth is a movement within evangelical Christianity which emphasizes missionary work combined with sociological awareness of the target population. The "seeker sensitive " label for this approach characterizes the would-be converts as "seekers".History Church Growth began with the publication of Donald McGavran 's book "The Bridges of God". McGavran was a third-generation Christian missionary to India , where his observations of How Churches Grow (the title of another of his books) went beyond typical theological discussion to discern sociological factors that affected receptivity to the Christian Gospel among non-Christian peoples. In 1965, he organized the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California , which was the institutional homebase for Church Growth studies until after his death. It has been the training ground for tens of thousands of pastors and missionaries of one hundred mainly evangelical denominations .Methods Two key attributes of Church Growth are a passion for the "Great Commission " and a willingness to apply research to attracting members, including quantitative methods . Scholars and leaders from many denominations continue to meet annually to discuss the implications of these insights as the American Society for Church Growth . The "seeker sensitive" label is associated with some megachurches in the United States where Christian messages are often imparted by means of elaborate spectacles with elements drawn from secular popular culture , such as rock music , which may appeal to
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