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Follow Up With New Visitors After Easter

Many people come through the front doors of our churches during Easter—and many people get saved. But, as you already …
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7 Ways a Small Group Can Reach People for Jesus

“Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house …

6 Requirements for Cultivating Community in a Church

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind . …

How to Move People to Live On a Global Mission

In this brief video, Pastors Rick Warren and Tim Harlow talk about how to move people to be on mission …

Get Your Church Growing Again by Leading People to a Life on Mission

“Your mission . . . should you choose to accept it.” Every kid growing up in my generation longed to …

Culture Wars

I believe that God puts us where He wants us. I know that’s an obvious opening statement, but that means …

One Way to Boost the Confidence of Givers In Your Church

We’re right in the middle of our Daring Faith campaign at Saddleback and lives are already being changed in amazing …

Small Groups: Fellowship Is a Verb

In early 2000, our leadership team began asking the question: What does a healthy follower of Christ look like? If …

The 10 Building Blocks of Biblical Community (Part 2)

Churches must grow larger and smaller at the same time. The larger a church gets, the more intentional it has …

The 10 Building Blocks of Biblical Community (Part 1)

What the public generally knows about Saddleback Church is that we have a large weekend attendance, but what the outside …

Five Ways to Have Transformational Small Groups

Saddleback Church might seem like a large church on Sunday, but what’s really amazing is that we’re actually larger when …

8 Reasons Believers Give to Your Church

If you want your church to grow, you must learn how to motivate believers to invest their resources into the …

Taking Risks and Seizing Opportunities

When you or your people are presented with an opportunity to grow, a certain degree of risk is always involved. …

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