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Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But he believes that in order for a church to be healthy it must be built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus. "The issue is church health, not church growth!" declares Warren.
The Purpose Driven Life was the most frequent response. The Purpose Driven Church, written prior to The Purpose Driven Life, was the second most frequent response. [14] Billy Graham described the book as one that would "guide you to greatness—through living the Great Commandment and the Great Commission of Jesus." [citation needed]
NCLS research describe themselves as "an immense cooperative research venture designed to resource congregations for mission" [4] that explores "aspects of both church and community life" The purpose of the National Church Life Survey project is to: [5] Analyse trends into church life comparing with previous surveys
In planning the weekly news magazine, Luce circulated a confidential prospectus [12] within Time Inc. in 1936, which described his vision for the new Life magazine, and what he viewed as its unique purpose. Life magazine was to be the first publication, with a focus on photographs, that enabled the American public,
A parish magazine or parish bulletin, also called church bulletin, is a periodical produced by and for an ecclesiastical parish. It usually comprises a mixture of religious articles, community contributions, and parish notices, including the previous month‘s christenings , marriages , and funerals .
'Church Theology' is defined as the kind of theology shown by public pronouncements of many church leaders in the so-called English speaking churches of South Africa, such as Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans. While such a theology tends to reject apartheid in principle, the KD theologians regard it as counter-productive and superficial as ...
The Bishoprick: quarterly magazine of Durham diocese, volume 28 no. 4, August 1953.With 32 pages including advertising, its contents included three letters or recent addresses from the bishop; details of the Church Assembly and Diocesan Conference; news from the local deaneries; faculties granted; Petertide ordinations, and clerical appointments and obituaries.
The Church Growth movement 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 went beyond typical theological discussion to discern sociological factors that affected receptivity to the Christian Gospel among non-Christian peoples.