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The following books offer insights regarding church success, church growth, and personal success and failure. Not all of the books agree. Some define success in strict, biblical terms; others use measures from both Scripture and culture.

Banks, Robert. Paul's Idea of Community, The Early House Churches. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. A study of the differences between the priorities of Paul's churches and modern-day churches.

Campolo, Anthony. The Success Fantasy. Wheaton: Victor Books, 1980. A Christian sociological study of the success syndrome in the United States culture.

Chaney, Charles and Lewis, Ron. Design for Church Growth. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1977. Outlines principles for growth as well as diagnostic factors by which the healthiness of growth can be measured.

Church Growth: America. A bimonthly publication of American Church Growth, 150 South Los Robles, Suite 600, Pasadena, California 91101. Published by Win Arn, this is the best resource for staying current on the church growth movement nationally.

Dubose, Francis. How Churches Grow In An Urban World. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1978. A study of the history, theology, and strategy of church growth in various types of churches in urban areas.

Eller, Vernard. The Outward Bound: Caravaning as the Style of the Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. Concentrates on the New Testament model and calling of the church, and critiques the contemporary church growth movement.

Getz, Gene. The Measure of a Church. Glendale, California: Regal Books, 1975. A different measure of growth and success is presented by evaluating the church according to love, faith, and hope.

Getz, Gene. Sharpening the Focus of the Church. Chicago: Moody Press, 1974. An integration of biblical principles, ...

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