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- WARREN AND JERRY FALWELL
- Many independent Baptist churches are being influenced by
Warren's teaching. Rick Warren and Jerry Falwell (who affiliates
both with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Bible Baptist
Fellowship) are partnering for a Purpose-Driven "SuperConference"
in October [2003]. It will be held on the campus of Liberty University
in Lynchburg, Virginia. Simultaneously, a Rick Warren "40
Days of Purpose" campaign will be shown by telecast in more
than 4,000 churches, including Falwell's church.http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/visit-saddlebackchurch.html
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- WARREN, BILL HYBELS AND ROBERT SCHULLER
- A church ministry based on a market-study of the unregenerate,
rather than a study of the Scriptures: When Rick Warren began
his church, he started out using the very same methodology of
Robert Schuller and Bill Hybels. Not surprisingly, Schuller praises
the book inside the front cover, and Hybels highlights the book
on his Willow Creek Internet web site!
- http://www.salembible.org/biblestudies/purposechurch.htm
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- ROBERT SCHULLER PROFOUND INFLUENCE OF RICK WARREN
- During his last year in seminary, he and Kay drove west to
visit Robert Schuller's Institute for Church Growth. "We
had a very stony ride out to the conference," she says,
because such nontraditional ministry scared her to death. Schuller,
though, won them over. "He had a profound influence on Rick,"
Kay says. "We were captivated by his positive appeal to
nonbelievers. I never looked back." Imitating Schuller,
Warren walked the (then unincorporated but fast-growing) town
of Lake Forest, asking what kept people from going to church.
He recruited a Bible study group that met at the Warrens' condominium;
its members helped stamp and address letters to 15,000 households.
"At last!" the letter began. "A new church for
those who've given up on traditional church services!" More
than 200 people showed up for an Easter service at Laguna Hills
High School. Watching them stream in, Warren marveled, "This
is really going to work!" http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/012/1.42.html
- Thus Hybels does not seem too particular about those with
whom he keeps company. In 1989 'Christianity Today' photographed
him with Robert Schuller and C. Peter Wagner at Schuller's Crystal
Cathedral.
- http://www.banner.org.uk/apostasy/cell-church8.htm
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- WARREN SPOKE AT THE "SCHULLER INSTITUTE FOR SUCCESSFUL
CHURCH LEADERSHIP" WHERE 80+ GAY/LESBIANS WERE IN ATTENDANCE
- Schuller Trains Homosexual Pastors?--The Spring '97 Evangelicals
Concerned RECORD newsletter said, "More than 80 gay and
lesbian pastors and lay leaders from the Metropolitan Community
Churches participated in this year's Robert Schuller Institute
for Successful Church Leadership at Schuller's Crystal Cathedral.
The speakers included Bill Hybels, John Maxwell and Rick Warren."
http://www.llano.net/baptist/schullern&v.htm
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- WIMBER, HYBELS SPEAK AT SCHULLER EVENT
- Listed faculty for The Robert Schuller Institute for Successful
Church Leadership,Jan.27-30,at Crystal Cathedral campus included:
Schuller, John Wimber (Vineyard "signs and wonders"
guru), Bill Hybels, Charles Blake (Church of God),Walt Kallestad,
John Maxwell, and Rick Warren. Ken Medema was at piano (9/16
CT). Hybels, Wimber, and David Cho were 1994 speakers. Tony Campolo
and Jack Hayford were listed as 1995 speakers. http://home.hiwaay.net/~contendr/3-15-97.html
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- BRIGHT, HAYFORD, SCHULLER AND MORE ENDORSE WARREN'S BOOK
- "This book is a rare treasure of godly wisdom, totally
scriptural, inspired by the Spirit, and born of practical experience.
These principles will revolutionize and energize any church to
reach its full potential. Every pastor must read this book! It
is destined to be a classic."--Bill Bright, Founder, Campus
Crusade for Christ International
- "God has used Rick Warren as an effective instrument,
and this book reveals why. He's kept grounded on eternal values
and rooted in the Vine of ultimate truth?Christ Jesus."--Jack
Hayford, Pastor, The Church on the Way, Van Nuys, Calif.
- "Destined to be a classic, the key to the greatness
of this book is its passion and balance. Every student in the
Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism will be required
to read it."--Thom S. Rainer, Dean, Billy Graham School,
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- "Rick Warren has been used to challenge my thinking
in the area of church growth in an incredible way. This book
is on the must-read list for every pastor."--Adrian Rogers,
Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee
- "I'm praying that every pastor will read this book,
believe it, be prepared to stand corrected by it, and change
to match its sound, scriptural wisdom. Rick Warren is the one
all of us should listen to and learn from."--Robert H. Schuller,
Pastor, The Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove, California
- "This is the best book I've ever read on how to do church
in today's world."--Lyle E. Schaller, Parish Consultant.
