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dc.contributor.author | Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim)![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-15T07:15:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-07-15T07:15:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-11-02 | |
dc.description.abstract | The church grew rapidly during the first centuries. The question is: Why? Generations of scholars approached this question from different perspectives and with different methods. Historical research, analysis of early Christian texts and theological reflection were the most common methods used to shed light on the growth of the church. In this contribution five different models of growth were discussed, using the approach of A.M. Schor as a point of departure. These models of church growth were put under the headings of an apostolic mission model, values reproduction model, social reaction model, network model with an institutional model added. | en |
dc.description.librarian | am2013 | en |
dc.description.librarian | mn2013 | |
dc.description.uri | http://www.hts.org.za | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Dreyer, W.A., 2012, ‘The amazing growth of the early church’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 68(1), Art. #1268, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v68i1.1268 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-8050 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/hts.v68i1.1268 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21941 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | AOSIS Open Journals | en |
dc.rights | © 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en |
dc.subject | Church growth | en |
dc.title | The amazing growth of the early church | en |
dc.type | Article | en |