{"id":3415,"date":"2007-01-20T00:36:41","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T04:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2026-07-11T13:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:28:31","slug":"the-purpose-driven-inclusive-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/the-purpose-driven-inclusive-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purpose Driven Inclusive Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by <\/strong><strong>Understand the Times with Roger Oakland\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/index.php?p=480&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/strong>Pastor Rick Warren has a plan to establish the Kingdom of God here on earth. It is an ambitious plan called the P. E. A. C. E. Plan. This acronym stands for Planting churches, Equipping leaders, Assisting the poor, Caring for the sick, Educating the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>While political leaders and economic leaders from around the world have previously discussed similar social programs in order to bring utopia to planet earth, until now they have failed. 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