• Divine Pulse

Birth plan: Canadian church planting in a fragmented moment

There is a long and mixed history of church planting in Canada, but lack of solid data gathering and analysis have complicated our ability to read past and future trends. We examine patterns of growth and decline, evangelism, and socio-economic influences as factors of success and failure.

Project led by

CIECR

project type

Divine Pulse

Start date

January 2024

Overview

Under the Divine Pulse project, we aim to answer the following questions about church planting:


    • How have Canadian denominational organizations engaged with church planting?
    • What does the birth (or rebirth) of congregations mean?
    • What does this process look like?

    Divine Pulse

    This project belongs to a larger project called Divine Pulse.

    The Divine Pulse project aims to explore life, death, and the pursuit of greatness in contemporary Canadian churches. It is an interdisciplinary, multifaceted project co-created by various collaborators and researchers part of the CIECR.

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