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245			_aA Training Programme for Promoting Church Growth in the Ebenezer Baptist Church, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in Terms of Schwarz’s Model of a Healthy Church
260			_aJohannesburg, South Africa _bSouth African Theological Seminary _c2009
300			_a187p _bPDF _cA4 _eSummary. Table of contents. Appendices. Bibliography.
502			_bMaster of Theology _cSouth African Theological Seminary _d2009 _gDr Noel Beaumont Woodbridge
520			_aThis study is an attempt to develop a training programme for promoting church growth in the Ebenezer Baptist Church,New Brighton, Port Elizabeth based on the Schwarz model of a healthy church. Firstly, the study provides a literature review of the Church Growth Movement. This includes a historical overview and a critical evaluation of the main principles of the Church Growth Movement, as well as a summary of Healthy Church Surveys, including a review of Christian Schwarz‘s book,Natural Church Development. Secondly, the study presents the Biblical and theological foundations of church growth, including a Biblical perspective of Schwarz‘s eight characteristics of a healthy church. Thirdly, an empirical survey is conducted amongst the members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth to determine their perceptionsregarding the main obstacles to church growthin theirchurch, based on Schwarz‘s eight ―Quality Characteristics‖of a healthy church. Finally, basedon the research findings, a training programme is developed for promoting church growth in the Ebenezer Baptist Church based on the Schwarz‘s model of a healthy church.
650		0	_934 _aWomen in church work _xChurch growth _zPort Elizabeth, South Africa
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