From the back cover: Anton Bosch is a brave Christian scholar and pastor to write a book such as this at a time when the validity of the Bible's teachings is being called into question by many. He is even braver when the field in which he has chosen to write, deals head-on with the organizational structure and personnel of the church. Modern and postmodern biblical scholarship seldom assigns a high status to the doctrine of the inspiration of Holy Scripture, and even less to the conservative and more fundamental schools which hold dear the belief that the Bible was verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit. This unquestioned, high regard for the Bible constitutes the foundation of this book. Professor Arthur Song, Head of Graduate School, South African Theological Seminary; Research Fellow, University of Zululand Building Blocks of the Church very effectively walks through the landmine of the modern church growth movement's errors, carefully navigating through the troubled waters of past mistakes in church history. As such it is a valuable reference tool for those many in our modern era who may find it necessary to leave their former churches who have moved away from biblical principles and who have no idea how to start a church from scratch. Lynn & Sarah Leslie, Discernment Ministries The author should be commended for his honest and objective exposition of the New Testament model of the organization and function of the church of Christ. He has done so in a very scholarly way, and this work should be seriously considered by thinking people all over the world. The book sets out clearly the New Testament principles of every major ministry in the church, and distinguishes these principles from erroneous teachings and practices. The purpose of Building Blocks of the Church is to help us conform to the only true standard of Christian worship - the biblical one. From the preface by Professor Johan Malan, South Africa