A five point strategy for attracting and spiritually maturing the unchurched, from the pastor of Saddleback Church.

ôThe Purpose Driven« Church has brought focus and direction to more pastors and church leaders than you can count. What a gift!öùJohn Ortberg, bestselling authorEvery 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 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.ôThe issue is church health, not church growth!ö declares Warren. ôIf your church is healthy, growth will occur naturally. Healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church.öRick Warren shares a proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to growò warmer through fellowshipò deeper through discipleshipò stronger through worshipò broader through ministryò larger through evangelismThe Purpose Driven« Church shifts the focus away from church building programs to emphasizing a people-building process. Warren says, ôIf you will concentrate on building people, God will buildthe church.ö

"The Purpose Driven(R) Church has brought focus and direction to more pastors and church leaders than you can count. What a gift!"-John Ortberg, bestselling author
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 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.
"The issue is church health, not church growth!" declares Warren. "If your church is healthy, growth will occur naturally. Healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church."
Rick Warren 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
The Purpose Driven(R) 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."

Rick Warren is often called "America's most influential spiritual leader." He founded Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, which is now one of the largest and best-known churches in the world. He also founded the Purpose Driven Movement, a network of tens of thousands of churches from all denominations in 160 countries. He has trained over 350,000 pastors worldwide. Calling him a "spiritual entrepreneur," Forbes magazine said, "If Warren's ministry was a business it would be compared with Dell, Google, or Starbucks in impact." Rick and Kay Warren give away 90 percent of the profits from their books to charitable causes, including their global P.E.A.C.E. plan and Acts of Mercy, which services those infected with and affected by AIDS.