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Sunday, July 28, 2013
Is Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Plan To Destroy The Churches?
According to Thess.2:2, the Antichrist, the first Beast
of Revelation 13, will not be revealed until after a falling away. Many scholars believe the falling away, is the falling
away from the TRUTH.
It appears there is a big falling away in the churches
and spear-headed by Rick Warren of Saddleback Church. The information
below is from a pamphlet by Southwest Radio Church Ministries, Box 100, Bethany, Oklahoma 73008 In the past ten years a large percentage of churches in
America, and in other countries have changed from a traditional New Testament church model to a contemporary Purpose Driven
model, many with sorrowful results. Contrary to Purpose Driven Church propaganda, millions have been leaving their churches after the change occurred.
It is important that every church
member know if their church is targeted for a Purpose Driven Church takeover. Initially, a small clique of church staff, possibly
including the pastor or a new pastor, plans the change without telling the rest of the church membership. Church
Transitions, an associate of Saddleback Church in California, trains the clique initiating the change in eight published steps.
The church membership is not to be informed of the transition until the fourth step. After the sixth step in the process of
change, if there are some in the church who voice concerns, the following is suggested:
1. Identify
those who are resisting the changes;
2. Assess the effectiveness of their opposition;
3.
Befriend those who are undecided about the changes;
4. Marginalize more persistent resisters;
5.
Vilify those who stay and fight; and
6. Establish new rules that will silence all resistance.
This means the church membership is not told until it is too late to make a difference. In other words, the
church is stolen. Then the members either accept the changes, or leave the church, which they may have served and given to
build. Dr. Rick Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Church" and "The Purpose Driven Life" has boasted:
"When you reveal the vision to the church, the old pillars are going to leave. But let them leave... they only hold things
up." Dr. Warren is right in one way. It is the senior members of
the church who do indeed hold a church up and keep it from falling into apostasy. While some PDC initiators may not implement
the full PDC format, generally, these are the signs that your church is targeted for a Purpose Driven Church format: | • | Change in music to a contemporary rock style. | • | Removal
of hymn books; eliminating the choir. | • | Replacement of organ and piano
with heavy metal instruments. | • | Repetitive singing of praise
lyrics. | • | Dressing down to casual and
informal attire. | • | Eliminating of business meetings,
church committees, council of elders, board of deacons, etc. | • | The
pastor, or a new leader with a few assistants, usually four, takes charge of all church business. | • | A repetitive 40-day Purpose Driven Church study program stressing psychological relationships
with each other, the community, or the world, begins. | • | Funded
budgeted programs are abandoned, or ignored, with ambiguous financial reports made. | • | Sunday morning, evening, and/or Wednesday prayer meetings are changed to other times; some
may even be eliminated. | • | Sunday School teachers are moved
to different classes, or replaced by new teachers more sympathetic with the changes being implemented. | • | The name "Sunday School" is dropped and classes are given new names. | • | Crosses and other traditional Christian symbols may be moved from both the inside and outside
of the church buildings. The pulpit may also be removed. | • | In accordance
with Dr. Warren’s instructions, new version Bibles are used; or only verses flashed on a screen are referenced during
regular services. | • | Purpose Driven Church films,
purchased from Saddleback, precede or are used during regular services. | • | The
decor, including the carpets, may be changed to eliminate any resemblance to the former church. | • | The word "church" is often taken from the name of the church, and the church may
be called a "campus". Denominational names may also be removed. | • | An emphasis
on more fun and party sessions for the youth. | • | Elimination
of altar calls or salvation invitations at the close of the services. | • | The
elimination of such words as "unsaved", "lost", "sin", "Hell", "Heaven"
and other Gospel verities from the pastor’s messages. | • | The
reclassification of the saved and lost to the "churched" and the "unchurched". | • | The marginalizing, or ostracizing, of all who are not avid promoters of the new Purpose Driven
Program. | • | Closed meetings between the
pastor or chosen staff members without any reports made to the general membership. | • | Open hostility to members who do not openly embrace the new program, or who may have left for
another church. |
What you can do to stop it If your church is in the initial stages of change (music or the first 40-day program), your church
could be saved by talking with other church members, and with activist intervention by 10-20 percent of the membership. If
nothing is done at this early stage, then by the time the program advances to step four, there is little that can be done
except look for another church. Your church has been stolen and become a Purpose Driven entity in association with Saddleback
Church of Orange County or Willow Creek of Chicago. You must educate yourself, and
others, so that you can mobilize the membership to effectively resist. "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" 2 Timothy 1:7. The Purpose Driven Church books and most of the programs are published by Rupert Murdoch, who owns 175 newspapers worldwide,
and a large percentage of the television and communications industry. He also owns several magazines, some of which have been
classified as pornographic. Billions of dollars pour into the Purpose Driven
Church movement. Dr. Warren has stated he intends to send one billion Christians into the world to bring in the "Kingdom
of Heaven". The entire movement appears cultish. Don't be fooled by the Saddleback Website. You don't catch many
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