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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (01) ✝️✝️✝️ (¿µ¹®)
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THEORY OF CHURCH GROWTH (01) ✝️✝️✝️ (¿µ¹®)

INTRODUCTION

(1) God desires Christian Churches not only to grow but also to be faithful to Him. Church growth, therefore, is faithfulness to God (McGavran 1988, 5). Church growth should be considered in two dimensions: vertical and horizontal. Those are the relations of man to God and of man to man.

(2) God's desire in Christ is a priority because God takes the initiative for the Church which Jesus Christ has founded on the earth (Matthew 16:18). \"It is God's will for the Church to grow that His lost children be found,\" stated Donald McGavran in a church growth meeting in Pasadena, California (Hamilton 1981, 5).

(3) The vertical dimension, which has been defined as the relation of man to God, is a theological issue related to the works of redemption. God has done the work of salvation. On this point, Henry C. Thiessen said:

God has a definite plan of salvation. This plan includes the means by which salvation is to be provided, the objectives that are to be realized, the persons that are to benefit by it, the conditions on which it is to be available, and the agents and means by which it is to be applied. (Thiessen 1976, 277)

(4) Christ has wrought salvation (Strong 1985, 665), and the Holy Spirit has applied it to man (Berkhof 1971, 415). In a sense, Church growth is the blessing of God because the Church cannot grow without God's help.

(5) It is possible for the Church to grow only through the works of the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, God always uses human instrumentality in building and producing a church. John T. Sisemore expounds this point as follows:

God seems to always use human instrumentality in producing church growth. This observation does not mean that man alone can produce authentic church growth...church growth is the product of a unique synergy--a coalescence of human effort and divine empowerment. (Sisemore 1983, forward)

(6) The Bible also says, \"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow\" (1 Cor. 3:6 NIV). In this verse the subject \"I\" must be identified with Paul the Apostle. Man is only an instrument used by God for His work while the growth belongs to God. This is the blessing and grace of God that He uses man for the purpose of producing the growth of His Church.

(7) The man who has been called into the ministry should carry out his mission for church growth. In other words, the mission is planting (seeding) and watering by means of preaching (evangelism) and administering (management).

(8) These truths became evident to the writer as he ministered in America. He had been concerned about the preaching ministry while giving little attention to pastoral care of the congregation. This approach had caused no major difficulties in his ministry in Korea, but he began to have problems in his immigration ministry in America.

(9) The writer now realizes how important the relationship was between the members of the church as well as the relationship of the church to God. He knew that just as it is important for a pastor to keep up his spiritual relationship with God through prayer and Bible reading, it is equally important for him to maintain a loving relationship with his congregation. This is horizontal part of the dual aspect of church growth.

(10) The writer has made an analysis of the causes of the problems in his immigration church in America. First of all, the immigrants faced cultural differences which caused them to be excited and somewhat fearful. They eventually tried to calm themselves and adapt to their new culture, but they were apt to be depressed and overwrought by the shock. ⛪️⛪️⛪️

- To be continued -


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