Rick Warren joins 1,700 church leaders for launch of Peace Coalition
The launch of the PEACE Coalition occurred at a three day Purpose Driven Network Summit last week hosted by Saddleback Church, where Rick Warren is the founding pastor. The coalition will cooperate in a global mission strategy called the P.E.A.C.E. Plan, which is a massive, long range effort to mobilise one billion Christians in local churches around the world to copy Jesus' model of ministry.
"For followers of Jesus, one of the most important words in our vocabulary is the word 'Go!'" Warren said. "Jesus repeatedly commanded every believer to go; you can't spell gospel or good news without 'go' - ours is an active, not passive, faith."
P.E.A.C.E. is an acronym for Promote reconciliation; Equip servant leaders; Assist the poor; Care for the sick; and Educate the next generation. Coalition members see these actions as Jesus' antidote to five "global giants" - problems that affect billions of...