Church Growth and the Word of God <subTitle>The Biblical Basis of the Church Growth Viewpoint</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Tippett, Alan R.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company</publisher> <dateIssued>1970</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>82tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, Illustration</extent> <extent>20 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Alan Tippett spells out the biblical basis for the concept of church growth. The author draws from the promises of God given to Israel in the Old Testament and the message given to the church in the New Testament. These messages, warnings, and instructions to the Church were set in such passages as the Great Commission, the statement of the apostolic principle transmitted by Christ on a basis of his own apostleship to the world, the direct claim of Christ that he alone is the way to the Father, and the restatement of the apostolic responsibility to witness and incorporate converts into the fellowship. It is on the basis of these passages, and others, that the author states the church growth theory.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Alan R. Tippett</note> <subject> <topic>Church development, New</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Church growth</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Missions -- Biblical teaching</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">266</classification> <classification authority="ddc">T595-A32</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0802813283</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16260/5.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16260/5.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2025-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071556.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>