The Purpose Driven Church Critical Book Review
THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH
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A Paper
Presented to
Dr. Daniel Moosbrugger
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
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In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course
CLED 520 Vision and Strategic Planning B 02
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By
Shervanne Gatson sgatson@liberty.edu 17 September 2011
Dr. Warren is a passionate pastor who is motivated by the congregations need to have a purpose. He is the founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Today, he has more than 300 community ministries which include prisoners, CEOs, addicts, single parents, and those with HIV/AIDS. He attacks what he calls the five Global Goliaths: spiritual emptiness, egocentric leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease, and illiteracy/poor education. His plan is to restore responsibility in people, credibility in churches, and civility in culture. America 's most influential spiritual leader and America’s Pastor are a couple of names he is often referred. He leads the Purpose Driven Network of Churches. Listed in 100 Christian Books that changed the 20th Century is The Purpose Driven Church. It was called the best book on entrepreneurship, management, and leadership in print by Forbes Magazine. He advises leaders in the public, private, and private, and faith sectors on leadership development, poverty, health, education, and faith in culture as a global strategist. He also lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, the University of Judaism, the Evangelical Theological Society, and numerous seminaries and universities as a theologian. He wrote six books known for explaining theology in ways that you could understand and have been translated into more than 50 languages. He does not need to use theological terms or telling people that it is theology when teaching and he is received well because of it. According to the Weekly Standard Magazine, “He is clearly among the two or
__________________
A Paper
Presented to
Dr. Daniel Moosbrugger
Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary
____________________________________
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course
CLED 520 Vision and Strategic Planning B 02
____________________________________
By
Shervanne Gatson sgatson@liberty.edu 17 September 2011
Dr. Warren is a passionate pastor who is motivated by the congregations need to have a purpose. He is the founder of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Today, he has more than 300 community ministries which include prisoners, CEOs, addicts, single parents, and those with HIV/AIDS. He attacks what he calls the five Global Goliaths: spiritual emptiness, egocentric leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease, and illiteracy/poor education. His plan is to restore responsibility in people, credibility in churches, and civility in culture. America 's most influential spiritual leader and America’s Pastor are a couple of names he is often referred. He leads the Purpose Driven Network of Churches. Listed in 100 Christian Books that changed the 20th Century is The Purpose Driven Church. It was called the best book on entrepreneurship, management, and leadership in print by Forbes Magazine. He advises leaders in the public, private, and private, and faith sectors on leadership development, poverty, health, education, and faith in culture as a global strategist. He also lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, the University of Judaism, the Evangelical Theological Society, and numerous seminaries and universities as a theologian. He wrote six books known for explaining theology in ways that you could understand and have been translated into more than 50 languages. He does not need to use theological terms or telling people that it is theology when teaching and he is received well because of it. According to the Weekly Standard Magazine, “He is clearly among the two or
References: Warren, Rick. The Purpose Driven Church: Growth without Compromising Your Message & Mission. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1995. [pic][pic]