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\\nEvery person who joins your church is a unique story of God\\u2019s grace. These individual stories are important and should be celebrated. From a statistical standpoint, however, there are four main ways churches grow. Thom and Sam discuss how most church growth occurs through conversion growth, transfer growth, biological growth, or demographic growth.
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\\n \\tConversion growth occurs when someone accepts Christ and is assimilated into the body as a new member and new Christian.
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\\n \\tTransfer growth occurs when an existing resident moves from one congregation to another congregation within the same community.
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\\n \\tBiological growth occurs when existing families in the church have children.
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\\n \\tDemographic growth occurs when new residents arrive in the community and begin looking for a church.
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\\n \\tConfessions of a French Atheist by Guillaume Bignon
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\\n \\tTyndale House Publishers
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\\n \\tLogos.com/churchanswers
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\\n \\tChurch Growth Services
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\\n \\tEst Podcast - \\u201cThe Connection Between Stewardship, Generosity & Discipleship\\u201d
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\\n \\tUnderstanding the Bible as a Whole by Sam Rainer
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\\n \\tKnow Your Community Report
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\\n \\tCollaborate with ministry leaders around the world! Join us at Church Answers Gold!
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\\nGuillaume Bignon was a French atheist who grew up in a country that had little use for God, and he had no earthly reason to follow Jesus.
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\\nBut God himself was at work when Guillaume decided to prove that Christianity was wrong to his new girlfriend, a woman he\\u2019d met seemingly by chance on a vacation in the Caribbean.
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\\nThe result? Today, Dr. Guillaume Bignon is a dedicated Christian theologian, a well-respected apologist, and a frequent guest on radio and in-person debates with atheists.
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\\nAfter his improbable conversion from atheism to Christianity, he earned a master\\u2019s in biblical literature and a PhD in philosophical theology.
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\\nHis conversion story has attracted more than 300,000 views on YouTube.
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\\nHis new book, Confessions of a French Atheist, released this summer.
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\\nClick here to learn more.
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