Church Growth

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CHURCH GROWTH

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RESEARCH & STATISTICS OF CHURCH GROWTH - a growing collection of statistics for churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc

According to Christian researcher George Barna, the church in America has hardly grown at all since 1980. He says the proportion of Americans who claim to be "born again" has remained a constant 32% over that period of time. Barna says that studies indicate that 80% of the churches that are growing are doing so by transfer and not conversions.

"Is the church growing because of the church growth movement? Yes and no. Individual churches are growing, but the church is standing still. Though church growth pundits desire to win the lost usually what happens is they lose the found. Church growth techniques create a giant game of evangelical musical chairs" (R. C. Sproul).

Are we doing it the way the Lord wants us to do it?

THE CHURCH-GROWTH TEACHINGS FROM...

A Biblical Philosophy of Ministry - J. Hampton Keathley, III

The Fingerprints of a Great Church - *Dr. Mike Halsey

General Ecclesiology--Hixson (PDF) - *J.B. Hixson

Purpose of Church Age and Israel (PDF) - *J.B. Hixson

Seeker-sensitive Churches (PDF) - *J.B. Hixson

The Emergent Church (PDF) - *J.B. Hixson

What makes the church the church (PDF) - *J.B. Hixson

Several Church Related Articles - Several Articles (PDF) by J.B. Hixson

The Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren - (Book Review by *Stephen Lewis)

Willow Creek’s Big Adventure - Gary Gilley