About the book: 2010 / “How to make our church grow?” - you ask yourself, but in the meantime, according to Rick Warren, the founding pastor of one of the largest church communities in America, Saddleback Church, you need to ask the question: “What is stopping our church from growing?” Because if the church is healthy, there will be growth for her a natural process. Rick Warren believes that to thrive, the church must be purposeful, driven by vision and purpose, based on the five New Testament purposes Jesus gave to His church..