
This is a welcome to Church Growth 101 in which Dr. Whitesel explains the course content. He also discusses his expertise in church growth including two earned doctorates from Fuller Theological Seminary, having received both Donald McGavran Awards and emerging as an award-winning author of hundreds of articles and over a dozen books.
Balance your church's inward and outward focus by discovering needs in the community and matching them to ministries your church can offer.
Here you will discover how to empower teams, committees, prayer groups, Bible study groups, Sunday school classes and other types of smaller groups to serve those inside and outside the church.
In this session you will learn the biblical "goal" of the church (Matt. 28:18-20) and three effective ways to measure it.
The student will learn steps to making a congregation "new-friendly." Ideas and examples will be given for fostering new-friendly atmospheres in worship, programming and attendees.
Dr. Whitesel gives a final overview of the four church growth principles discussed in this course and explains what the student can do to learn more.
Award-winning church growth expert and author, Bob Whitesel D.Min., Ph.D. in his energetic and insightful style, explains “The 4 Church Growth Principles (Laws)” that grow healthy and flourishing churches. Dr. Whitesel gives easy-to-follow steps and multiple real-life examples of how to apply each step in your church.
By the end of this course the student will be able to:
Balance your church's inward and outward focus by discovering needs in the community and matching them to ministries your church can offer.
Discover how to empower teams, committees, prayer groups, Bible study groups, Sunday school classes and other types of smaller groups to serve those inside and outside the church.
Learn the biblical "goal" of the church (Matt. 28:18-20) and three effective ways to measure it.
Discover how to make a congregation “new-friendly,” by fostering new-friendly atmospheres in worship, programming and attendees.