The Purpose-driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message And Mission

The teaching of The Purpose Driven Church was derived from Warren's own experience in leading Saddleback Church from its founding in 1980 to over 10,000 in worship attendance in its first fifteen years, becoming one of the fastest growing churches in America during this time. The Purpose Driven Church (1995) was written by Rick Warren, founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, United States. The book targets pastors and church leaders and advises them to base their ministry on God's purposes, not their own ideas of ministry, hence the term "Purpose Driven". Warren suggests that these purposes are Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry and Mission and that they are derived from the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).