From its inception, the Church Growth Movement, as espoused by its “father,” Donald A. McGavran, was focused on “effective evangelism.” The purpose of this article is to identify McGavran’s theology of evangelism as revealed in his published writings. While he may never have delineated a precise theology of evangelism, one can find in McGavran’s writings an orthodox, if sometimes incomplete, system regarding the working of God in the salvation of men and women. The article investigates McGavran’s views on Scripture, the content and proclamation of the gospel, and on key soteriological issues
In 1981, Donald McGavran presented a series of lectures at Manhattan Christian College. Over the nex...
Donald McGavran observed isolationist tendencies in the church and proposed both methodological cons...
This article will look at methodological parallels between John B. Wesley and Donald A. McGavran. Th...
From its inception, the Church Growth Movement, as espoused by its “father,” Donald A. McGavran, was...
The event that put Church Growth on the worldwide map was the Lausanne Congress on Evangelism held o...
This paper seeks to explore Donald McGavran’s understanding of conversion. First, we will look at th...
This short essay is about Donald McGavran and his ground-breaking book, Bridges of God, that became ...
The 1980s were the major growth years of the Church Growth Movement in the USA. Win Arn’s Institute ...
In the 1970’s, Donald McGavran’s Church Growth movement emerged in the service of a powerful theolog...
As the “father of the Church Growth Movement,” Donald A. McGavran’s impact on twentieth century miss...
During the second half of Donald McGavran’s time in India from 1937 until the early 1950s, he worked...
In the mid-1970s, criticism of the Church Growth Movement gradually began to wane. Donald McGavran r...
This essay offers five specific principles from Donald McGavran that have directly influenced The Jo...
Donald A. McGavran is widely considered to be the greatest missiologist of the twentieth century. Ho...
As McGavran’s missionary career in India came to an end, publication of The Bridges of God opened ne...
In 1981, Donald McGavran presented a series of lectures at Manhattan Christian College. Over the nex...
Donald McGavran observed isolationist tendencies in the church and proposed both methodological cons...
This article will look at methodological parallels between John B. Wesley and Donald A. McGavran. Th...
From its inception, the Church Growth Movement, as espoused by its “father,” Donald A. McGavran, was...
The event that put Church Growth on the worldwide map was the Lausanne Congress on Evangelism held o...
This paper seeks to explore Donald McGavran’s understanding of conversion. First, we will look at th...
This short essay is about Donald McGavran and his ground-breaking book, Bridges of God, that became ...
The 1980s were the major growth years of the Church Growth Movement in the USA. Win Arn’s Institute ...
In the 1970’s, Donald McGavran’s Church Growth movement emerged in the service of a powerful theolog...
As the “father of the Church Growth Movement,” Donald A. McGavran’s impact on twentieth century miss...
During the second half of Donald McGavran’s time in India from 1937 until the early 1950s, he worked...
In the mid-1970s, criticism of the Church Growth Movement gradually began to wane. Donald McGavran r...
This essay offers five specific principles from Donald McGavran that have directly influenced The Jo...
Donald A. McGavran is widely considered to be the greatest missiologist of the twentieth century. Ho...
As McGavran’s missionary career in India came to an end, publication of The Bridges of God opened ne...
In 1981, Donald McGavran presented a series of lectures at Manhattan Christian College. Over the nex...
Donald McGavran observed isolationist tendencies in the church and proposed both methodological cons...
This article will look at methodological parallels between John B. Wesley and Donald A. McGavran. Th...