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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?

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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

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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

Developing Members

Classes and Covenants

Spiritual Growth

The Global PEACE Plan

5 Global Giants

Continuing the Mission of Jesus

The Unique Characteristics of the PEACE Plan

Welcome to Purpose Driven Essentials

Moving People from the Congregation into the Committed

How to Turn an Audience into an Army Part 4

A Comprehensible Worship Service

Why it is Important to Define Your Church's Purposes

How to Balance the Five Purposes in Your Church

Five Purposes for the Church

Saddleback's Evangelism Strategy

How to Design an Evangelistic Worship Service Part 2

IV.  Small Groups

How to Turn an Audience into an Army Part 2

How to Turn an Audience into an Army Part 1

What Did Jesus Do

“If I don't understand the language, it's not going to do me much good.”  1 Corinthians 14:11 (Mes)

The miracle of an understandable message brought 3,000 to Christ at Pentecost:

“How is it that each of us hears and understands them in our own native languages?”  Acts 2:8

The term is not as important as the concept.

“He put a new song in my mouth. Many people will see this and worship him. Then they will trust the Lord.”  Psalm 40:3 (NIV)

Weekend services are planned with unbelievers in mind.

Nights of Worship are planned with believers in mind.

Small Group worship is intended for intimate worship among believers. 

Every church faces the tension between “service” and “serve-us.”

“We haven't used our rights. Instead, we would put up with anything in order not to hinder the Good News of Christ in any way.”  1 Corinthians 9:12 (GW)

“Your attitude must be like my own, for I, the Messiah, did not come to be served, but to serve . . .”  Matthew 20:28 (LB)

Twelve Convictions About Worship Part 2

How to Turn an Audience into an Army Part 3

Implementation Step 2 of 3:  Introduction to The PEACE Plan

Implementation Step 2 of 2: Starting Small Groups

Implementation Step 3 of 3:  Starting PEACE at Your Church

Implementation Step 1 of 1:  How to Communicate to Change Lives

Implementation Step 2 of 2: Leading Your Church Through Change

Twelve Convictions About Worship Part 1

Establishing a Foundation for a Healthy Church

Course Enrollment & Completion

Viewer’s PEACE Church by Course Group

Member Activity/Engagement: Number of Enrollments & Completions (Total)

Viewer’s PEACE Church

Member Activity/Engagement: Number of Enrollments & Completions by Course (Total)

Palm Valley Church

Table for the church -- list of students, enrollments, etc.

Church: Covenant Life Chapel (India - Delhi) (id: 65) - List of Students, Enrollments, Completions

Course: PEACE Leader Training

Peace (Mission) Leader Training for Viewer’s PEACE Church

Sitewide

Courses

Number of PEACE Churches Engaged/Registered - Cumulative & Per Month (Worldwide)

Number of Churches Registered By Continent (Worldwide)

Number of Churches Registered By Denomination (Worldwide)

Number of Course Enrollments & Completions (Worldwide)

List of Churches Registered & Enrollments/Completions by Continent by Country (Worldwide)

Attracting a "Crowd" to Worship

Twelve Convictions About Worship Part 2

7. A worship service does not have to be shallow to be evangelistic. The message doesn’t have to be compromised – just!

8. The needs of believers and unbelievers. They are very different in some areas but are very similar in many areas.

9. It is best to purposefully target your services according to . If we send mixed signals, we get mixed results!

10. A service that witnesses to unbelievers is meant topersonal evangelism, not replace it.

11. Different kinds of services will reach different kinds of.

What really attracts unbelievers to a church is.

12. It takesto offer an evangelistic worship service.