This subject covers the principles and practice of church dynamics and growth, and includes a fieldwork component. Students will develop a critical understanding of the theology, principles and procedures of church growth and their significance for contemporary ministry theory and practice; learn the processes of evaluation, strategy development and effective methodologies in a congregational situation; and learn to identify the critical issues of contemporary church growth theories from biblical principles and evangelical perspective.
H. Conn, Theological Perspectives on Church Growth (Phillipsburg: P&R, 1977).
D. A. McGavran, Understanding Church Growth (revised ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980).
W. Shenk, Exploring Church Growth (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983).
C. Schwarz, Natural Church Development (St Charles: Church Smart Resources, 1996).
Training for the Kingdom of Heaven