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DashHouse has pointed to Rick Warren’s next big vision.

Rick Warren is author of The Purpose Driven Life. He is also pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA.

If you’ve ever wanted to make a real difference in the world, this is one of those chances. Sure, you can do it without following this particular approach, but think of the impact such a method might have.

Here’s an excerpt:

”During the five weekends of November, we’ll teach five messages on the P.E.A.C.E. plan: a strategy to have every small group in our church, and then tens of thousands of small groups in other churches, become engaged in solving the five biggest problems in the world: Spiritual Lostness, Lack of Godly Leaders, Poverty, Disease, and Lack of Education.

These giant problems are so big that neither the governmnent, nor all the NGOs (non-government organzations) can tackle them. There is only one group large enough to tackle these global issues- the Christian church in all its local expressions around the world.

Nothing else can compare to the distribution channel of the millions of churches around the world. Even in villages where you cannot find a clinic, a store, a school, or a post office, you can often find a church.

The PEACE Plan will address these five ”giant” problems by Planting new churches… Equipping leaders… Assisting the poor…Caring for the sick… and Educating the next generation.”