Rick Warren's Online Community for Pastors and Church Leaders
BELLINGHAM, WA – ORA NET LLC announces its new initiative introducing a disruptive technology to promote the oldest form of recognized religious expression in the Christian and Jewish faiths--prayer. The ORA system creates a personal mobile experience for the individual and an enterprise-quality community management platform for any …
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Pastor, you’ve got a sleeping giant in your church. If you awake that sleeping giant, it’ll change your church, your community and the world. This sleeping giant in your church is your unengaged lay people.
If 10 percent of your church does most of the work, you have nine entire churches your size sitting on the sidelines each …
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Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life and pastor at Saddleback Church, has launched a new, national radio program called DAILY HOPE. It’s 30 minutes of daily inspiration and practical help from the Bible.
His first topic this month is “THE INVISIBLE WAR: Why Life is so Difficult.”Pastor Rick will explain the …
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By Claude King
Years ago, while reading one of my dozens of books by Andrew Murray, I learned that our modern posture of prayer (kneeling with hands clasped with head bowed) didn't come from Judaism but from a medieval ceremony. I undertook a study of that ceremony while writing a booklet, "Consecrate the People: Renewing Our Covenant …
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History Makers: Living By Faith is a new series based on the epic 10-part miniseries, The Bible, created by the History Channel, Mark Burnett, producer of TV's Survivor, and Roma Downey. See history brought to life as you relive the dramatic stories of the Scriptures. Learn how to leave an extraordinary legacy despite ordinary …
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One man's advice on finding a Bible that speaks to you.
By Ben Irwin
I grew up in a Christian home surrounded by Bibles—all 400-year-old King James Versions. One day, someone gave me one in a language I could understand, and it transformed my life. I went to seminary, worked as a youth pastor for little while, and then worked for …
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The Bible miniseries, produced by Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Voice, The Apprentice) and Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel), is coming to television and for two hours every Sunday night for five weeks, from March 3rd through Easter Sunday on March 31st, millions of viewers will see the Bible come to life in a whole new way. Make the most …
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Here’s a simple way to evaluate how guests see your church building. Take the “5-Spot Test.”
Stop at five specific places around your church site for five minutes and answer five questions.
Spot #1: Church parking lot. Just before worship, park in a guest space.
How easy is it to find a parking space?
From here, how …
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If you’ve ever heard the story of Saddleback, you know we moved from one location to another for twelve years before moving onto our campus in 1992. We met in 67 locations in our first 15 years of existence — and broke every church-planting rule that says you must have a consistent meeting location! We grew to more than 10,000 in …
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Hear from players during Super Bowl 47 Media Day - how they use the Bible App and what connecting with God's Word means to them.
Special thanks to 1615.tv.
YouVersion is a free Bible for your phone and computer. The Bible App has been installed on over 78 million mobile devices around the world.
When the Bible is always nearby, …
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