- "The church has been waiting for this book for a long
time, and it is worth every minute we've waited. It is destined
to become a classic in the literature of the new paradigm of
church health."--Leonard Sweet, author, SoulTsunami http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook6935.htm
- Warren's "PDC" book is on the supplemental reading
list at Wagner Leadership Institute in Pastoral Ministries (
as well as three books by Ted Haggard)
- Warren, Rick. Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan Publishing,
399 pp. A five-point strategy for attracting and spiritually
maturing the unchurched, from the pastor of Saddleback Church
- http://www.wagnerleadership.org/pdffiles/pastoral_reading_list.PDF
- Warren's "PDC" book is on the supplemental reading
list at Wagner Leadership Institute in Church Growth Movement
- Warren, Rick. Purpose Driven Church. Zondervan Publishing
House, 399 pp. A five-point strategy for attracting and spiritually
maturing the unchurched, from the pastor of Saddleback Church
http://www.wagnerleadership.org/pdffiles/church_growth_reading_list.PDF
- Endorsements For Warren's "Purpose Driven Life"
- "Timeless...Profound...Compelling...Transforming..."
- Bruce Wilkinson, Author, The Prayer of Jabez
- "This book will guide you to greatness-through living
the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Make sure you're
not missing the point of your life-read this book!"
-Billy and Franklin Graham
- "Destined to be a classic on the Christian life, I predict
The Purpose-DrivenT Life will become the My Utmost for His Highest
of the 21st century. Timeless, profound, compelling, and transforming,
this book is a priceless gift for everyone who wants to know
their purpose and fulfill their destiny. As The Purpose-DrivenT
Church has had the most profound impact on the church worldwide
of any book in this generation, Rick Warren's new, groundbreaking
manifesto will set millions of people free to live the lives
God intended for us on earth. This is the book we've all been
waiting for!"
- Bruce Wilkinson, Author, The Prayer of Jabez.
- "If you only read one book on what life is all about-make
it this one! Rick Warren is absolutely brilliant at explaining
our real purpose in the world and making the complex understandable.
Read this book, then give it to everyone you care about. It is
life-changing. Believe me, you'll never be the same after reading
this!" What a gift!"
-Lee Strobel, Author, The Case for Christ
- "Disoriented about your direction in life? Are decisions
tough to make and steps hard to take? If so, Rick Warren has
written a masterpiece of wise counsel for you. Whether you are
a seeker, a new believer, or a seasoned saint, let God use these
pages to place your feet firmly on the right path!"
-Max Lucado, author, Traveling Light http://www.parable.com/cbn/item_0310205719.htm&ct=Endorsements
- Warren's "PDL" book is recommended reading at Trinity
Western University in their Graduate Program in Counselling Psychology
which is very much tied to Renovare. Suggested Readings on Spiritual
Growth and Maturity. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren http://www.twu.ca/cpsy/spiritual_growth.asp
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- SADDLEBACK & MEGA CHURCHES ALL USING META MODEL FROM
FULLER & C.PETER WAGNER
- Perhaps the first rung of the ladder is the meta-church model.
This model for transformation is led by Carl George and his books,
in particular "Prepare Your Church for the Future"
[Fleming H. Revell Company 1992]. The meta-church concept is
an idea or philosophy, rather than a system and Carl George describes
it in his book as both a change of mind and a change of form
in the infrastructure of the Church. (p. 57) The term "meta"
in this system supposedly means "change" although one
supporter likened the word "meta" to "'metta'
- the "Buddhist focus on developing loving-kindness".
The Greek word "meta" can indeed mean a turn-around
or transformation. Thus the meta-church model seems, once again,
to be all about TRANSFORMING THE CHURCH Carl George is the former
director of the Charles E. Fuller Institute of Evangelism &
Church Growth which is affiliated with Fuller Theological Seminary
and was founded in 1975 through the vision of C. Peter Wagner,
then director of the Fuller Evangelistic Association. (John Wimber
became the first director of the Institute, turning it over to
Carl George in 1978.) C. Peter Wagner In his foreword to "Prepare
Your Church for the Future" praises the book as "the
most significant step forward in church-growth theory and practice
since 1970." Many churches are experimenting with the Meta
Model throughout the United States and it is an integral part
of the Church Growth movement of C. Peter Wagner. In Carl George's
most recent book, "The Coming Church Revolution", forty
churches using the Meta Model are reviewed and analysed. These
include churches like Willow Creek (Bill Hybels) and other seeker-sensitive
or 'purpose-driven' church networks like Saddleback Church (Rick
Warren), Cincinnati Vineyard and Fairhaven Alliance Church. http://www.banner.org.uk/apostasy/cell-church7.htm
- WARREN'S LETTER REGARDING - P.E.A.C.E. PLAN
- Dear Friends:
- This weekend, I will begin teaching the most important series
of messages we've ever taught in 23 years here at Saddleback
church. We believe it is part of the beginning of a Spiritual
Awakening, a Global Movement, a New Reformation.
- During the five weekends of November, we'lll teach five messages
on the P.E.A.C.E. plan: a strategy to have every small group
in our church, and then tens of thousands of small groups in
other churches, become engaged in solving the five biggest problems
in the world: Spiritual Lostness, Lack of Godly Leaders, Poverty,
Disease, and Lack of Education.
- These giant problems are so big that neither the governmnent,
nor all the NGOs (non-government organzations) can tackle them.
