ABOUT RICK WARREN

Rick Warren
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America's largest and most influential churches. Rick is author of the New York Times bestseller The Purpose Driven Life. His book, The Purpose Driven Church, was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. He is also founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community for pastors.

Why Great Leaders Must Be Vulnerable

Here are some important reasons why being vulnerable is a forgotten virtue of great leadership.

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Three Measurements that Right-Size Your Vision

The size of your vision should be determined by the size of God. Are you asking, “What can God do in this place?”

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3 Pace-Setting Tools for Lead Pastors

Three parts to getting God’s vision for your ministry.

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7 Ways to Help Your Team Find Rhythm and Energy

It’s possible to find a healthy working rhythm and ultimately increase the effective energy with which your leaders serve without causing them to burn out.

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Sharing a Social Network Gospel

Our gospel message must never change, but the way we deliver that message must be constantly updated to reach each new generation.

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God’s 5 Investment Funds

If we invest in eternity – in God’s eternal purposes – we’ll enjoy our investment forever and ever and ever.

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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked. I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
 
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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
 
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Clarity Process

Three effective ways to start moving toward clarity right now.