Church growth missiology has been severely criticized by
ecumenical, but also by evangelical missiologists. This often led to its rejection as it was
considered incompatible with other missiological approaches. But church growth does deal
effectively with important issues as other missiologies do. In light of Martin Luther's
interpretation of the First Commandment a more general wholistic missiological approach is
requested, which considers the full spectrum of human needs, and under which church growth can
function with other missiologies together. The treatment of the task of missiology and the unity by
attitude of the missiologist contribute to the argument. Therefore four major criticisms
brought forth against church growth are dealt with in order to
evaluate and finally suggest a potential theological compatibility of this approach with other
missiologies. This is further
confirmed by a brief introduction to important elements of the
present status of church growth theory development / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Th. M. (Missiology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17677 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Schmidt, Jörg |
| Contributors | Botha, Nico Adam, Ahrens, Theodor |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (119 leaves) |
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