There is only one group large enough to tackle these global issues-the
Christian church in all its local expressions around the world.
Nothing else can compare to the distribution channel of the millions
of churches around the world.
- Even in villages where you cannot find a clinic, a store,
a school, or a post office, you can often find a church. The
PEACE Plan will address these five "giant" problems
by Planting new churches... Equipping leaders... Assisting the
poor...Caring for the sick... and Educating the next generation.
- These problems, and the answers, are not new. But the way
we intend to tackle them using the small groups of local churches
in large numbers is revolutionary.
- Each week in November we'll explain one of the 5 parts of
the plan in detail. We've be listening, praying, and preparing
for this launch for about a year, and we've sought the advice
of respected national Christian leaders around the world.
- We have "tweaked" the plans often, and will continue
to do so as we "learn by doing." Now we're ready to
share the plan with our congregation, friends, and other interested
congregations across America. The bottom line is that we intend
to reinvent mission strategy in the 21st century. As I stated,
this will be a new Reformation. The First Reformation returned
us to the message of the original church. It was a reformation
of doctrine - what the church BELIEVES. This Second Reformation
will return us to the mission of the original church. It will
be a reformation of purpose- what the church DOES in the world.
- In the first century, mission strategy was always congregationally
based. The first missionaries were sent, supported, and accountable
to local churches. The church at Antioch was the first to do
this. There were no mission societies, mission boards, or parachurch
organizations. Local churches accepted the responsibility for
Jesus' Great Commission and his Great Commandment, and the growth
of the church worldwide was explosive. Today, most local churches
are sidelined and uninvolved when it comes to missions. The message
from most mission and parachurch organizations to the local church
is essentially "Pray, pay, and get out of the way."
- But in the 21st century, Kay and I intends to help thousands
of other local churches to move back to the frontline in missions,
in compassion, and in providing the social services that historically
the church provided. I believe the proper role for all the great
parachurch and relief organizations is to serve local churches
in a supportive role, offering their expertise and knowledge,
but allowing the local churches around the world to be central
focus and the distribution centers. I deeply believe that any
organization that marginalized or minimizes the local congregation's
responsibility to "Go", or bypasses the local church's
moral authority to fulfill the Great Commission, is out of sync
with the strategy God intended, and modeled in the book of Acts.
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- TEN MILLION COPIES SOLD
- The continuing sales of The Purpose Driven Life are quite
amazing. We are almost at the tipping point where Purpose Driven
Life becomes a national phenomena. It will hit 10 milion copies
sold by the end of December and has been on the New York Times
hardback bestsellers longer than any other book this year (40
weeks) A couple weeks ago I did 6 TV interviews including Fox
News Live, ABC, NBC, and CBN, so this spiritual awakening is
starting to get the attention of the media. I now believe that
know why God is blessing this book in such an unusual way. It
is more than just a message thatGod wants to get out to everyone(which
is huge). I now also see that God is using this phenomena to
expand the platform for us to mobilize thousands of local churches
for global world missions through the PEACE plan. Right now about
5,000 more churches are doing the 40 Day of Purpose campaign,
and now the program has been adopted by corporations (like Coke
and Walmart) sports teams (like the Oakland Raiders and Green
Bay Packers, NASCAR drivers, and the LPGA) schools, civic clubs,
and even prisons. Last week, Paul Harvey told everyone to go
buy a copy of PDL on his ABC radio broadcast. He said "This
is one of the most insightful books I've ever read and I will
read it again...and again...and again." In 2004 we expect
over 15,000 more churches to participate. The influence of the
book keeps amazing me everyday as I get requests for autographed
copies. In today's stack: I signed books for 1) All the Supreme
Court Justices 2) One for Fidel Castro (!) 3) One for the President
of Peru (these last 2 were spanish editions), and I recently
got a note saying that everyone on Air Force One was reading
the book recently.
- But all this is not about us. God's intention is much bigger
than the book. It's all about the global glory of God! We intend
to leverage the attention that the Purpose Driven Life has garnered
to bring about a whole new way of thinking and acting in the
church about our responsibility in the world. This is a stewardship
we must be faithful to fulfill-with humility, generosity, and
integrity.
- If you'd like to watch the PEACE series on the internet,
we've created a special webpage for you to do so without being
needing a Saddleback membership code.All you need to do is click
on this url www.saddleback.com/peaceplan . It will launch a page
that will give you three options. 1. You can print an outline
of the message. 2. You can watch one of our 6 weekend services
online (times are given, and 3. You can watch the Archived services
of any of the five services you miss in the PEACE plan series.
- God bless you friends.
- For the Global Glory of God!
Rick Warren - http://www.saddleback.com/home/todaystory.asp?id=6213
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- RICK WARREN ENDORSED ALPHA COURSE
- "It's great to see how Alpha has been used to reach
people with the good news of Jesus Christ, who wouldn't normally
come to church. This resource is very complementary to helping
seekers connect with The Purpose Driven Life."
- Dr. Rick Warren
Sr. Pastor, Saddleback Church
- http://www.resourcefoundation.org/Current/Alpha/endors.shtml
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