Table of Contents
The Beginning
Part 1: Getting Started
Church #1: A Friendly Place with a Homey Feel
Church #2: Growing Deeper, Not Wider
Church #3: It Only Hurts When You Care
Church #4: Successfully Melding Contemporary and Traditional
Church #5: Catholics are Christians Too
Church #6: A Quintessential Country Church
Church #7: The New Church
Church #8: A Grand Experiment
Church #9: Methodists Know How to Cook
Church #10: A Special Father’s Day Message
Church #11: Charismatic Lite
Church #12: More Methodists, More Food
Church #13: A Dedicated Pastor Team
Church #14: The Pentecostal Perspective
Church #15: An Outlier Congregation
Church #16: Something’s Missing
Church #17: A Doubleheader
Church #18: Revisiting Roman Catholicism
Church #19: A Near Miss
Church #20: Different Language, Same God
Church #21: A New Kind of Church
Church #22: A Caring Community
Church #23: They’ll Be Fine
Church #24: Good, But Not Typical
Church #25: Embarking on a Metamorphosis, Part 2
Church #26: An Unknown Situation
Church #27: A Charismatic Experience
Church #28: Intriguing and Liturgical
Church #29: Led By Laity
Church #30: Misdirected and Frustrated
Church #31: A Day of Contrasts
Church #32: Commitment Sunday and Celebration
Church #33: A Shepherd Cares For His Flock
Church #34: Acts Chapter Two
Church #35: A Well-Kept Secret
Church #36: The Surprise
Church #37: Another Small Church
Church #38: A Refreshing Time
Church #39: A Great Way to End the Year
Church #40: No Time to Return
Church #41: People Make the Difference
Church #42: High Expectations and Great Disappointment
Church #43: A Welcoming Church With Much to Offer
Church #44: A Familiar Place
Church #45: Another Doubleheader
Church #46: False Assumptions
Church #47: Significant Interactions
Church #48: Small, Simple, and Satisfying
Church #49: Large and Anonymous
Church #50: Saturday Mass
Church #51: The Megachurch: A Grand and Welcoming Experience
Church #52: Playing it Safe
Church #53: Home for Holy Week
Reflections
A Lot Like Dating
Greeting Well or Not at All
Format and Size Matters
Candy’s Take on 52 Churches
Generalizations
Tips for Improvement
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Trivia
Interesting Notes
Things Change
Time and Location
Appendix 2: Facts and Figures
Appendix 3: Census Data
Glossary
Acknowledgments
About Peter DeHaan