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No fancy graphics or streaming video here—just a site of provocative and sometimes helpful writing for Christians who think. Thanks for dropping by. Help yourself to anything you need -- everything is free but its worth it. -- Keith Drury

GRUMBLING ABOUT the

CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT

(These columns are dated now—the movement has (happily) expired now, but when these were written it was absolute monarch in the evangelical church and these articles helped bring its downfall—among the work by many other good writers. The articles are presented here for historical purposes.

~ An excerpt from a letter to a "church growth pastor"  predicting a new movement. (circa. 1994)
~ An excerpt from an evaluation of a seeker church   (circa. 1994).

~ CHURCH GROWTH: Do you believe the Myth of the Early Church's Growth? .....( Responses)
~ INFRASTRUCTURE: Does your church have the AOL problem with infrastructure?  (Outdated—posted for reference) 

~ DOWNSIZING: The big coming trend: downsizing -- how will it affect the church?

~ NOT THE REAL THING: American religion -- a Postum sort of thing.
~ BIG EGO: The collapse of ego-based ministry.
~ CHARACTER: The coming rise of character-based ministry.

~ OREGON: A little thriving church in Oregon who doesn't know better 
~ OUTBACK STEAK-CHURCH:  What if you planted a church on the Outback Steak House model?

~ SHOW-GROW: Today's Rice Christians -- 'They come for the show, but refuse to grow

~ Evangelicals have our own Religious Ebonics.

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