Resource Centers for Evangelism/Church Growth

The Alban Institute, Suite 433 North, 4550 Montgomery Ave., Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3341. 1-800-486-1318 ext. 244. Web site: http://www.alban.org. Resources for congregations with emphasis on mainline churches.

Center for Rural Church Leadership. A wealth of resources on rural church ministry. Visit them on the web at http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx042/r_ctr/r_ctr.html.

Center for Theology and Land, University of Dubuque and Wartburg Seminaries, 333 Wartburg Place, Dubuque, IA 52004. 319-589-0273. Web site: http://www.ruralministry.com. Focuses on rural and small town churches.

Center for the Study of Growing Churches and Megachurch Research Center, P.O. Box 47, Bolivar MO 65613.  417-326-3826.  Web site: http://www.churchgrowthtoday.com. Founded by Dr. John N. Vaughan, one of the leading researchers in the United States on megachurches.

Church Growth Center, 1230 US. 6, PO Box 145, Corunna, Indiana 46730. Founded by Kent R. Hunter, a former Lutheran pastor with a D.Min. in Church Growth from Fuller. Books, training events, and consultation.

Church Growth, Inc., PO Box 541, Monrovia, California 91017. 818-305-1280. Web site: http://www.churchgrowth.net. Founded by Win Arn, a pioneer in applying Church Growth principles to US churches. Resources and training events.

Church Growth Institute, PO Box 7000, Forest, Virginia 24551. 1-800-553-GROW. Web site: http://www.churchgrowth.org. Founded by Elmer Towns. Resources and extensive training events.

ChurchSmart Resources, 350 Randy Rd., Suite 5, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 1-800-653-4276. Web site: http://www.churchsmart.com. Source for Natural Church Development products and materials produced by Bob Logan.

Easum, Bandy, and Associates (formerly 21^st Century Strategies, Inc.), 1126 Whispering Sands, Port Aransas, Texas 78373. Voice: 512-749-5364. Fax: 512-749-5800. Web site: http://www.easumbandy.com. Founded by William Easum, a former United Methodist pastor, now working in association with Tom Bandy. Books, newsletter, consultations, and training events.

Hinton Rural Life Center, PO Box 27, Hayesville, North Carolina 28904. 704-389-8336. Web site: http://hinton.sejac-umc.org. Focuses primarily on small churches in rural settings.

Injoy, PO Box 19900, San Diego, California 92157-0900. 1-800-333-6506. Web site: http://www.injoy.com. Founded by John Maxwell, a former Wesleyan Church pastor. Emphasis on leadership and church growth topics. Tapes and training events.

International Centre for Leadership Development and Evangelism. British Columbia, Canada. Web site: http://www.growingleadership.com.

Leadership Network, PO Box 9100, Tyler, Texas 75711. 1-800-765-5323. Web site: http://www.leadnet.org. Geared to networking pastors and staff from large churches (1,000 and above).

The McIntosh Church Growth Network. Gary McIntosh, director. Web site: http://www.mcintoshcgn.com.

MetaChurch Project. Carl George, director. Web site: http://www.metachurch.com.

Net Results Resource Center, 5001 Avenue N., Lubbock, Texas 79412-2993. 806-762-8094. Web site: http://www.netresults.org. Ministries include Net Results magazine, training events, consultation.

New Life Ministries, 6404 S Calhoun St, Fort Wayne, IN 46807. 1-800-774-3360 (formerly The Andrew Center). Web site: http://www.NewLifeMinistries-NLM.org. A partnership of the Church of the Brethren, The Brethren Church, the Mennonite Church USA, the Mennonite Church Canada, Christian Community, and Shalom Foundation. Resources, consultation, networking, and training events on evangelism, congregational growth and vitality, and church planting. From the Anabaptist/Believers' Church tradition.

Outreach Canada, 2, 7201 - 72nd Street, Delta, BC V4G 1M5. 604-952-0050. Web site: http://www.outreach.ca. The DAWN (Discipling a Whole Nation) affiliate for Canada.

Pastors.com. A ministry of Rick Warren.  Web site: http://www.pastors.com. 

Percept, 151 Kalmus Dr., Suite A104, Costa Mesa, California 92626-5988. 1-800-442-6277. Web site: http://www.percept1.com. Source for demographic and lifestyle information for specified communities.

Serendipity House, PO Box 1012, Littleton, Colorado 80160. 1-800-525-9563. Resources and training events on small groups. Founded by Lyman Coleman.

Sonlife Ministries. Dann Spader, director. Web site: http://www.sonlife.com/healthychurch.html.

Smaller Churches Network. Ronald W. Waters, coordinator. Web site: http://www.NewLifeMinistries-NLM.org/smallchurch.htm. Resources and links especially for churches averaging 100 or fewer in average annual worship attendance.

Willow Creek Association, PO Box 3188, Barrington, Illinois 60011-3188. 847-765-0070. Web site: http://www.willowcreek.com. Resources and training events, with emphasis on churches with seeker-targeted ministries.

Western Institute for Small Church Health, Western Seminary, 5511 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, Oregon 98215. 1-800-547-4546. Web site: http://www.westernseminary.edu/ichsmall.html.