See
our Special Report:
Purpose Driven Resisters—
Must Leave or Die
Believers
from around the world are being ostracized, and often pressured
to leave their churches, for showing any opposition whatsoever
to Purpose Driven programs.
Excerpts
from
"Membership
covenant Draws Question."
"A
local Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) church has learned
that being purpose driven can drive members away. Stoney
Creek Alliance Church senior pastor Rick Wells was hired almost
two years ago, and says he recognized even before he came on staff
that "an entire restructuring of the church needed to take place
..."
Drawing
on teachings from Rick Warren's The
Purpose Driven Church, six purposes were selected as core
for the church: worship, ministry, evangelism and mission, fellowship,
discipleship, and stewardship."
—Membership covenant draws questions By Patricia Paddey ChristianWeek
Church
Membership Covenants
by Paul Proctor, News With Views
Rick
Warren, pastor of Saddleback Community Church in Lake Forest,
California came out with an article in the Baptist
Press recommending pastors and congregations adopt church
membership covenants as a way of compelling their flock
to become more involved in and committed to the ministry
of their church. Although, on the surface such covenants
might seem practical, here's what Jesus Christ had to say
about making covenants with men. See more... |
The
Book Purpose Driven Uses To Train Pastors on
How to Deal With Opposition:
Transitioning
by Dan Southerland
Endorsed
and Carried by Rick Warren
Front
Cover, Transitioning—"One of the most exciting
and encouraging examples of transitioning from being program driven
to purpose driven." Rick Warren
From
Chapter Six—Dealing with Opposition:
"We have experienced two major sources of criticism during
our transitions. The first is Christians from more traditional
backgrounds ... Not all of our traditional backgrounded Christians
have been critical—just the ornery ones. Our second source
of criticism is traditional church pastors. Again, not all traditional
church pastors—just the meaner ones." p. 116
And
on page 115, Southerland likens those who oppose Purpose Driven
as leaders "from hell." |
