Internet Resources for Church Growth

Modeling Church Growth  Division of Mathematics & Statistics, School of Technology, University of Glamorgan Wales, UK.  Attempts to understand the dynamics of church growth using mathematics and systems dynamics methods.  Its aims are: (1) to produce theories of how churches grow, in the sense of why the numbers of people in churches change the way they do; (2) to discover broad principles that describe the growth; (3) to provide a theoretical framework that can assess strategies of church growth; (4) to help decide what sort of data should be gathered to best reflect a church's effectiveness.

Articles on Church Growth provided by webminister.com  Extensive list of online articles.

Church Growth Institute  Provides practical tools for leadership, evangelism, and church growth.

Center for Church Growth  Provides a full range of services presenting effective methods that equip churches for spiritual and numerical growth.

American Society for Church Growth  International organization which seeks to provide a networking system for those individuals or organizations associated with church growth.

Church Growth Incorporated  Organization dedicated to the research and dissemination of how local churches grow by providing personal and practical support to church leaders in the form of Growth Products & Resources, Conferences, Workshops & Speaking Engagements, Individual Church Consulting, Articles & Newsletters, and other relevant activities.

Ministry and Church Growth Resources Index  List of resources and links maintained by Ohio Valley College Bible Department.

Hartford Institute for Religion Research  Includes articles and research projects.  And from Hartford: Faith Communities Today research.

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