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Issue #349
4/2/2008
The seven foundations of Jesus’ leadership
by Rick Warren
Your leadership is a key ingredient to helping your church become what God has called it to be. As leaders, we are far from perfect. But we have a perfect model in Jesus Christ. In this issue, we’ll look at the seven foundations of Jesus’ leadership. [more]
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Inside Saddleback: How we make marriages better
by Todd Olthoff

Healthy churches promote healthy marriages. Saddleback’s marriage ministry is built around the five purposes and crowd-to-core philosophy of the church. Just a year into the new ministry plan, it’s already making a substantial impact. In this issue, Todd Olthoff offers an inside perspective on building an effective marriage ministry. [more]

Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch
Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas (Regal Books, 2006)  

So God has called you to start a church, but you don’t have any money, any members, or any staff. No problem, say Nelson Searcy and Kerrick Thomas. In 2001 the two started a church in Manhattan with few resources to call their own. Three years later more than a thousand people were attending each week. Nelson and Kerrick give you a step-by-step plan of how to start a church. The book includes practical, tested instructions to help along the way. As a former staff member at Saddleback, Nelson brought a purpose-driven approach to The Journey in New York City and to the lessons he teaches in this book.

 
   


"I have discovered one great common denominator in every growing church, regardless of denomination or location: leadership that is not afraid to believe God. Growing churches are led by leaders who expect their congregation to grow. They are people of faith who believe the promises of God, even in discouraging times." - Rick Warren


"When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, ‘If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.’ So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle." - Exodus 13:17-18 (NIV)


Bible pronunciation guide - Need help pronouncing a word from the Bible? Check out this site. Not only can you find the written out pronunciation, but you can also find a WAV file of someone saying each of the words correctly.
Servant evangelism ideas - Looking for some ways to get your congregation involved in servant evangelism? Here are some ideas categorized by people involved, location, and time.
Best preaching books of 2007 - Check out this Crosswalk article full of some of the top preaching books of 2007.
Saddleback Small Groups Conference in Atlanta - Join Rick Warren, Steve Gladen, Leonard Sweet and others at the Saddleback Small Groups Conference in Atlanta, April 30-May 2. Learn how to build your small groups around the five eternal purposes of the church.
Church Planting Village - This site not only includes resources for church planters but ministry leaders of all stripes. You’ll find articles on preaching, the church planting process, 20-somethings, and more. The site is sponsored by the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board.
Purpose Driven Living launched in Uganda - Rick Warren met with church, business, and government leaders in Uganda recently to launch a Purpose Driven Living program there to help leaders build up their nation. Uganda is the second east African country to invite Warren to bring the Purpose Driven Life and church leadership training program to the country on a national scale.


Q & A with Saddleback’s worship pastor - Rick Muchow

Creative ways to involve children in worship services - Diana Davis

Receiving Criticism - Bob Kauflin

Extraordinary communication: sermons that go beyond the ordinary - Glenn Wagner

Hope in the midst of depression - Mary Southerland


”Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.” - François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Maxims and Reflections

“I can’t talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.” - George Bernard Shaw

“For a calling is very different than a quest for fulfillment. A calling, though we glamorize it, is not glamorous. It is a response to a summons. It is a kind of surrender. It is a willingness to die to the past and move to the future.” - John Ortberg, Leadership Journal

“If you think that education is expensive, try ignorance.” - Derek Bok

“At 21, I still believed that if you could only get to see sunrise at Stonehenge, or a full moon at the Taj Mahal, you would be nabbed by truth. And then you would be well, and able to relax and feel fully alive… And that almost everyone was struggling to wake up, to be loved, and not feel so afraid all of the time. That’s what the cars, degrees, booze, and drugs were all about.” - Anne Lamont, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith (Riverhead Trade reprint edition, 2008)

U.S. college registration is expected to be down for most of the next decade because of a baby bust that began in 1991. The number of 18-year-olds is expected to drop by 10 percent by 2016. - Source: U.S. News & World Report website

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