The Transforming Church

CONTENTS

This is a major series on the cell-church and the Church Growth Movement, written by Tricia Tillin, It looks at the cell system, house groups and all other aspects of the Church "in transition to a new apostolic paradigm."

Part One

• Introduction
  • New Church - New Leadership
  • Kingdom-Dominion
  • Remnant Longings
• Converting The World
  • Historical Background
• Donald McGravan
• Eschatological Errors

Part Two

• An Altered Emphasis
  • Rufus Anserson
  • Gustav Warneck
  • J. Waskom Pickett
  • Emil Brunner
  • Juan Luis Segundo
  • Jurgen Moltmann
  • David Bosch
• The Apostles of the New Order
• C. Peter Wagner

Part Three

• The Problem with the Church Growth Movt.
  • Numerical Growth
  • Pragmatic Approach
  • Marketing Strategies
  • User-Friendly Services
  • Mass Conversions
  • The Homogenous Unit
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Reform
  • Reconstruction (New Wineskins)

Part Four

• Other Early Influences and Personalities
  • Student Volunteer Movement
  • Norman Vincent Peale
  • Robert Schuller
  • Rod Trudinger
  • Howard Snyder
  • Juan Carlos Ortiz
  • David Yonggi Cho
  • Dale Galloway

Part Five

• Home Groups in General
  • The Early Church
  • Monastic and Pre-Reformation
  • Reformation Home Groups
  • Wesleyan Class Meetings
  • Watchman Nee
• Various Small Groups
  • Local Church House Groups
  • Roberta Hestenes
  • Seredipity
  • Xenos
  • Sonship/Deeper Life Groups
  • Witness Lee
  • T.Austin Sparks
  • Manifested Sons of God groups
  • Other Common-Interest groups
  • Cultic Small Groups - Branham, Cooneyite etc

Part Six

• House Churches
  • Gene Edwards
  • Frank Viola
  • Wolfgang Simson
  • Apostolic/Prophetic groups
  • The City Church Concept
• The UK House Church Movement
• The "Open Church" of Jim Rutz

Part Seven

• Introduction to Cell Churches
• The Meta-Church Model of Carl George
• The Pure Cell Model of Ralph Neighbour
• Critical Mass
• Group Dynamics for an Altered Paradigm

Part Eight

• The Purpose Driven Church
  • Willow Creek (Bill Hybels)
  • Saddleback (Rick Warren)
• MegaChurches
  • Faith Community Baptist Church, Singapore, (Lawrence Khong)
  • Bethany World Prayer Center (Larry Stockstill)
  • Yoidi Full Gospel Central Church in Korea (Yonggi Cho)

Part Nine

• G12 (Groups of Twelve)
  • The Principle of 12 in Government
  • Concerns about G12
  • A Warning From History
• The Monastic Model
• Cell Church Leadership
  • The Jethro System
  • The G12 System
  • Discipling Errors

Part Ten

• Summarising The Dangers
  • A New Reformation
  • Pastors Despised
  • Bringing In The Kingdom
  • Unity is Demanded
  • Community rather than Individuals
  • Marketing The Church
  • Tracking and Monitoring
• Military Training and Revolution
• Conclusion

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