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9/12/2010

LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: A New Name and New Numbers
By Kent E. Fillinger
9/12/2010

While the churches included in this report do not constitute all of the large-sized Christian churches and churches of Christ, together they make a sufficient sample to provide clear data for analysis and application.

LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: More to Discovery
Kent E. Fillinger
9/12/2010

Toney Salva, senior minister at Discovery Christian Church, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, didn't grow up in a church, and he has used that experience to design a church that targets people who do not like church, or who have no church background.
  • LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: Hope on the Road Less Traveled
    • Kent E. Fillinger
    9/12/2010
    “Need hope? Find it here.” That is the message on the LED sign at Twin Oaks Christian Church, Woodhaven, Michigan.
  • LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: A Church Planting Hick from French Lick
    • Kent E. Fillinger
    9/12/2010
    At age 26, Darrel Land was confident God was calling him to plant a church in the small, rural community of Jasper in southern Indiana. With only $75 a week in financial support from his home church, Land placed some ads in the local newspaper.
  • LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: The 2009 List
    • 9/12/2010
    This is a listing of the 75 Large-Sized Churches (those that averaged 500-999 during 2009) that participated in our survey of such churches.
  • The Tourist Church
    • By Rick Grover
    9/12/2010
    People ask me the same questions they probably ask you: “Is your church seeker-driven, purpose-driven, missional, attractional, emergent, or traditional?” I always find it difficult to answer these questions without getting into lengthy discussions . . .
  • Communion . . . and Unity (Communion Meditation)
    • David Timms
    9/12/2010
    David Timms, professor of New Testament and theology at Hope International University in Fullerton, California, is writing the Communion Meditations for September.
     
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