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"Students of Church Growth realize that a good structure for the church that really wants to grow is the organization of celebration plus congregation plus cell. When we see the importance of the organization of the church we are looking with 'Church Growth Eyes.' We are looking from an x-ray perspective and understanding the internal organs of the body of Christ--the Church!"
Kent R. Hunter, Launching
Growth in the Local Congregation, A Workbook for Focusing Church Growth Eyes, Detroit:
Church Growth Analysis and Learning Center, 1980, p. 81.
"Church Growth is not another program. It is a process. The
pastor and people who have 'Church Growth eyes' make up a church that sees the
task of ministry as an outreach process that affects every aspect of the
church: from ladies' aid to elders."
Kent R. Hunter, Launching
Growth in the Local Congregation, A Workbook for Focusing Church Growth Eyes, Detroit:
Church Growth Analysis and Learning Center, 1980, p. 11.
"Students of Church Growth realize that a good structure for
the church that really wants to grow is the organization of celebration plus
congregation plus cell. When we see the importance of the organization of the
church we are looking with 'Church Growth Eyes.' We are looking from an x-ray
perspective and understanding the internal organs of the body of Christ--the
Church!"
Kent R. Hunter, Launching
Growth in the Local Congregation, A Workbook for Focusing Church Growth Eyes, Detroit:
Church Growth Analysis and Learning Center, 1980, p. 81.
"Pastors and lay persons trained in Church Growth are leading
Christians to discover their spiritual gifts. They are looking into the
Scripture and discovering those verses in Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, and
Ephesians 4 where some of the gifts are listed." [See C. Peter Wagner,
Your Spiritual Gifts Can Help Your Church Grow, 1979, "a discussion of
gifts which relates specifically to the potential of mobilizing God's people
for church growth," p. 33.]
Kent R. Hunter, Launching
Growth in the Local Congregation, A Workbook for Focusing Church Growth Eyes, Detroit:
Church Growth Analysis and Learning Center, 1980, p. 26.