Understanding Church Growth, Donald A. McGavran / The Parables of Jesus, by Simon Kistemaker

UNDERSTANDING CHURCH GROWTH, Donald A. McGavran; Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan; 480 pp., paper, $12.95. (Reviewed by Prof. R. D. Decker) This book is a full revision of an earlier (1970) edition bearing the same title. It is full of tables, graphs, and statistics, all of which are used to support the main thrust of the book. It is McGavran's contention that the church as it exists throughout the world can and indeedmust grow. UNDERSTANDING CHURCH GROWTH, Donald A....