International (MNN) ― A blog is short for 'weblog'. It's generally defined as a journal or newsletter that is frequently updated and intended for the general public.
Purpose Driven Network's news director, Mark Kelly says they've taken the plunge and launched their own. "The technology has evolved around to where blog sites are the best way to communicate through the internet. We experimented with a blog back in the summer, when pastor Rick traveled overseas and have tweaked our strategy a little bit. Having a blog out there is going to be a really good way to help share information about some of the new initiatives."
It's intended to be a source of accurate information and perspective on Rick Warren, the Purpose Driven movement, and the P.E.A.C.E. Plan (Plant churches, Equip leaders, Assist the poor, Care for the sick, and Educate the next generation.) An excellent backup to their dedicated website, this blog is meant to promote understanding of the Purpose Driven paradigm as a biblical approach to healthy, balanced church life that fulfills all God's purposes for the Church and leads to both spiritual and numerical growth.
Kelly says, there is a deeper purpose for providing so much information. It's to share the vision of a second Reformation that restores responsibility in people, credibility in churches, and civility in culture. "The burden of our hearts is the need to plant churches because spiritual emptiness is the most serious problem the world faces today. Everything we do is geared, one way or another, to helping God's people fulfill the purposes that God has for them, one of which is sharing salvation in Jesus Christ."
