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| Illustration Title | Illustration Author | |
|---|---|---|
| Backward Christian Soldiers | Source unknown | |
| Bat Infestation | Reader's Digest, July, 1994, p. 64 | |
| Church Behavior | Source unknown | |
| Church Membership | The Body, Charles W. Colson, 1992, Word Publishing, Page 70 | |
| Cooperative Society | Tales of the Neverending, Mark Littleton, Moody, 1990, p. 42ff | |
| Definition of a Local Church | R. Lightner in "Truth for the Good Life, p. 115-6. | |
| Department of Commerce Statistics | Pulpit Helps, August, 1992, p. 8 | |
| Eiffel Tower | Source unknown | |
| Football Scenario | Source unknown | |
| Four Bones | Bits & Pieces, October 15, 1992, pp. 16-17 | |
| Headless Frame | Source unknown | |
| Measurable Quality Factors | Leading Your Church to Growth by C. Peter Wagner, Regal Books, 1984, pp. 25-27 | |
| New Church | Bill Benton, Taken from the Mobile Home News | |
| Red Brick | Source unknown | |
| Sand Castles | Source unknown | |
| Sign on Van | Source unknown | |
| Significance | Charts of Christian Theology and Doctrine, H. Wayne House, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publ. House, 1992), p. 117 | |
| Steam Locomotive | Source unknown | |
| The Cure | Morning Glory, Sept.-Oct. 1997, p. 19 | |
| The Olive Tree | Source unknown | |
| The Plaque | Source unknown | |
| The Tates | Today in the Word, May, 1996, p. 8 | |
| True or False Quiz | Source unknown | |
| Why Not Come on Your Own? | Studies in Theology, James Denney, Hodder & Stoughton, 1895, p. 173, "The Church and the Kingdom of God" | |
| Are You a Potential Church Dropout? | William Hendricks, adapted from Exit Interviews: Revealing Stories of Why People are Leaving the Church (Moody), quoted in New Man, November/December, 1996, p. 60 | |
| Average Attendance | U.S.A. Today, 5-25-94 | |
| Baby Boomer Expectations | Focus on the Family, July, 1989, p. 11 | |
| Church is Like Sports | Author Unknown, At Calvary, Covington, KY | |
| Consumerism | Arthur Boers in The Other Side, May/June, 1989 | |
| Drop Outs | Wade Clark Roof and William McKinney in American Mainline Religion, quoted in Signs of the Times, Jan, 1992 | |
| Football Practice | Mark DeVries, Family-Based Youth Ministry, (Downers Grove, IL, InterVarsity Press, 1994, pp. 150-151 | |
| If You Want to Kill the Church | Source unknown | |
| Loyalty | Psychology Today, 10/88. | |
| Loyalty or Flattery | Source unknown | |
| New in Town | Source unknown | |
| Psalm of Summer | Source unknown | |
| Religion: A Good Thing | "Perspectives on the News," Signs of the Times, September 1996, p. 4. | |
| The B.C. | Source unknown | |
| The Ultimate House Church | A.W. Pink, in The Open Church, J.H. Rutz, p. 105 | |
| Willow Creek Survey | Willow Creek Community Church | |
| Don't Need an Excuse to Stay Home from Church | P.R.., Our Daily Bread | |
| A New Building | Source unknown | |
| Fallen Leaders | Church Law & Tax Report, March/April, 1993, p. 13 | |
| Infidelity | Jack DeWolf, in a conference on conflict resolution in Spokane, WA, April 30, 1994 | |
| The Erring | J.A. Fletcher, "Grace at Work" | |
| New in Town | Source unknown | |
| America's Faith | Focus on the Family, July, 1984 | |
| Churches Ineffective | Cell Church Magazine, Volume 1, Number 4, p. 4 |
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| Dead or Alive | Source unknown | |
| Group Survey | Christianity Today, October 20, 1989, p. 43 | |
| In the Name of God | PRRC Emerging Trends (May 1991):1. |
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| Like Ripe Blackberries | Source unknown | |
| Love's Power | Moody's Anecdotes, Page 71-72 | |
| People Will Stay if . . . | Leadership, IV, 3, p. 46 | |
| Statistics | SonLife Letter, Nov 15, 1994 | |
| Goal of the Church | The Body, Charles W. Colson, 1992, Word Publishing, Page 342 | |
| Responsibilities and Expectations | Drafted by Dr. Wicker and reprinted with his permission. The Body, Charles W. Colson, 1992, Word Publishing, pp. 423-425 | |
| Survey Questions | Leading Your Church to Growth by C. Peter Wagner, Regal Books, 1984, pp. 203-204 | |
| Animosity | The Moral Catastrophe, David Hocking, Harvest House, 1990, p. 259ff | |
| Obligations to the State | Oscar Cullman, The State in the N.T., pp. 90-91. | |
| Two Sides of the Coin | Today in the Word, March 24, 1993 |
