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."

Is Purpose-Driven Life leading the majority of the Christian church down a path that leads to New Age deception? What do New Age leaders, who believe all paths lead to God, have in common with Purpose-Driven Life? Are the details of biblical prophecy and Jesus' return our business? Not according to Rick Warren, but what does Scripture say? What is Rick Warren's "Global Peace Plan" really all about?

Dieses biblisch fundierte Buch wird Ihnen helfen, Gottes besondere Pläne für Ihr Leben zu entdecken. Rick Warren begleitet Sie durch eine 42-tägige geistliche Reise, die Ihre Antwort auf die wichtigste Frage des Lebens verändern wird: "Warum lebe ich eigentlich"? Gottes Berufung für sich zu kennen wird Stress reduzieren, Ihre Energien bündeln, Ihre Entscheidungen vereinfachen und Ihrem Leben einen Sinn geben. Dass Sie leben, war kein kosmischer Unfall. Schon vor der Erschaffung des Universums hatte Gott eine genaue Vorstellung von Ihnen und schuf Sie zu einem bestimmten Ziel und Sinn. Finden Sie ihn heraus! Die Erstausgabe dieses Buches avancierte zum weltweiten Bestseller und ist das meistverkaufte Sachbuch Nordamerikas. Diese Neuauflage wurde sprachlich überarbeitet und um zwei Kapitel ergänzt ("Die Neid-Falle" und "Die Gefallsucht-Falle"). Darüber hinaus enthält jedes der 42 Kapitel QR-Codes bzw. Links zu Websites, auf denen Sie ergänzend ca. 40-50 Minuten lange vertiefende Predigten von Rick Warren zum jeweiligen Thema finden (in Originalsprache).

DR. RICK WARREN PROPOSES THAT HIS PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH MOVEMENT IS A NEW REFORMATION, THE GREATEST PARADIGM SHIFT IN CHURCH GOVERNMENT AND MESSAGE SINCE MARTIN LUTHER NAILED HIS 95 THESES TO THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH IN WITTENBURG, GERMANY, ON OCTOBER 31, 1517. WITHOUT DOUBT, THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH HAS BECOME A TREMENDOUS FORCE IN THE WORLD, BUT NOAH HUTCHINGS SEES A DARK SIDE TO HIS FORCE. DR. WARREN STATED ON MAY 23, 2005, AT THE PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE: THE WORLD 'FUNDAMENTALIST' ACTUALLY COMES FROM A DOCUMENT IN THE 1920S CALLED THE FIVE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FAITH. AND IT IS A VERY LEGALISTIC, NARROW VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY. THE FIVE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FAITH TO WHICH DR. WARREN OBJECTED ARE: 1. THE INERRANCY AND FULL AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE. 2. THE VIRGIN BIRTH AND FULL DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST. 3. THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD. 4. CHRIST'S ATONING, VICARIOUS DEATH FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD. 5. THE LITERAL SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH RELIGION AT BEST IS A DISTORTION OF THE GOSPEL; AT WORST, A MOVEMENT TO UNITE ALL RELIGIONS TO PRODUCE A ONE-WORLD CHURCH.

THE PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE BY RICK WARREN HAS BECOME A NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER, AND HAS BEEN DISRIBUTED TO OVER 180,000 PASTORS WORLDWIDE. RICK WARREN'S THEOLOGY HAS INFILTRATED ALMOST EVERY CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION. HIS TEACHINGS HAVE COME LIKE A FLOOD INTO A CITY, IN WHICH NO HOUSE IS LEFT UNTOUCHED. BECAUSE OF THIS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE TEST THE SPIRITS OF HIS TEACHINGS TO SEE IF THEY ARE OF GOD.