Bøger af Iosmar Alvarez

The purpose of this book was to identify the factors that impact growth in Multicultural Churches in the context of 21st Century America. The book utilized participant questionnaires, interviews, and focus groups. Data was collected over a period of six months. This book attempted to identify church growth factors within a research population comprising seven Hispanic United Methodist church plants in the Kentucky Annual Conference. This population contained churches with an average attendance above fifty and churches with an average attendance below fifty. The identification of such factors will help pastors and leaders to identify the best church planting practices for Multicultural church development in response to the rapidly changing, multicultural 21st Century American landscape. It also identifies the factors inhibiting the growth of Latino Latina churches conformed by many cultures in their congregations.

The book also examines the biblical and theological foundations for encouraging growth and breaking down the barriers that inhibit growth. Throughout the Scriptures, we see that embracing change and breaking down barriers to growth is part of the journey to living out God's will and purpose for the people of God. In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel embraced change and broke down barriers to growth to become the nation that God wanted them to be. In the New Testament, the early church embraced change and broke down barriers to become the light of the world, testifying to the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

Reverend Iosmar Alvarez created this book to teach church planting leaders how to plant new, healthy, vital, and vibrant churches with multiplication DNA. Using scripture-grounded values, principles, and the author's own testimony, this book will help reach both new and diverse Hispanic/Latino people, as well as other cultures and contexts.