References and Bibliography on Church Growth
Church Growth References General Church Growth Books Specialist Church Growth Books Books on Growing Churches Church Growth Papers Statistical Tables and Data Cell Church Books   Details of Models Limited Enthusiasm  Births, Deaths & Reversion  Renewal   Details of Results Summary of Results Short Term Revival  Long Term Growth Long Term Decline Growth via Renewal   References & Bibliography  Mathematics of Church Growth Church Growth  Revival  System Dynamics  Sociology of Religion Epidemics  Social Diffusion Publications Articles	The church growth models do not depend on any particular church growth methodology and as such endorse none. The models assume growth through contact between believer and unbeliever. However most methodologies discuss contacts between believer and unbeliever, reversion, child retention etc. even though they do not come to any quantifiable and testable conclusions. Thus they provide useful background information. General Church Growth Books Books to help churches grow, or explain church growth principles Gibbs E. (1985), I Believe in Church Growth, Hodder and Stoughton, London. Gibbs E. & Coffey I. (2001) Church Next, IVP, Leicester. Holloway D. (1989), Ready Steady Grow, Kingsway Publications. McGavran. D. (1970). Understanding Church Growth, Eerdmans. Pointer R. (1984). How Do Churches Grow? Marc Europe. Out of print but could still be available from British Church Growth Association Schwartz C.A. (1999), Natural Church Development Handbook, Healthy Church Wagner C.P. (1987) Strategies for Church Growth, MARC Europe London. Specialist Church Growth Books Books that seek to analyse why churches are growing or declining Brierley P. (1991), Christian England - What the English Church Census Reveals, MARC Europe (now Christian Research), London. Brierley P. (2000), The Tide is Running Out - What the English Church Census Reveals, Christian Research, London. Brierley P. (2006), Pulling Out of the Nose Dive - What the 2005 English Church Census Reveals, Christian Research, London. McGavran D. (1963), Do Churches Grow?, World Dominion Press. Reprinted by the British Church Growth Association 1991. Ritcher P. & Francis L.J. (1998), Gone But Not Forgotten: Church Leaving and Returning, Darton, Longman and Todd. Return to Top Books on Growing Churches Gibbs E. (1984), Ten Growing Churches, Marc Europe. Probably out of print but could still be available from British Church Growth Association Jackson W. (1999), The Quest for the Radical Middle: A History of the Vineyard, Vineyard International Publishing. Smith C. & Brook T. Harvest, Word for Today Ca. History of the Growth of Calvary Chapel. Towns E.L. (1990), Ten of Today's Most Innovative Churches, Regal Books. Walker A. (1989), Restoring the Kingdom, Hodder and Stoughton. Documents the early years of the restoration churches in the UK. Return to Top Church Growth Papers Anderson, Duane. Estimates of the future membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An attempt to fit church data to the logistic model - thus using the concept of carrying capacity and limited growth. Doyle R.T. & Kelly S.M. (1979) Comparison of trends in ten different denominations, pp. 144-159, in Understanding Church Growth and Decline 1950-1978, Ed. Hoge & Roozen, Pilgrim Press. Loomis R.D. Church Growth and the Latter Day Saints . Presented at The Association for the Sociology of Religion August 15-17, 2002 Chicago, IL . Uses statistical modelling to examine the future growth of the Mormon Church. Also see details. Orr J. Edwin (2000) The Outpouring of the Spirit in Revival and Awakening and its Issue in Church Growth. Explores the link between the work of the Holy Spirit and church growth. Republished by British Church Growth Association and available here for download in A4 format. By kind permission of BCGA. Return to Top Statistical Brierley P. (1991), Prospects for the Nineties - Trends and Tables from the English Church Census, MARC Europe, London. Brierley P. (1997), Religious Trends 1998/1999 No.1, Christian Research. Brierley P. (1999), Religious Trends 2000/2001 No.2, Christian Research. Brierley P. (2001), Religious Trends 2002/2003 No.3, Christian Research. Brierley P. (2003), Religious Trends 2003/2004 No.4, Christian Research. Brierley P. (2005), Religious Trends 2005/2006 No.5, Christian Research. Brierley P. (2006), Religious Trends 2006/2007 No.6, Christian Research. Brierley P. (2008), Religious Trends 2007/2008 No.7, Christian Research. Contact Christian Research Return to Top Cell & House Church Books Neighbour R. (1990), Where Do We Go From Here?, Touch Publications. Simson, Wolfgang (1998), Houses That Change The World, OM Publishing.