Christian Discipleship A Tool To Discover How Church Growth May Be Ingnited At Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mansfield, Georgia
Nyamaropa, Noah
2018-05
2010-2019
The purpose of this study is to discover how church growth may be ignited at Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, (AME) Mansfield, GA. The church has been in decline since 2007. The same trend of declination is being experienced by churches nationally and globally.1 The hypothesis is Intentional Christian discipleship can make the church grow. The mission of the church is to make disciples, so that the church can grow. Qualitative methodology has been used as well as some other methods. This research project is informed by my understanding of contextual theology, especially the praxis method. The praxis method is a practical method, which is composed of word and action. It uses a lot of reflections in its study 2. Karl Barth says that, only the doer of the word is the hearer. 3 I believe if Mt. Zion AME Church practice caring of one another the church will grow. The research project used andragogy which is the method and practice preferred and used for adult learners. The project focuses on spiritual growth for the adult learners, similar with Jesus' approach of making disciples. The first disciples were people of age and he trained them. When they had matured in his teachings, he let them go, two by two, to evangelize.4 The intent of this project is to create a focus group, to resourcefully provide them with appropriate information and enable them with the requisite confidence, with the intent being to send them into the community to recruit family, friends and other community members to join our fellowship. The ultimate intended goal is to see personal spiritual growth, which will lead to an awakened disciple who will invite other people to join the church. This might eventually stop membership decline at Mt. Zion AME Church and ignite church growth.
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application/pdf
dissertation
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Interdenominational Theological Center
Dr. McCrary, Carolyn A. L.
Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/itc.td:2018_nyamaropa_noah
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