The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren
The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren
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The Purpose Driven Church
Growth Without Compromising Your Message and Mission

Author: Rick Warren

Narrator: Jay Charles, Dr. Rick Warren

Abridged: 10 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 11/19/2003

Synopsis

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 22,000 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."

About Rick Warren

A Time magazine cover article named Rick Warren the most influential spiritual leader in America and one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Tens of millions of copies of Pastor Rick’s books have been published in 200 languages. His best-known books, The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, were named three times in national surveys of pastors (by Gallup, Barna, and Lifeway) as the two most helpful books in print. Rick and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church, the Purpose Driven Network, the PEACE Plan, and Hope for Mental Health. He is the cofounder of Celebrate Recovery with John Baker. Pastor Rick has spoken in 165 nations. He has spoken at the United Nations, US Congress, numerous parliaments, the World Economic Forum, TED, Aspen Institute, and lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and other universities. Rick is executive director of Finishing the Task, a global movement of denominations, organizations, churches, and individuals working together on the Great Commission goals of ensuring that everyone everywhere has access to a Bible, a believer, and a local body of Christ.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on July 05, 2013

After reading this book, the one question that keeps popping into my head is, "Why didn't I read this book going through Bible college?!" And to think that I pastored for nine years without reading this book! My belief is that there are many brethren out in ministry that have criticized Rick Warren......more

Goodreads review by Curtis on February 21, 2013

Although Dr. Warren says some good things in this book, there is not nearly enough good scriptural content to overshadow the over-abundance of flawed theology. Warren repeatedly tells us in this book that the Church needs to adopt and embrace worldly culture if it intends to reach the lost. He also c......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on November 30, 2023

Lots of good practical wisdom on how to "run a church." But at the core of the philosophy is a combination of Southern Baptist Church sensibilities and the Church Growth Movement (Donald McGavran, C. Peter Wagner), both of which Warren explicitly credits in the book. The result is the perpetuation o......more

Goodreads review by Alan on July 11, 2020

Muchas ideas útiles para aquellos que se preguntan cómo ministrar una iglesia. El libro es de valor para un ministro o un laico, en el contexto de una iglesia de esfuerzos unificados. A diferencia de lo que otras personas piensan sobre la eclesiología del Dr. Rick Warren, encontré un libro lleno de p......more

Goodreads review by Rhonda on April 11, 2009

We read tis book in a church group and I was surprised that it was as good and fundamental as it turned out to be. I had heard various things baout Rick Warren, including hints of his liberalism in various areas but had never verified that this was true for myself, but had no reason to read any of h......more

Awards

  • Gold Book Award - ECPA
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