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The Church Growth Models

Author(s): Ago Lilleorg
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Akadeemiline Teoloogia Selts
Keywords: Church growth; church growth models: practical theology; missiology;

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an overview of the church growth models as different church practices and approaches of how church growth is understood and sought. These practices have emerged in a specific cultural and social environment, so their diversity is inevitable. As such, these models are formulated by modelling various practices which seek the growth of the church. The models of Church Growth discussed in this article are: Church Renewal and Revival; Home Church and Small Group; Church Growth; Church Health; Missional Church and Church Planting.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 3 (83)
  • Page Range: 82-109
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Estonian