Church and Denominational Growth
What does (and does not) cause growth
or decline
Edited by David A. Roozen and
C. Kirk Hadaway
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Outside and Inside Cover
Table of Contents
Contributors
Figures
Tables and Appendix Tables
Chapter One: Denominations Grow as Individuals Join Congregations
David A. Roozen
PART ONE
Denominational Growth and Decline
C. Kirk Hadaway and David A. Roozen
Chapter Two: New Church Development and Denominational Growth (1950 - 1998): Symptom or Cause?
C. Kirk Hadaway and David A. Roozen
Chapter Three: Strategies for Evangelism and Growth in Three Denominations (1965 - 1990)
Bruce A. Greer
Chapter Four: Growth and Decline in an Inclusive Denomination: The ABC Experience
Norman M. Green and Paul W. Light
PART TWO
The Growth and Decline of Congregations
C. Kirk Hadaway and David A. Roozen
Chapter Five: A Short History of Church Growth Research
Kenneth W. Inskeep
Chapter Six: Do Church Growth Consultations Really Work?
C. Kirk Hadaway
Chapter Seven: The Effect of a Church Growth Strategy on United Church of Christ Congregations
Marjorie H. Royle
Chapter Eight: Is Evangelistic Activity Related to Church Growth?
C. Kirk Hadaway
Chapter Nine: Growth or Decline in Presbyterian Congregations
Wayne L. Thomson, Jackson W. Carroll, and Dean R. Hoge
Chapter Ten: Congregational Growth and Decline in Indiana Among Five Mainline Denominations
Daniel V.A. Olson
Chapter Eleven: Belief Style, Congregational Climate and Program Quality
Michael J. Donahue and Peter L. Benson
PART THREE
Individuals and Church Choice
David A. Roozen and C. Kirk Hadaway
Chapter Twelve: From Church Tradition to Consumer Choice: The Gallup Surveys of the Unchurched American
Penny Long Marler and David A. Roozen
Chapter Thirteen: Religion in the Canadian 1990's: The Paradox of Poverty and Potential
Reginald W. Bibby
Chapter Fourteen: Baby Boomers and the Return to the Churches
Wade Clark Roof and Sr. Mary Johnson
Chapter Fifteen: Churched and Unchurched Black Americans
Hart M. Nelsen and Conrad L. Kanagy
Chapter Sixteen: Participation and Commitment Among American Catholic Parishoners
Michael R. Welch
Chapter Seventeen: Church Growth in North America: The Character of a Religious Marketplace
C. Kirk Hadaway
Notes
References
Appendix
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