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Saddleback Church, 1 Saddleback Pkwy., Lake Forest, CA 92630 USA 

It is my desire for your life and your church to be blessed by God as we work together to do the unimaginable. 

Together, let’s care about what God cares about most: his lost children being found, caring about “the least of these” and growing his church, that is, growing warmer through fellowship, deeper in discipleship, wider through ministry, and all around the world through evangelism. That is what God wants.

At Saddleback Church, we focus our outreach efforts to do the five things that Jesus did during his ministry time on earth, the five things that we call The PEACE Plan. It is our desire to not only do what Jesus did but also to focus on empowering churches around the globe to do the same.

Get ready for God to use ordinary people in your church in extraordinary ways!

I am so glad that you are here on the very front end of this exciting and world-changing adventure.

Time-tested Principles for Growing a Healthy Church

Purpose Driven Essentials

Welcome

Building a Purpose Driven Church

Targeting Your "Community" For Evangelism

Attracting a "Crowd" to Worship

Building Your "Congregation"

Developing "Committed" Disciples

Empowering Your "Core" For Ministry

Sending Out Your "Commissioned" On Mission

What is P-E-A-C-E?

Terms

Privacy Policy

الخطوات التالية للرعاة وقادة الارساليات

PROCHAINES ÉTAPES POUR LES PASTEURS ET LES CHEFS DE MISSION

الخطوات التالية لأعضاء الكنيسة

PROCHAINES ÉTAPES POUR LES MEMBRES DE L'ÉGLISE

PRÓXIMOS PASOS PARA PASTORES Y LÍDERES DE MISIÓN

PRÓXIMOS PASSOS PARA PASTORES E LÍDERES DE MISSÕES

PRÓXIMOS PASSOS PARA OS MEMBROS DA IGREJA

PRÓXIMOS PASOS PARA LOS MIEMBROS DE LA IGLESIA

Coming soon...

Next Steps for Church Members

Next Steps for Pastors and Mission Leaders

Manuels des Cours (pdf)

Manuais dos Cursos (pdf)

Implementation Steps

Implementation Step 1 of 2:  Class 101 - Membership

Implementation Step 1 of 2: Class 201 - Spiritual Maturity

Implementation Step 1 of 1: Class 301 - Ministry

Implementation Step 1 of 3:  Class 401 - Mission

Communicating Your Purposes

Applying Your Purposes

Learning to Fish for Souls Like Jesus

Personalize Your Target

Target Receptive People

Let Your Target Determine Your Approach

Offer People Options

Creating Community

Preparing WORSHIP that WITNESSES to Unbelievers

How to Design an Evangelistic Worship Service Part 1

Creating a Friendly Environment

A Friendly Worship Service Part 1

Turning Attenders into Members

A Friendly Worship Service Part 2

A Strong Membership

FACT: People are going to leave your church no matter what.

When your church adopts a membership covenant, you are choosing who stays!

Having received Christ as my Lord and Savior and been baptized, and being in agreement with Saddleback's statements, strategy, and structure, I now feel led by the Holy Spirit to unite with the Saddleback church family. In doing so, I commit myself to God and to the other members to do the following:

1.  I WILL PROTECT THE UNITY OF MY CHURCH

2.  I WILL SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MY CHURCH

3.  I WILL SERVE THE MINISTRY OF MY CHURCH

By being equipped to serve by my pastors 

4.  I WILL SUPPORT THE TESTIMONY OF MY CHURCH

Retreats are the fastest way to build relationships.

Build in redundancy. People have to be told many times.

“Be sure you know the condition of your flock; give attention to your herds.”  Proverbs 27:23 

Care Caller reports (when we were smaller)

CHANNELS USED TO COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE TO THE CONGREGATION

People tend to be down on what they aren’t up on!

Print a nice certificate of baptism and membership.

Celebrate new members with banquets or receptions.

Use public testimonies to create heroes in the church.

Invite small groups to a Pastor’s Coffee or gathering.

Give them a meaningful ministry role & the freedom to do it.

Building Your "Congregation"

Developing Members

V. DEVELOP A MEMBERSHIP

The difference between “attenders” & “members” is summed up in the word:

The Saddleback Membership Covenant

VI. CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO.

VII. ENCOURAGE EVERY MEMBER TO JOIN A.

HEALTHY CHURCHES GROW.

VIII. USE.

IX. MAKE YOUR MEMBERS.