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Preach Like Rick
Warren.
Make the application the outline, and bring every message to “Will you?”
- ✓8 of his sermons, studied start to finish
- ✓Ten steps to preach the way he did
- ✓A fill-in outline in his shape, 9 pages
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— Why he’s one of the greats
Make the application the outline, and bring every message to “Will you?”
He planted Saddleback Church in 1980 and preached there through the seeker-church, megachurch and small-group decades until he retired in 2022, while training pastors through Purpose Driven conferences and his “Preaching for Life Change” seminar. His secret: He made the application the outline. Every main point is a present-tense, first-person action statement with a verb in it (“I must anchor my identity to what God says about me”). Each point is written in the notes, carries a verse, and pushes toward a decision. His own summary: every message comes down to “Will you?”
- 1980He planted Saddleback Church
- 400,000+Church leaders trained in 22 languages by 2006
- 30M+Copies of The Purpose Driven Life by 2006
What makes his style unique
“He reinterprets the tradition and he does so brilliantly.”
— Who wrote this
We’re pastors. We’ve had your Monday.
Pastor Center is built and written by pastors — a lead pastor who planted churches, and a church planter who grew one to 4,000 in four years. The same team teaches 9 free courses and 164 lessons. This guide is the short version.
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What’s inside
Preach Like Rick Warren — Make the application the outline, and bring every message to “Will you?”.
- 01Why he’s one of the greatsThe story, the numbers and what made his style his own.
- 02What he does8 of his sermons, studied start to finish, and the shape they share.
- 03How he does itTen steps to preach the way he did.
- 04His outlineWhere the time goes, movement by movement.
- 05Write one like Rick WarrenA fill-in outline in his shape, ready for your own text.
- 06SourcesEvery quote and number, cited.
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