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■035    ▼a(UnM)AAI3045821
■040    ▼aUnM▼cUnM
■090    ▼aD.Min.
■1001  ▼aKinder,  James  Vernon.
■24510▼aChurch  Health  and  Church  Growth  among  General  Association  of  General  Baptist  Churches▼h[e-book]
■260    ▼aWilmore,  Kentucky▼bAsbury  Theological  Seminary▼c2002.
■300    ▼a129  p.
■500    ▼aSource:  Dissertation  Abstracts  International,  Volume:  63-03,  Section:  A,  page:  0982.
■502    ▼aThesis  (D.Min.)--Asbury  Theological  Seminary,  2002.
■520    ▼aThe  purpose  of  this  study,  as  part  of  a  group  dissertation  project,  was  to  describe  the  relationship  between  church  health  and  church  growth  focusing  on  the  specific  characteristics  of  empowering  leadership  and  passionate  spirituality.  The  particular  context  of  this  study  was  General  Association  of  General  Baptist.  The  participants  were  given  a  researcher-designed  questionnaire.
■520    ▼aThe  findings  of  this  study  demonstrated  a  positive  relationship  between  church  health  and  church  growth.  Spiritual  disciplines,  church  and  personal  demographics  proved  to  have  a  positive  relationship  to  the  perceived  health  of  the  individual  congregations.
■650  4▼aReligion,  General
■71020▼aAsbury  Theological  Seminary.
■85641▼uumi/3045821.pdf