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| McIntosh, Gary L. | Biblical Church Growth | Baker Books | 2003 |
| Explores the biblical principles for church growth and applies to today's culture. Gives nine basic principles to help any church achieve lasting vita | CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Barna, George | Boiling Point | Regal Books | 2001 |
| monitoring cultural shifts in the 21st century | CHURCH GROWTH CULTURAL SHIFTS |
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| Mittelberg, Mark | Building a Contagious Church | Zondervan | 2000 |
| revolutionizing the way we view and do evangelism | CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Mittelberg, Mark | Building a Contagious Church | Zondervan | 2000 |
| revolutionizing the way we view and do evangelism | CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Zunkel, C. Wayne | Church Growth Under Fire | Herald Press | 1987 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Murray, Stuart | Church Planting: Laying Foundations | Herald Press | 2001 |
| contextualizes church planting within a theology of the mission of God nad the kingdom of God | CHURCH DEVELOPMENT CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH PLANTING |
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| Mancini, Will | Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and ... | Jossey-Bass | 2008 |
| Whether leading a mega-church or church plant, a multi-site or mainline, a ministry or parachurch, Church Unique will provide inspiration as a practic | CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP MISSIONAL VISION |
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| Stetzer, Ed & Mike Dodson | Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can Too | B & H Publishin | 2007 |
| The authors surveyed 300 churches from across ten different denominations that recently achieved healthy evangelistic growth after a significant seaso | CHURCH GROWTH REVITALIZATION SMALL CHURCH |
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| Clapp & Snider | Creating Quality In Ministry Insights-How quality can sharpen min | Andrew Center | 1995 |
| CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING |
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| Gibbs, Eddie & Ryan K Bolger | Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures | Baker Academic | 2005 |
| CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH RENEWAL COMMUNITY EMERGING CHURCH |
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| The Andrew Center | Evangelism: Good News or Bad News | Andrew Center | 1995 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| McIntosh, Gary L. | Exodus Principle, The, a 5-part Strategy to Free Your People for Minis | Broadman | 1995 |
| CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Swanson, RK & Clement, SF | Faith-Sharing Congregation, Developing a Strategy for Cong. as Evangel | Disc. Resources | 1996 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Searcy, Nelson | Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church | Regal | 2008 |
| Fusion embodies a step-by-step, biblically grounded, tested and proven plan for establishing a relationship with newcomers that ultimately prompts the | ASSIMILATING NEW MEMBERS CHURCH GROWTH HOSPITALITY WELCOME |
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| Eeman, Carl | Generations of Faith: a congregational atlas | Alban Institute | 2002 |
| Helping leaders understand generational differences in congregations & maintain big-picture perspectives looking across multiple generatons. | CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Barna, George | Grow Your Church from the Outside | Regal Books | 2002 |
| Understanding the unchurched and how to reach them. | CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM OUTREACH UNCHURCHED |
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| Shelley, Marshall, ed | Growing Your Church Through Evangelism & Outreach | Moorings | 1996 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISTIC WORK |
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| Shelley, Marshall, ed | Growing Your Church Through Training and Motivation | Bethany | 1997 |
| Brings insight from highly effective pastors showing how churh leadership can encourage and equip the whole church. | CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Shelley, Marshall, ed | Growing Your Church through Training and Motivation | Bethany House | 1997 |
| 30 Strategies to Transform Your Ministry. #4 of Library of Leadership Development | CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP MOTIVATION & MINISTRY PASTORAL THEOLOGY |
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| Wagner, C. Peter | Healthy Church, The, Avoiding & Curing the 9 Diseases That Can Afflict | Regal Books | 1996 |
| CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH RENEWAL |
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| George, Carl F. | How to Break Growth Barriers | Baker Books | 1993 |
| Capturing Overlooked Opportunities for Church Growth. Pinpoints vision and "ranching" as the key issues in breaking most small church growth barriers. | CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP SMALL CHURCH |
