There is no doubt about it that most American churches have felt the effects of the church growth movement, the pressure to expand the kingdom by filling the pews with more people through sociological and quantitative methods. While I can commend the Great Commission fervor of the church growth movement, I do wonder if this passion for the numerical expansion of the church has limited and reduced the perspective of church growth to the sphere of measurable statistics within the ‘here and now’? In other words, is church growth merely measured by numerical width or could there be another dimension to church growth that may have been overlooked or depreciated?
The following Podcast is from an September 23, 2014 Issues, Etc. interview on the topic of "Generational Growth."
Enjoy,
-Pastor Richard
To listen to more interviews of Pr. Richard, CLICK HERE
To catch more Issues, Etc. interviews CLICK HERE
Comments