The development of the mid-sized church through a Wesleyan understanding of the Holy Spirit

Stephen J Ray

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The development of the mid-sized church through a Wesleyan understanding of the Holy Spirit

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Stephen J Ray. The Development of the Mid-sized Church Through a Wesleyan Understanding of the Holy Spirit. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/aca0b5c8-99d8-4805-a521-5ebba9f0281b.

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S. J. Ray. The development of the mid-sized church through a Wesleyan understanding of the Holy Spirit. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/aca0b5c8-99d8-4805-a521-5ebba9f0281b

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Stephen J Ray. The Development of the Mid-Sized Church Through a Wesleyan Understanding of the Holy Spirit. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/aca0b5c8-99d8-4805-a521-5ebba9f0281b.

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Stephen J Ray

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Church growth is most difficult for the church moving from a pastoral-leadership to a program-driven model. John Wesley and his theology of the Holy Spirit was instrumental in developing the Methodist movement and offers assistance to churches today. By emulating Wesley's use of sermons, leadership training and study groups, the author has applied Wesley's lessons and theology to a small church preparing to adapt to ministry as a mid-size church. The project church has achieved many characteristics of a mid-size church and has come to understand the power of the Holy Spirit in congregational and individual life.

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