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Church growth is a discipline... Church growth is founded on God’s Word... Church growth is interested in disciple – making. Yes, these statements are all true, but do these simple statements really explain the idea of church growth? Through reading these statements alone I cannot fully attain a thorough explanation of what church growth is, however, there is a book that does a very good job explaining church growth in its entirety. It focuses on the history of church growth, the theology behind it and involved within it, and its principles. The book is full of thorough explanations and many details of a wide range of aspects all surrounded around the topic set before us; church growth. So what is this book? It is a text written by Thom S. Rainer, appropriately titled; The Book of Church Growth. This text is divided into four main parts and includes a total of thirty-one chapters. Part one of this book is “The History of the Church Growth Movement.” Chapter one really sets the tone of the entire book and allows the reader to better understand the rest of the text by first explaining the basic principles behind church growth, the church growth movement and evangelism. By understanding these basic principles and i