You can't do much planning for congregational growth or development without hearing about "program size;" or about "life cycles"; or about "parallel development." These (and related) ideas are basic condev concepts, and YOU need to read about them. So, here's a simple way to read the (short and compact) c l a s s i c texts that were the source of such info, and for free.
These booklets, including: Sizing Up A Congregation For New Member Ministry, The Life Cycle in Congregations: A Process of Natural Creation And An Opportunity, and Parallel Development: A Pathway For Exploring Chance And A New Future in Congregational Life have boring titles, but they are fascinating reading -- and essential texts for anyone interested in church growth. And best of all, courtesy of the national condev office, they're free for the down-loading. Click here, and let your Adobe reader do the work.
Posted by mbarlowe at May 13, 2003 08:48 PMThank you for this site and for making this available!
Posted by: M Williamson at May 17, 2003 01:32 PM