Purpose-Driven Church

Purpose-Driven Church
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Released in 1995, The Purpose-Driven® Church rapidly secured its place as a long-term best-seller. The Gold Medallion Award-winning book by Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church has since offered thousands of pastors, church leaders, and lay persons worldwide a vivid and compelling vision for church growth based on church health. Now in unabridged audio format, Warren's proven, five-part biblical strategy can help you build your church . . . By building its people. What drives your church? Every church is driven by something. Tradition, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believes that in order for a church to be healthy, it must become a Purpose-Driven Church, built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus. Drawing on Warren's proven five-part strategy, now you can enable your church to grow . . . - Warmer through fellowship - Deeper through discipleship - Stronger through worship - Broader through ministry - Larger through evangelism The Purpose-Driven Church shifts the focus away from church-building programs to emphasizing a people-building process. As Warren says, "If you will concentrate on building people, God will build the church."

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Warren's proven, five-part biblical strategy, presented here in audio format, can help you build your church by building people first. Read by Jay Charles.

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Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believers that in order for a church to be healthy if must become a Purpose-Driven Church by Jesus. Now the founding pastor of Saddleback Church shares a proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to grow. . .- Warmer through fellowship - Deeper through discipleship - Stronger through worship - Broader through ministry - Larger through evangelism. Discover the same practical insights and principles for growing a healthy church that Rick has taught in seminars to over 2 000 pastors and church leaders from sixty denominations and forty-two countries. The Purpose-Driven Church® shifts the focus away from church building programs to emphasizing a people-building process. Warren says, "If you will concentrate on building people, God will build the church." Author Biography: Dr. Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, is the author of the New York Times #1 best-seller The Purpose Driven Life. With over 4 million copies sold since its release in October, 200 the book received the ECPA 2003 Book of the Year Award. Warren also wrote the Gold Medallion Award-winner The Purpose-Driven Church, with over one million copies sold in 21 languages. Other books by Rick Warren include The Power to Change Your Life, Answers to Life's Difficult Questions, Planned for God's Pleasure, and Personal Bible Study Methods. Dr. Warren is also the founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community which serves and mentors those in ministry and features Rick Warren's MinistryToolbox, a weekly email newsletter with 85,000 pastors subscribing. Rick and his wife, Kay, began Saddleback Church as a small group in their home in January 1980. The church now averages 17,000 in attendance each weekend, lists over 60,000 names on the church roll, and, through its numerous resources and Purpose-Driven Church seminars, is having a worldwide impact. The Warrens live in Trabuco Canyon, California. They have three children and a dog.

About Rick Warren:

Dr. Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, is the author of the New York Times #1 best-seller The Purpose Driven Life. With over 10 million copies sold since its release in October, 200 the book received the ECPA 2003 Book of the Year Award. Warren also wrote the Gold Medallion Award-winner The Purpose-Driven Church, with over one million copies sold in 21 languages. Other books by Rick Warren include The Power to Change Your Life, Answers to Life’s Difficult Questions, Planned for God’s Pleasure, and Personal Bible Study Methods. Dr. Warren is also the founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community which serves and mentors those in ministry and features Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox, a weekly email newsletter with 85,000 pastors subscribing. Rick and his wife, Kay, began Saddleback Church as a small group in their home in January 1980. The church now averages 17,000 in attendance each weekend, lists over 60,000 names on the church roll, and, through its numerous resources and Purpose-Driven Church seminars, is having a worldwide impact. The Warrens live in Trabuco Canyon, California.

Description of Rick Warren, author of Purpose-Driven Church:

Released in 1995, The Purpose-Driven Church rapidly secured its place as a long-term best-seller. The Gold Medallion Award-winning book by Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church has since offered thousands of pastors, church leaders, and lay persons worldwide a vivid and compelling vision for church growth based on church health. Now in unabridged audio format, Warren's proven, five-part biblical strategy can help you build your church...by building its people. Every church is driven by something. Tradition, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believes that in order for a church to be healthy, it must become a Purpose-Driven Church, built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus. Drawing on Warren's proven five-part strategy, now you can enable your church to grown. Unabridged. Read by Jay Charles. 8 cassettes.