A Case Study of Church Growth by Church Planting in Germany: Are They Connected?
It is widely believed that the planting of new churches is a cause of church growth, regardless of culture or context. However, surprisingly little reliable and relevant data are presented to support this claim. In this article recent membership data of the Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden (Assoc...
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[2018]
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International bulletin of mission research
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-54 |
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