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This new world demands a new kind of church--clear about its calling to be a symbol of life in God's kingdom, faithfully continuing in Christ's ministry and mission, and fully responsive to the changing needs of persons and of society.
The Center's research ministry addresses these concerns as it generates new knowledge about church development, as it discovers how churches may become more faithful and effective in their ministry and mission in the third millennium.
Consider these essential facts about the Center:
- It is the only church development agency in North America that consistently has had systematic theologians and social scientists working together on its staff.
- It has taken seriously the challenge of bringing the classical theological fields and the social science fields into dialogue with each other and with church practitioners.
- It's research does not occur in a laboratory, academic office, or library--it is the direct result of working within church systems to design and manage large-scale and profound missional change.
- It's clients become partners in the development of new knowledge of church transformation.
- It uses the best theological and social science research methods to assure validity and reliability.
The Center provides the following research:
- Theological.
- Effects Evaluation.
- Survey.
- Program Evaluation.
- Church Market.
- Model-building.
- Feasibility Studies.
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