Now a senior minister at Calvary Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Samra presents his 2004 doctoral dissertation in theology at the University of Oxford. He argues that Paul worked diligently to start and maintain churches because he felt they were the place and means though which believers would come to the maturity they would need on the day of Christ. He covers the maturational aspect of Paul's apostolic commission, general considerations regarding maturity and maturation, conformity to the image of Christ as the central motif of maturity, components of the maturation process, and the role of the local community in the maturation process. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)