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| Arn, Charles | How to Start a New Service | Baker Books | 1997 |
| Answers questions about hurch growth, provides worksheets and evaluations with church planning. | CHURCH GROWTH PUBLIC WORSHIP |
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| Barna, George | How to Turn Around Your Church | Gospel Light | 1996 |
| CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Schwarz, Christian A. & C | Implementation Guide to Natural Church Development | ChurchSmart | 1998 |
| CHURCH GROWTH HEALTHY CONGREGATIONS |
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| Bush, Peter | In Dying We Are Born: The Challenge and the Hope for Congregations | Alban Institute | 2008 |
| All congregations, even ones that see themselves as healthy, need to be prepared to die, to take up their cross, so God can make them alive. | CHANGE CHURCH DECLINE CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Bush, Peter | In Dying We Are Born: The Challenge and the Hope for Congregations | Alban Institute | 2008 |
| All congregations, even ones that see themselves as healthy, need to be prepared to die, to take up their cross, so God can make them alive. | CHANGE CHURCH DECLINE CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Bontrager & Showalter | It can happen today! principles of church growth from Acts | Herald Press | 1986 |
| ACTS CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Bontrager & Showalter | It can happen today! Teacher's manual | Herald Press | 1986 |
| ACTS BIBLE STUDY - ACTS CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Herrington, Jim, et al. | Leading Congregational Change | Jossey-Bass | 2000 |
| a practical guide for the transformational journey; provides practical tools and processes for generating deep transformation | CHANGE CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Miller, Sharon Wyse | Let's grow! embracing the Mennonite Church ten-year goals | Menno. Pub. Ser | 1987 |
| CHURCH GROWTH MENNONITE CHURCH TEN-YEAR GOALS |
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| Kauffman, Daniel | Managers with God: continuing the work Christ began | Herald Press | 1990 |
| CHRISTIAN GIVING CHURCH FINANCE CHURCH GROWTH STEWARDSHIP - CHRISTIAN |
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| Schwarz, Christian A. | Natural Church Development, A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of He | ChurchSmart | 1996 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Schwarz, Christian & Christoph Scha | Natural Church Development: Implemenation Guide | ChurchSmart | 1998 |
| CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Dudley, Carl S. | Next Steps in Community Ministry | Alban Institute | 1996 |
| CHURCH CHURCH GROWTH |
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| McIntosh, Gary L. | One Size Doesn't Fit All | Fleming Revell | 1999 |
| CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Albin, Thom | Prescription For Growth | Homeland Min. | |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM PROGRAMS SMALL GROUP EVANGELISM VERTICAL FILE |
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| Albin, Thom | Prescription For Growth Caring for the multitudes | Homeland Min. | |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM PROGRAMS VERTICAL FILE |
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| Albin, Thom | Prescription For Growth Greetings! A guide for Evangelistic Welcom | Homeland Min. | |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM PROGRAMS VERTICAL FILE |
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| Albin, Thom | Prescription For Growth Party Evangelism | Homeland Min. | |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM PROGRAMS VERTICAL FILE |
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| Albin, Thom | Prescription For Growth A Diognostic Tool For Church Growth | Homeland Min. | |
| CHURCH DIAGNOSIS FOR GROWTH CHURCH GROWTH VERTICAL FILE |
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| Mann, Alice | Raising the Roof: The Pastoral-to-Program Size Transition | Alban Institute | 2001 |
| Tensions & opportunities facing mid-size churches as they grow, decline or get stuck. | CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Sellon, Mark K., et. al. | Redeveloping the Congregation: A How To for Lasting Change | Alban Institute | 2002 |
| What makes it possible for a church to reverse course from decline or stagnation into longlasting vitality? How can a church immigrate from a congeali | CHANGE CHURCH GROWTH RESTORATION OF THE CHURCH SMALL CHURCH |
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| Shelley, Marshall, ed | Renewing Your Church Through Vision and Planning | Bethany | 1997 |
| # 2 of Library of Leadership Development. | ADMINISTRATION CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH RENEWAL LEADERSHIP |
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| Regele, Mike | Robust Church Development | Percept Group | 2003 |
