40 days small church

What is the 40 Days of Purpose Small Church Campaign?
40 Days of Purpose is a proven, powerful life-changing journey for local churches.
Over 2000 churches in the UK have completed and benefited from the 40 Days of Purpose Campaigns.
The full church campaign pack contains all the resources to run the campaign throughout the church age ranges and offers materials for small groups, children's youth and weekend services.

Many smaller churches have found that with limited people resources many of the features available with the full pack are not feasible. We have therefore now released this Small Church pack to meet the requirements of churches with attendance of less than 60 people.

Obviously attendance is not the only criteria with choosing this small pack. The full campaign requires a number of leaders to take responsibility for the key elements of the campaign. This would include, children's and youth ministry, weekend services, communication and publicity, small groups and prayer.
The Small Church Campaign can easily be run by a church leader who can select additional materials from the Purpose Driven resources list to produce a campaign to meet their specific needs.
We would not recommend that any church runs this campaign as just a small group study. One of the great benefits of the campaigns is the sense of oneness felt by the church as the small groups, weekend teaching and special events synchronise to present biblical truth which can be applied into their lives.
We have found that campaigns that reach into every corner of the church's ministry are far more effective in life changing than simply running a small group study. If you have sufficient resources please consider the full campaign before the small church campaign.

Key Elements

WORSHIP - Six special worship services leading to a Celebration Sunday at the close of the journey.
SMALL GROUPS - Small Groups with study material on DVD and printed study guide designed to take the Sunday message deeper by studying specific passages.
PERSONAL STUDY - Each member with 40 Days of personal devotional readings in the book The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, California. This is the real heart of the journey. The goal is to encourage everyone to think about God's purposes for their lives on a daily basis.
THE RESULT - It is these three emphases (worship, Small group sharing and individual daily reading) coming together that make 40 Days of Purpose so effective. It has been the beginning of spiritually awakened churches growing together in Christ and reaching more people in the community that ever before.

To Register

Contact UK Office by:
Telephone: +44 (0)1255 435577
email: sales@purposedriven.co.uk

COST OF THE CAMPAIGN RESOURCE KIT: £60 (inc VAT)

For registration form please return to main 40Days of Purpose information page.

What's in the Resource Kit

A sample of the Purpose Driven Life Book- This is the backbone of the Campaign. As each person in your church reads through The Purpose Driven Life, one chapter a day for 40 Days, they will begin to understand what on earth they are here for!

A sample of the Small Group handbook - This study book is used by group members in the small group weekly meetings.

1 CD - Contains sermon transcripts and powerpoint and some ideas for presenting special Mission and Ministry events.

1 DVD - Of the Simulcast which is the presentation by Rick Warren that kick starts the campaign.

1 DVD - Of the small group study by Rick Warren

Training Manual - offering timelines and implementation guidelines.

Registration Card - Enables access to a wide range of additional resources available from our website or by contacting the Purpose Driven UK office.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can we start our 40 Days Campaign on a different date from everybody else?
A: Because this campaign does not require as much support from the office you can start at any time.

Q: What do we get for the basic registration fee?
A: Pack details listed above plus the support of the Purpose Driven office and access to further resources.

Q: We're a new church plant. Should we think about only doing a part of the Campaign?
A: This campaign is ideal for a new church plant or a small church.

Q: How effective is the 40 Days Campaign at reaching the unchurched?
A: Although this campaign was originally designed as a discipleship tool for people who are already Christians, we discovered - almost by accident - that it has a tremendous power to woo and transform pre-Christians! By asking, during the opening week, "What on Earth am I here for?" your church has a powerful opportunity to draw in the unchurched who feel something is missing in their lives.
This question is an especially effective bridge for hosts to use when inviting people to their homes for a six-week video-based discussion group. So, in essence, 40 Days could become one of the most effective evangelistic tools your church has ever implemented.

Q: Is this campaign just marketing hype, or is there real biblical depth to it?
A: Well, somebody actually asked this, so we thought we'd answer it here just in case anyone else was thinking it and just didn't have the nerve to ask it! As you read The Purpose Driven Life, you'll reference over 1,000 scripture verses that illuminate the biblical principles being taught through the book. The five purposes - worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry and evanglism - are all drawn from scripture, and even the concept of a 40 day journey is based on example after example in the Bible where God used a 40 day time frame to work a major change in a person's life. So, be assured - this campaign will help ground people in the Word of God.

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