Church Growth and Evangelism Resources-History and Theology

Arias, Mortimer. Announcing the Reign of God: Evangelization and the Subversive Memory of Jesus. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

Arias, Mortimer, and Alan Johnson. The Great Commission: Biblical Models for Evangelism. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992.

Bosch, David J. Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1991.

Bontrager, G. Edwin, and Nathan D. Showalter. It Can Happen Today! Principles of Church Growth from the Book of Acts. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1986.

Bruggemann, Walter. Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism: Living in a Three-Storied Universe. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993.

Conn, Harvie M., ed. Theological Perspectives of Church Growth. Nutley, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1976.

Cook, Harold R. Historic Patterns of Church Growth. Chicago: Moody Press, 1971.

Crawford, Dan R. Church Growth Words from the Risen Lord. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990.

Drummond, Lewis A. The Word of the Cross: A Contemporary Theology of Evangelism.

Gleason, Michael. Building on Living Stones: New Testament Patterns and Principles of Renewal. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1996.

Green, Michael. Evangelism in the Early Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970.

Hedlund, Roger E. The Mission of the Church in the World: A Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1991.

Hiebert, Frances F.  "The Atonement in Anabaptist Theology," Direction 30:2 (Fall 2001):122-138.

Kolb, Robert. Speaking the Gospel Today: A Theology for Evangelism. St. Louis: Concordia Press.

Legrand, Lucien. Unity and Plurality: Mission in the Bible. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1990.

Maynard-Reid, Pedrito U. Complete Evangelism: The Luke-Acts Model. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1997.

McGavran, Donald A. Effective Evangelism: A Theological Mandate. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1988.

McGavran, Donald A., and Arthur F. Glasser. Contemporary Theologies of Mission. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1983.

McQuilkin, J. Robertson. Measuring the Church Growth Movement: How Biblical Is It? Rev. ed. Chicago: Moody Press, 1974.

O'Brien, P. T. Gospel and Mission in the Writings of Paul: An Exegetical and Theological Analysis. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995.

Packer, J. I. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. 2nd ed. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1991.

Peters, George W. A Theology of Church Growth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981.

Poe, Harry L. The Gospel and Its Meaning: A Theology for Evangelism and Church Growth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.

Smith, Ebbie C. Balanced Church Growth. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1984.

Stott, John R. W. Christian Mission in the Modern World: What the Church Should Be Doing Now! Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1975.

_____________. The Spirit, The Church, and The World. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1990. A commentary on Acts identifying Church Growth principles.

Terry, John Mark. Evangelism: A Concise History. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Press, 1994.

Tippett, Alan R. Church Growth and the Word of God: The Biblical Basis of the Church Growth Viewpoint. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973.

Wagner, C. Peter. The Acts of the Holy Spirit Series : A New Look at Acts—God's Training manual for Every Christian. Ventura, Calif. : Regal Books, 1994-1995. Vol. 1, Spreading the Fire (Acts 1-8). Vol. 2, Lighting the World (Acts 9-15). Vol. 3, Blazing the Way (Acts 16-28).

_____________. Church Growth and the Whole Gospel: A Biblical Mandate. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981.

_____________. Our Kind of People: The Ethical Dimensions of Church Growth in America. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1979.