Measuring Healthy Churches
Kenn Oke, European director at Avant Ministries (photo courtesy Avant Ministries)
How do you define and measure a “healthy church?” That’s a question tackled by Columbia International University alumnus Kenn Oke who serves as European director for Avant Ministries , which focuses on planting and developing the church in the unreached areas of the world. Oke earned a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies from CIU’s Korntal, Germany campus in 2011. His master’s thesis is the basis his article, “Church-Planting Metrics: Measure What’s Important,” published on “The Exchange,” a blog on the Christianity Today website. Read part 1 and part 2 of Oke's article.
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