Principles for Church Growth
Principles for Church Growth
Bob & Mary Hopkins
All rights reserved 2008 Bob Hopkins & Anglican Church Planting Initiatives
Published by: ACPI, Philadelphia Campus, 6 Gilpin Street, Sheffield, S6 3BL
All biblical text used taken from New International Version 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
CONTENTS
"Go Anywhere" Church Growth Biblical Vision of Kingdom Shapes of the Growing Community of Faith The Radical "Significant Renewed Shape" The Vital Shape to Recover The Challenges of 4 Categories of Numerical Growth Other Resources from ACPI
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"GO ANYWHERE" CHURCH GROWTH
Introduction
Growth is an essential quality of the Kingdom of God that Jesus proclaimed and taught. His short and long parables; principles of fruitfulness; commission to go and make disciples; and more examples, all make it clear that growth is not negotiable. The book of Acts is a story of mission, church planting and church growth and underlines that growth through the church is a significant part of the wider Kingdom growth. So if church growth is a given, let's explore HOW. We can get to the essentials with four sets of four.
4 Dimensions of Growth
The diagram below comes from the Bible Society, and shows there are four dimensions of church growth... UP, in maturity and discipleship; TOGETHER (IN), in fellowship and community; OUT, in mission and engagement with society and MORE, in numbers.
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