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Church Growth (Introduction)
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Paul Jang
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2008-03-23 12:48:07, hit : 3,737 |
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Church Growth (Introduction)
It is reasonable and effective in the study of any program for church growth that a theoretical framework is made so as to be useful to the development of the hypotheses for the project. The theoretical framework of this study is in accordance with the theological foundation as well as the biblical one. In this chapter the theoretical study of a disciple making program for church growth will be dealt with in accordance with the literatures of related fields in order to firmly prove its universal validity. The writer, therefore, has surveyed many references of related fields: church growth, disciple making, church leadership, church management, systematic theology and so on.
The writer tried to make an analysis and evaluation of related literatures for the disciple making program, and to apply that program to his church. Furthermore, he tried to develop the program in advanced level by himself. The writer wishes to begin with a survey on the concept and the movement of church growth through the related literatures so that this study may be based on the biblical and theological principles. And also based on the biblical and theological methods he wishes to develop strategies of church growth. Richard S.
Taylor said, "it hardly needs to be argued that 'church growth' not theologically grounded is not the growth of the church but something else" (Taylor 1989, 29).
In accordance with the analysis of the principles and strategies for church growth the writer tried to develop and apply them to his church. One of the strategies for church growth is a making disciples. The writer has concentrated on the study of the disciple making program, and then applied the program to his church from July, 1992 to December, 1992. Of course, the first period of the program already was over. The experimentation of the period, therefore, should serve to measure and evaluate the results of this project.
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Introduction
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