The purpose driven church : growth without compromising your message & mission / Rick Warren.
Publisher number: EB00616115 | Recorded BooksPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [1995]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9780310201069
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Ebook | Dalton McCaughey Library | Online | Online | Available | ebk270126 |
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Forward / W.A. Criswell -- Surfing spiritual waves -- The Saddleback story -- Myths about growing churches -- What drives your church? -- The foundation for a healthy church -- Defining your purposes -- Communicating your purposes -- Organizing around your purposes -- Applying your purposes -- Who is your target? -- Knowing whom you can best reach -- Developing your strategy -- How Jesus attracted crowds -- Worship can be a witness -- Designing a seeker-sensitive service -- Selecting your music -- Preaching to the unchurched -- Turning attenders into members (congregation) -- Developing mature members (committed) -- Turning members into ministers (core) -- God's purpose for your church.
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."