Church growth

THE CHURCH AS A REVIVAL BASE: 5 AMAZING CHARACTERISTICS

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God always wanted the church to be a revival base to spread the kingdom to many nations. This is exactly what happened when the Apostle Paul arrived at Thessalonica. He preached with: “power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction” (1 Thess 1:5) and started a revival which kept going when he left after […]

EXTRAORDINARY CHURCH GROWTH: 5 LESSONS FOR TODAY

Derrick Burns  Inspirational, Revival  , , , , ,  Leave a comment

Just two pioneers Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vinnagren, Swedish Baptist immigrants to the USA, started Assemblies of God in Brazil. Their church growth story has much relevance for us today and  is found in a book about the Pentecostal movement in Brazil, called “One Hundred years of Pentecostals” (Alfredo Oliva). In 1910, Berg and Vinnagren […]