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MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: Walking Through the Wilderness
Ron Mobley and Northwest Christian Church endured a long relocation journey marked by prayer, patience, outreach, and renewed growth after moving into a new Cobb County campus.
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: Preacher Paints Grace in a Fresh Way
Oak Park Christian Church in Grover Beach, California, grew through hardship, pastoral transition, and a renewed commitment to love people where they are.
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: Your report can appear here
Christian Standard invites medium-sized churches to participate in its 2011 report by requesting a survey link and submitting next year’s church data.
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: Measuring Growth at Medium-sized Churches
Kent E. Fillinger reports on growth, baptisms, senior ministers, worship venues, finances, and outreach trends among 32 medium-sized Christian churches/churches of Christ.
MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: The 2009 List
This archive listing links to Christian Standard’s 2009 Medium-Sized Churches chart, featuring 32 participating churches that averaged 250-499 in worship attendance.
The Tourist Church
Rick Grover warns that churches risk becoming “tourist churches” when young adults lose connection, purpose, and opportunities to serve within the larger body.
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: A Church Planting Hick from French Lick
Darrel Land planted the Christian Church of Jasper with little support, trusting God’s call to reach a rural Indiana community through preaching, worship, outreach, and patient growth.
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: Hope on the Road Less Traveled
Twin Oaks Christian Church in Woodhaven, Michigan, has seen rapid growth through baptisms, relocation, perseverance, and a united eldership committed to welcoming people with truth and grace.
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: More to Discovery
Discovery Christian Church in Cranberry Township grew by reaching people with little church background through practical outreach, multisite ministry, staff continuity, and a vision for serving its community.
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: A New Name and New Numbers
Kent E. Fillinger reports on 2009 data from large-sized Christian churches, noting slower attendance growth, increased baptisms, younger senior ministers, worship venue trends, multisite ministry, and finances.
LARGE-SIZED CHURCHES: The 2009 List
A 2009 Christian Standard survey listing of 75 participating Large-Sized Churches, including worship attendance, baptisms, city, senior minister, and website information.
Letters to the Editor (archived)
Readers respond to recent Christian Standard articles on ministry, spiritual disciplines, baptism, Calvinism, church practices, paradigms, and practical Christian living.
Growing Like Jesus (Intro)
Christian Standard introduces eight essays from contributors and Publishing Committee members reflecting on what has helped them grow intellectually, physically, socially, and spiritually.
An Incarnational Approach to Mission?
Ash Barker reflects on incarnational mission, urban poverty, and the costly call to enflesh hope while living among neighbors in Klong Toey slum in Bangkok.
Growing Like Jesus: The Bad Bounce
Jim Tune reflects on spiritual growth, the weakness of the human heart, and the Christian leader’s need to press toward the cross rather than settle for image management…
