Church Growth, American Style

How the post World War 2 generation reshaped churches into a suburban reality

Bigness can be the problem. Where did the drive to define, identify, and compare churches by numbers come from? Karl Vater’s contention is that this was the unintended consequences of the church growth movement spearheaded by Donald McGavran. Here’s the gist of this chapter. McGavran’s church growth movement (CGM) became something different when America…