| book sets forth the vision, principles & practices that will help regional bodies on its way to a robust church development effort | CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Gaede, Beth Ann | Size Transitions in Congregations | Alban Institute | 2001 |
| A collection of both new and previously published pieces on size transitions. | ADMINISTRATION CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP SIZE TRANSITION |
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| Galloway, Dale | Small Group Book, The: The Practical Guide for Nurturing Christians & | Fleming Revell | 1995 |
| CHURCH GROWTH SMALL GROUP |
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| Hammett, Edward H. | Spiritual Leadership in a Secular Age: Building Bridges Instead of Barriers | Lake Hickory | 2005 |
| Reaching muiti-generations, multi-cultural groups | CHURCH CULTURE CHURCH GROWTH DISCIPLESHIP LEADERSHIP |
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| Barna, George | Ten Myths About Evangelism - video | Gospel Light | 1996 |
| video | CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM VIDEO |
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| Kimball, Dan | The Emerging Church | Zondervan | 2003 |
| Kimball's book explores today's changing culture and gives insight into the new kind of churches that are developing in its midst. | CHURCH GROUP WORK WITH YOUNG ADULTS CHURCH GROWTH EMERGING CHURCH SYMBOLS |
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| Mann, Alice | The In-Between Church: Navigating Size Transitions in Congregations | Alban Institute | 1998 |
| Details the adjustments necessary in attitude and practice to support successful size change, whether growth or shrinkage. | CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH SIZE |
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| Mann, Alice | The In-Between Church: Navigating Size Transitions in Congregations | Alban Institute | 1998 |
| Details the adjustments necessary in attitude and practice to support successful size change, whether growth or shrinkage. | CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH SIZE |
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| Arn, Win & Charles | The Master's Plan For Making Disciples | Church Growth | 1982 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Van Gelder, Craig | The Ministry of the Missional Church: A Community Led by the Spirit | Baker Books | 2007 |
| When a church is focused on Spirit-led ministry, growth and development are the natural outcome. | CHURCH GROWTH HOLY SPIRIT MISSIONAL CONGREGATIONS |
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| Roberts, Bob | The Multiplying Church: The New Math for Starting New Churches | Zondervan | 2008 |
| CHURCH GROWTH CHURCH PLANTING |
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| Barna, George | The Second Coming of the Church | Word | 1998 |
| Today's church is incapable of responding to the present moral crisis. It must reinvent itself or face virtual oblivion by mid-21st century. | CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Southerland, Dan | Transitioning: Leading Your Church Through Change | Zondervan | 1999 |
| leading your church through change | CHURCH GROWTH TRANSITIONS |
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| Barna, George | Turning Vision into Action | Revell | 1996 |
| ADMINISTRATION CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP PASTORAL MINISTRY |
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| Wright, Tim | Unfinished Evangelism | Augsburg | 1995 |
| CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM |
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| Hobgood, William Chris | Welcoming Resistance | Alban Institute | 2001 |
| ADMINISTRATION CHANGE CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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| Keifert, Patrick R. | Welcoming The Stranger | Fortress | 1992 |
| A public theology of evangelism and worship. Issues a clear call to gospel-centered public worship. | CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM WORSHIP & CHURCH GROWTH |
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| Barna, George | What Evangelistic Churches Do | Gospel Light | 1996 |
| video | CHURCH GROWTH EVANGELISM VIDEO |
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| Mann, Alice | What Size Should We Be?: Visioning the In-Between Church: VIDEO | Alban Institute | 2000 |
| Video. Expands on many ideas from Alice Mann's book, "The In-Between Church: Navigating Size Transitions in Congregations." | CHURCH CHURCH GROWTH IN-BETWEEN CHURCH VIDEO |
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| Bowman, Ray & Hall, Eddie | When Not to Borrow, Unconventional Financial Wisdom to set your Church | Baker Books | 1996 |
| BUILDINGS FOR WORSHIP CHURCH GROWTH DEBT FINANCES, CHURCH |
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| Wagner, Peter | Your Church Can Grow - Leader's Guide | Regal Books | 1982 |
| CHURCH GROWTH LEADER'S GUIDE |
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| Hunter, Kent | Your Church Has Personality, Find Your Focus - Maximize Your Mission | Fairway Press | 1997 |
| ADMINISTRATION CHURCH GROWTH LEADERSHIP |
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