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Ethnic Church Planting:
A Documentation of the Work of Dr. Chris Thomas
Nancy Kruger, Spring 1994
(5 Chapters)Introduction, Ministry Focus and Challenges
Getting Started
Support
Translation
Three-Fold Focus Leadership
Challenges for MinistryCase Study: A Slavik Church
Beginning
Support
Outgrowth
Leadership
Theological Considerations Worship ServiceCase Study: An Hispanic Church
Beginning
Growth/Leadership
Factors for Growth Confronting Problems
Cultural Differences
Programs/StructureCase Study: A Vietnamese Church
Getting Started
Growth Pattern
Leadership
Addressing Problems Worship ServiceSummary of Observations Regarding Ethnic Ministry
Culture Comparisons
Common Ministry Needs
Sources
Personal Interviews
- Calvert, Tony - Personal interview - 20 May, 1994
- Lopez, Josie and Manuel - Personal interview - 20 Apr. 1994
- Rudenky, Lydia - Personal interview - 2 Apr. 1994
- Thomas, Dr. Chris - Personal interviews - 7 Apr. 1994, 14 Apr. 1994, 6 May, 1994
- Uomoto, Cal - Telephone interview - 15 Apr. 1994
- Uomoto, Cal - Personal interview - 28 Apr. 1994
- Ethnic Briefing - 17 May, 1994
- Villeda, Rev. Victor - Personal interview - 17 Apr. 1994
About the Author
Nancy Kruger serves as Minister of Outreach at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Macomb, Michigan. Born and raised in the Detroit area, she is a graduate of Lutheran Bible Institute, Seattle, Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cross Cultural Ministry, and an emphasis in Urban Ministry. Nancy has served as a short-term missionary in Amsterdam, Holland (1987), Bacolod City, Negros/Philippines (1989), Tanzania, Africa (1991), and a longer term assignment in Chiclayo, Peru from 1994-95. In 1996, she was certified through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod as a Church Planter, and served from 1996-98 as Mission Developer/Church Planter in Southfield, Michigan for New Life Christian Fellowship-LCMS. Nancy has been involved in evangelism, and outreach activities for many years, and feels especially called to reach out to people who are either unchurched or do not have a church background.
"Ethnic Church Planting:
A Documentation of the Work of Dr. Chris Thomas,"
Nancy Kruger, Spring 1994.Index
Introduction, Ministry Focus and Challenges
Summary of Observations Regarding Ethnic Ministry
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