Rainer, Thom S.

Giant awakenings : making the most of nine surprising trends that can benefit your church / Thom S. Rainer. - Nashville, TN : Broadman & Holman Publishers, c1995. - x, 198 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references

1."IF MY PEOPLE..."--Church Trend 1: The Great Prayer Movement--2. "PREACH THE WORD...)--Church Trend 2: The Rediscovery of the Bible and Theology--3. "TEACH THESE THINGS--Church Trend 3: The Renewal of the Sunday School--4. "BECOME ALL THINGS..."--Church Trend 4: The New Understanding of Culture--5. "TO PREPARE GOD'S PEOPLE"--Church Trend 5: The New Traditional Church Layperson--6. "ABOVE REPROACH..."--Church Trend 6: The New Traditional Church Pastor--"WE HAVE FOUND THE MESSIAH..."--Church Trend 7: Evangelistic Renewal in the Traditional Church--"THEREFORE GO..."--Church Trend 8: The Explosion of Church Planting--"WORSHIP THE LORD WITH GLADNESS..."--Church Trend 9: The Acceptance of Multiple Worship Styles--"WONDERS AND MIRACULOUS SIGNS..."--Lessons for the Local Church

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PASTORAL THEOLOGY
CHURCH RENEWAL
CHURCH GROWTH--UNITED STATES
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY--FORECASTS

BV 4011 / R135 1995