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    <title>Sharpening the focus of the church</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Getz, Gene A.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Moody Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>©1974</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1974</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>320 pages ; 24 cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>1. Toward a proper perspective -- Part I: The lens of scripture -- 2. Why the church exists -- 3. Making disciples -- 4. Principles of New Testament evangelism -- 5. Building the church -- 6. Vital New Testament experiences -- 7. Principles of New Testament edification -- 8. Leadership in the New Testament church -- Phase 1 -- 9. Leadership in the New Testament church -- Phase 2 -- 10. The functioning body -- 11. Principles of New Testament leadership -- 12. Biblical examples of administration and organization -- 13. Principles of biblical administration and organization -- 14. Communication in the New Testament -- 15. Principles of New Testament communication -- Part II: The lens of history -- 16. Institutionalism in history -- 17. Reflections of institutionalism in the evangelical church -- Part III: The lens of culture -- 18. Understanding culture -- 19. Cultural implications for the twentieth century church -- Part IV: Developing a contemporary strategy -- 20. Developing proper perspective -- step by step -- 21. Formulating objectives, goals, and standards -- Appendix A: An opportunity to make your own inductive study -- Appendix B: Activities and directives -- results and objectives.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Gene A. Getz ; introd. by George W. Peters.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (page 317).</note>
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    <topic>Church</topic>
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