CM 166 · B.Th. English syllabus

Church Growth

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Christian ministry · CM 166

Church Growth

B.Th. English · Source syllabus with original formative learning enrichment

Course description

This course is an analytical study of church growth combined with theological convictions, sociological principles and spiritual insights for the expansion and the development of the church. An orientation to the varied dimensions of starting new churches. Applies basic principles and procedures of church growth to both the world mission and local church situations. Church growth is the natural outcome of a healthy church system which is functioning well and is thus capable of reaching out to and assimilating new members.

Course objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

To clearly identify the major challenges and incentives for church planting and the impact these have upon the church planter.

Students should be able to develop a comprehensive church planting strategy that would address the needs of a new congregation through its various phases of inception and growth that should.

To help prepare the student for effective leadership for the task of multiplication of believers and churches in today's changing world. Students will be qualified to serve well in many tasks to which missionaries, pastors, educators, and other church leaders are called.

To equip the student with the classical principles, and some of the newer insights, discovered by Church Growth.

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UNIT I: Church PlantingUNIT II: Church Growth

Reflect

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How would you distinguish healthy growth from numbers alone? Identify what listening to members and neighbours might reveal about a congregation's health.

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Create a church-health learning canvas

Design a fictional church-planting proposal covering context, leadership, discipleship and community care. Suggest indicators and a review process without claiming fabricated growth results.

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Which connection is explicit in the outline?

Growth with no relation to discipleshipGrowth as only attendance totalsLeadership, discipleship and church growth

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CM 166 Church Growth

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — B.Th. English

AmaZing Grace Biblical Seminary Erumelikkara, Kumarapuram (PO), Aluva (via), Ernakulam (District), Kerala, India- Pin-683 565. Ph. 8547473926, 8281663926. CM 166: CHURCH GROWTH COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an analytical study of church growth combined with theological convictions, sociological principles and spiritual insights for the expansion and the development of the church. An orientation to the varied dimensions of starting new churches. Applies basic principles and procedures of church growth to both the world mission and local church situations. Church growth is the natural outcome of a healthy church system which is functioning well and is thus capable of reaching out to and assimilating new members. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, you should be able to: To clearly identify the major challenges and incentives for church planting and the impact these have upon the church planter. Students should be able to develop a comprehensive church planting strategy that would address the needs of a new congregation through its various phases of inception and growth that should. To help prepare the student for effective leadership for the task of multiplication of believers and churches in today's changing world. Students will be qualified to serve well in many tasks to which missionaries, pastors, educators, and other church leaders are called. To equip the student with the classical principles, and some of the newer insights, discovered by Church Growth. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION Class Participation 5% Reading Report 20% Main Term Paper/Assignment 15% Final Examination 60% COURSE OUTLINE UNIT I: Church Planting 1. Church Planting: An Overview 2. Basics of Church Planting 3. Church Planting: Biblical and Historical Rationales 4. Models and Methods of Church Planting 5. Church Planting in Jerusalem and in Antioch UNIT II: Church Growth Church Growth : An overview Principles of Church Growth Church Growth and Evangelism Factors of Growing Churches Leadership and Church Growth Discipleship and Church Growth Missional Churches and Church Growth Community Church Paradigms Guidelines for Church Planting and Church Growth BIBLIOGRAPHY Addison, Steve. Pioneering Movements: Leadership that Multiplies Disciples and Churches. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2015. Beynon, Graham. Planting for the Gospel: A Hands-on Guide to Church Planting. Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2012. Garrison, David. Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World. Midlothian, VA: Wig Take Resources, 2004. Hirsch, Alan. The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2006. McIntosh, Gary L. Biblical Church Growth. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2003. McIntosh, Gary L. Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000. Ott, Craig and Gene Wilson. Global Church Planting: Biblical Principles and Best Practices for Multiplication. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010. Stetzer, ed. Planting Missional Churches. Nashville: Broadman and Holman Academic, 2006.

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