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Donald McGavran

Donald McGavran at 22 years of age.

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Donald McGavran in Army

Donald McGavran in his Army uniform before traveling to France to serve with his Field Artillery unit in World War I, at 20 years of age.

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Donald McGavran and Grace McGavran

Donald McGavran as a child of 6 years of age with his sister Grace who was one year older than him at 7 years of age.

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1978 Letter to President Anwar Sadat of Egypt

Donald A McGavran was a prolific letter writer, including letters to key public figures like the President of Egypt. Here, he suggests how to solve water and housing problems in the arid Middle East.

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Emergency Call for United Global Evangelism – Yoido Plaza Seoul South Korea

David Cho, called "mister missions" in South Korea pulled together a meeting for Billy Graham to speak. It was held at the former Seoul-area airport and crowd estimates suggest it was the largest gathering at the time, at over 1 million. (Some think festivals in India now, attract more.)
McGavran notes in the last paragraph that Peter Beyerhaus (researcher from the U.K.) spoke next, and then the pastor of the largest church (probably in the world, at the time) Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho, (who later changed his name from Paul to David)who "moved the audience (2,700,000) to great shouts of Amen."

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How to do a Church Growth Study – Thailand C.G. Survey 1956

McGavran reflects on a 6-week study he did in Thailand in 1956. He uses this as an example of how a Church Growth study could be done.

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McGavran Chronological List of Writings

Gary L. McIntosh has written a number of books for pastors and on Church Growth. He wrote: Donald A. McGavran : A Biography of the Twentieth Century's Premier Missiologist. This post is, as the title says, as complete a bibliographical listing for McGavran as can be found. If you have additions or corrections, or copies of rare McGavran items, please contact us at: research@wciu.edu.

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1977 McGavran & Bruce Colson Letters and Brazil – Brasílla Church Growth Study

In this 1997 correspondence, McGavran interacts with Bruce Colson, from Church of Christ who did a Church Growth Study of the Church in Brasílla (capital province of Brazil.) The study is 22 pages long, including charts and graphs.

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