01160nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002500077100002700102245012700129260005500256300003100311505062900342650004300971240419s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97818896380581889638056  aeng  aBV652.24 b.S37 1999  aSchwarz, Christian A.  0aParadigm Shift in the Church : bHow Natural Church Development Can Transform Theological Thinking /cChristian A. Schwarz  aCarol Stream, IL : bChurchSmart Resources, c1999  a280 p. : bill. ; c24 cm.  apt. 1. Church growth between spiritualism and institutionalism. The starting point of natural church development : bipolar ecclesiology -- Danger to the right : the institutionalistic misconception -- The fight between spiritualism and institutionalism -- The root of the misconceptions : the impersonal God -- Functionality as a theological criterion? -- The interdenominational approach -- Three reformations -- pt. 2. The theological paradigm behind natural church development. Diagram of the bipolar paradigm -- Christian faith -- Christian fellowship -- Christian service -- pt. 3. The biotic approach to church growth.  aChurch development, New.Church growth.