EPHESUS SCHOOL OF MISSIONS & EVANGELISM
CHURCH GROWTH
(3 Credits)

Course Description

Never before has the harvest of souls been as ripe as today.  Never has there been a more urgent need for sound missionary and evangelistic theory and practice as we move out to reach the lost in obedience to Christ’s Great Commission.  This course covers both the strategic and operating aspect of church growth.  It introduces to the student the various tools for effective missions and evangelism, and brings together many principles, which have proved through recent research and experience to be effective in implementing the Great Commission.

Course Objective

  1. To introduce to the student the important strategic concepts of church growth for the completion of the Great Commission.

  2. To enable the student to be effective in leading the local church to greater growth for the purpose of completing the Great Commission.

Course Content

Part 1 The Strategic Aspect of Church Growth
  Lesson 1: Why aim for Church Growth?
  Lesson 2: The Harvest Principle
  Lesson 3: Testing the Soil
  Lesson 4: The Meaning of Mission
  Lesson 5: The Meaning of Evangelism
  Lesson 6: Body Evangelism helps Church Growth
  Lesson 7: Getting Off the Right Track
  Lesson 8: How to Target Your Outreach
   

Part 2

The Operating Aspect of Church Growth
  Lesson 9: Church Health Produces Church Growth
  Lesson 10: Becoming a Purpose-Driven Church (1)
  Lesson 11: Becoming a Purpose-Driven Church (2)
  Lesson 12: Reaching Out to Your Community
  Lesson 13: Bringing In A Crowd
  Lesson 14: Building Up A Church

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