THE CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT

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THE CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT

• Emphasis by Christian to Look Realistically at
  How We Do Missions

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Church Growth Movement

• Donald McGarvran Founder and father of the
  Church Growth Movement
• Missionary to India for 30 years
• Saw the lack of long-term results
• Wrote his first book The Bridges of God he
  evaluated the current methods of missions and
  proposed new mission methods

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Church Growth Movement

• Donald McGarvran New way of thinking of doing
  missions methods used
• Importance of numerical growth
• Focus on receptive groups
• People movements
• Science as a valid tool
• Right methods will improve results