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Unity News
May, 2004
"Formed
for God's Family"?
ABSOLUTELY!
By
Blake Coffee
What
a wonderful thing God has done through Pastor Rick Warren's Purpose
Driven Life material! Literally thousands upon thousands
of church bodies around the world have been touched by the "40
Days of Purpose" process. For years to come, my own
church will be counting God's blessings received through our recent
40 Days of Purpose. God's hand in the writing and the distribution
of that material within the context of today's generations is
so very clear--His timing is always perfect, isn't it?
Furthermore,
the receptivity of our culture to the Purpose Driven Life
material has been a confirmation of our own ministry and the message
God has given us to speak. Already, we have had calls from
church leaders who have recognized how the Biblical message of
unity fits with Warren's second purpose: "Formed for God's
Family". Indeed, all five purposes (worship, fellowship,
discipleship, ministry and evangelism) have strong components
of Biblical unity within them. The parallels are not coincidental.
They are scriptural.
If
your church has not yet looked into a "40 Days of Purpose"
campaign, I cannot recommend it strongly enough. Its challenges
to your membership at every level is remarkable. If, on
the other hand, your church has already gone through it, or is
preparing to go through it, do not miss the unity principles throughout
the Purpose Driven Life message. In fact, as I
write this article, I am preparing for a One Body unity
conference at a church on its second Sunday of its 40 Days of
Purpose: the Sunday devoted to the purpose of Fellowship.
What better way to drive home the concept of fellowship?
I am anxious to see how God will use our time that day!
I
am grateful for Purpose Driven Life. I thank God
for Rick Warren and other church leaders like him, whose gifts
and talents are devoted unto God and used for the edification
of God's church.
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