Module information
Code
MIN 4033
Name
Strategy for Church Growth (Credit: 3 hours )
Average equivalent
ECTS 4
Description
This course deals with the spiritual, cultural, and social dynamics of church growth. It is primarily for
pastors, church leaders, and missionaries, although lay workers and ministerial students will also find it
helpful. The student will study church growth strategy, see examples of that strategy applied under
varying conditions, and learn how to make a diagnostic study of a local church to discover causes of
growth or lack of growth. The emphasis of the course is the practical application of the textbook’s
principles to the student’s particular field of labor. The study questions and project are designed toward
this purpose.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
1.
Teach or preach on the nature and growth of the church.
2.
Trace the growth of the church in the book of Acts and apply the principles used there to the
development of churches today.
3.
Show the people to whom you minister the necessity for adjustment of priorities as seen in
Matthew 28:18–20.
4.
Analyze the growth of a local church, using graphs to show the trends and research to discover
the causes of its growth or lack of growth.
5.
Give examples of various patterns of church growth in different parts of the world and discuss
their suitability for churches in your area.
6.
Recognize the social structure and cultural features of the communities where you work and
select the most appropriate methods for building strong indigenous churches there.
7.
Cooperate with other workers in plans for evangelizing the cities, reaching every level of society
with the gospel, planting indigenous churches, and working for people movements in various
homogeneous units.
8.
Use church growth techniques to discover the receptive areas of your field and take the
necessary steps to plant churches there.
9.
Determine the goals for future growth within the area of your ministry.
10.
Acknowledge the Holy Spirit as the dynamic force as you and the people to whom you minister
carry out the Great Commission.
Mode of Study
•
Lecture
•
Video (in progress)
•
Student interaction
•
Professor of Record Interaction
•
Hands on
Assessment
•
100 objective multiple choice questions
•
Online or pencil and paper
•
Project
•
Collateral Reading Assignment (for 3 (USA) credit courses
•
Student Learning Requirement
•
Passmark 70%
Grading Rubric
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL OF
BIBLE AND THEOLOGY
MQF Level 6 Qualification
230 ECTS Credits
License-2013-FHI-026
97-100
A+
93-96
A
Superior
90-92
A-
Excellent
87-89
B+
83-86
B
Good
80-82
B-
77-76
C+
73-76
C
Satisfactory
70-72
C-
67-69
D+
63-66
D
60-62
C
Poor
0-59
F
Fail