MDS254.5

Wording: ReligionChristian pastoral practice & religious ordersLocal church administrationChurch Growth and Development

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Computer science, information & general works
252,013
ℹ️
1
Philosophy and Psychology
270,129
🧠
2
Religion
681,242
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3
Social sciences
1,328,382
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4
Language
209,883
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5
Natural sciences & mathematics
431,918
πŸ”¬
6
Technology
940,635
πŸ’‘
7
Arts & recreation
1,031,850
🎨
8
Literature & rhetoric
1,436,736
πŸ“š
9
History & geography
837,760
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20
Religion
34,718
πŸ™
21
Philosophy & theory of religion
9,457
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22
The Bible
120,706
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23
Christianity
92,094
✝️
24
Christian practice & observance
115,742
πŸ“Ώ
25
Christian pastoral practice & religious orders
39,501
πŸ‘
26
Christian organization, social work & worship
89,849
β›ͺ
27
History of Christianity
37,183
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28
Christian denominations
53,214
☦
29
Other religions
88,778
🛐
250
Local Christian church and Christian religious orders
1,917
251
Preaching (Homiletics)
4,757
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252
Texts of sermons
10,375
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253
Pastoral work (Pastoral theology)
10,170
254
Local church administration
3,418
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255
Religious congregations and orders
2,760
256
[Formerly: Societies for Parish Work, Ladies guilds]
383
257
[Formerly: Parish Educational Work]
198
258
[Formerly: Parish welfare work - Care of sick and poor]
437
259
Pastoral care of families, of specific groups of people
5,086
254.0
201
254.1
Church Planting
255
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254.2
Churches in Particular Sorts of Communities
244
254.3
Church Communications
181
254.4
Church Public Relations and Marketing
85
254.5
Church Growth and Development
659
254.6
Church Leadership, Committees, and Programs
120
254.7
Church Buildings
77
254.8
Church Finances and Stewardship
311
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254.9
19
254.50
30
254.51
14
254.52
7
254.53
254.54
1
254.55
254.56
254.57
1
254.58
254.59

Selected Works under MDS 254.5 (659)

621 items
I Am a Church Member: Discovering the Attitude that Makes the Difference
Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus
Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches
Twelve keys to an effective church
Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations
Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church
Becoming a Welcoming Church
Dining With the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts With Modernity (Hourglass Books)
Vertical Church: What Every Heart Longs for. What Every Church Can Be.
Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts
High Expectations: The Remarkable Secret for Keeping People in Your Church
Word-Centered Church: How Scripture Brings Life and Growth to God's People
When God Builds a Church: 10 Principles for Growing a Dynamic Church
Your Church Can Grow
Assimilating New Members
Twelve Keys to an Effective Church: The Leaders' Guide
Going to Church in Medieval England
Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation
Leading Your Church to Growth
The Book of Church Growth
Committing to One Another: Church Membership (9Marks Healthy Church Study Guides)
Beyond the First Visit: The Complete Guide to Connecting Guests to Your Church
Turnaround Churches: How to Overcome Barriers to Growth and Bring New Life to an Established Church
Love Your Church: 8 Great Things About Being a Church Member (Discipleship resource for Christians on belonging, welcoming, gathering, caring, serving, witnessing, and mission)
The Antioch Effect: 8 Characteristics of Highly Effective Churches
Eating the Elephant: Leading the Established Church to Growth
Cultivating a Life for God: Multiplying Disciples Through Life Transformation Groups
Raising the Roof: The Pastoral-to-Program Size Transition
Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: 5 Views (Counterpoints: Church Life)
Replant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again
Lead Small: Five Big Ideas Every Small Group Leader Needs to Know
Grow Your Church from the Outside in: Understanding the Unchurched and How to Reach Them
We Want You Here
Growing Plans
Finding Them, Keeping Them: Effective Strategies for Evangelism and Assimilation in the Local Church
Kingdom Principles for Church Growth
The Upside Down Church
Beyond Church Growth
44 Ways to Increase Church Attendance
For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel
Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again
No Silver Bullets: Five Small Shifts that will Transform Your Ministry
AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church (Exponential Series)
Church Planting: Laying Foundations
A Guide to Church Revitalization
Passing the Baton: A Handbook for Ministry Apprenticeship
Color Your World with Natural Church Development
Growing Your Church Through Evangelism and Outreach: Library of Christian Leadership #3
Ignite: How to Spark Immediate Growth in Your Church
More Than Numbers: The Ways Churches Grow
Ten Steps for Church Growth
Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won't Get You There
The ABC's of Natural Church Development
Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing: How Leaders Can Overcome Costly Mistakes
Planting by Pastoring: A Vision for Starting a Healthy Church (9Marks)
The Practices of a Healthy Church: Biblical Strategies for Vibrant Church Life and Ministry

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