Church Growth Is - - -

1 Peter 1:5-11

1.     Evangelism

a.     Our Jerusalem and Judea

2.     Obey the great commission – Matthew 28:18-20

3.     Research

a.     World methods of getting the message out

b.     Coke has gone more places than Christ

c.     Denominational methods – that are OK

d.     Brotherhood ideas – share what works

4.     Scientific

a.     Why churches grow – Flavil Yeakley

b.     Bible says Grow – Davenport

5.     Seeing – Vision

a.     See the possibilities for growth

b.     Men now studying Chinese for the day it opens up

Conclusion – Yeakely says we are baptizing 1 per year per 80 members.

It takes 80 members 1 year to make 1 convert.