The Biblical Principles Responsible for Church Planting and Church Growth

This background would help the reader know the history and the concept of how and why church planting and church growth came about. Antioch of Syria was a cosmopolitan city, closer in character to a modern metropolis than was any other city in the Roman world. Therefore, understanding Antioch is crucial for a biblical perception of church planting and church growth because patterns were established there that set the course of mission history and changed the religious map of the world.