The Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message and Mission

Rick Warren

Nov 2003 · Zondervan · Narrated by Jay Charles and Dr. Rick Warren

About this audiobook

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."

Ratings and reviews

I really love this audiobook because I chose God's love and care for the rest of my and I really do believe in God and Jesus Christ and the holy Spirit to because in the book of purpose driven life by pastor Rick Warren tell's is that God created us even before we were even born and I really appreciate it so much and I will always trust in the Lord thy God forever and ever okay and God actually does know everything that you are going to say and everything that you are going to do. and just believe in God with all of your hearts and soul and God actually loves you with his own life because he was your best friend and since he created you from his own hands because God is good all the time and all the time God is good and just pray everyday and night and pray for peace and people that needs God's love and healing touch all the time so you know that he is there with you at all the time that you pray and grace and mercy comes from God to and he uses it for you to help you with everything that you are going through the good and bad time

About the author

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.