Sentences with phrase «numerical growth»

This approach tends to generate lots and lots of numerical growth in a church, but very little deep spiritual growth.

In fact, the 2000s marked the strongest numerical growth in renter households in the last fifty years.

In this section, you will need to convince a hiring manager that you are capable of delivering numerical growth in the role.

Forget numerical growth, but spiritual and relational growth.

Sure, sometimes this means numerical growth, but we're talking about something deeper.

Focus on convincing the recruiting manager that you are capable of delivering numerical growth in the given profile.

When I asked the director of the American Baptists» Evangelizing Community program why a denomination that has involved itself so deeply in the planning process has projected no measurable goals for numerical growth, he said: «That's an insight we got from the General Conference Baptists: all we can in faithfulness measure is the number of attempts we will make to confront people with the gospel — the Spirit gives the increase.»

Or to ask it differently, what is the relationship between Cobb's signs of genuine vitality (societal engagement, responsiveness to challenges, repentance for past wrongs) and sociological criteria of ecclesial vitality such as numerical growth and attendance?

He commented that «It should be clear to everyone by now that crude numerical growth does not solve our chronic problems of unemployment, welfare, crime, traffic, filth, noise, squalor, the pollution of our air, the corruption of our politics, the debasement of the school system (hardly worthy of the name «education»), and the general loss of popular control over the political process — where money, not people, is now the determining factor.»

Schwarz identified these eight quality characteristics which, when all are present to a sufficient degree will practically guarantee numerical growth.

Beginning withe idea that church growth equals numerical growth, the book helps the reader learn how to grow their church too.

The Census Bureau reported that seven of the 10 states with the largest numerical growth in school - age population s were located in the Sun Belt, as people of all ages continue to move to the South and West.Overall, 15 states saw the number of school - age children increase.

He still emphasized the importance of numerical growth.

In a rural parish where farming is shrinking both in acreage and influence, one enjoys little prospect for numerical growth.

For some groups, this is the primary method of numerical growth: «Oh, you don't like your church?

But numerical growth is NOT church growth!

The neglected component was «the religious factor,» and the important new component in that connection was the numerical growth and rising status of Catholics in America.

Having 160 in worship may be as far as it can go in numerical growth.

While other churches would be thrilled by the numerical growth — 1,000 attenders after seven years of existence — JW worries that the growth means it may not be intimate enough to nurture community and friendship.

Will there be a rebirth of the church's theological vision, if not its numerical growth?

We have tried to turn the church around or inside out; we have introduced new programs and planning devices; we have sought the missionary structure of the congregation and plotted its numerical growth.

The book is based on a survey of hundreds of growing churches across the country which experienced at least 5 % numerical growth each year for at least three years.

In Asia, numerical growth was very much smaller, despite the heroism and sacrifice of many missionaries.

More important than this numerical growth is the vital role they provide as we deliver high - calibre litigation defense to our clients.

Our company is fully committed to excellence first and numerical growth as it naturally follows, so our teaching, training and coaching programs need to be robust enough to develop the former and effectively support the latter.