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Author: Rev. Noah Hutchings

Dr. Rick Warren proposes that his Purpose Driven Church movement is a New Reformation, the greatest paradigm shift in church government and message since Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the church in Wittenburg, Germany, on October 31, 1517.

Noah Hutchings was a member of the second largest Baptist church in Oklahoma, where he had served for fifteen years. Then, suddenly, his church converted to a Purpose Driven format.

Being the president of a communications ministry, Rev. Hutchings has counseled with hundreds who have been disenfranchised from Purpose Driven churches by conscience or invitation. This is the other story about the Purpose Driven Life that some now reference as the "Purpose Driven Death."

The Dark Side of the Purpose Driven Church has been reprinted several times since it was first published in 2005. In this latest edition, Rev. Hutchings has added five chapters, including a very important one, "Is the Purpose Driven Church Good for Our Nation?"

New chapters include:

• As the World Squirms, Quo Vadis PDC
• Is Your Church Going Purpose Driven? How Can You Tell?
• Designer Church/Designer Heaven
• Is the Purpose Driven Church Good for Our Nation?
• A Sign of the Last Days

Without doubt, the Purpose Driven Church has become a tremendous force in the world, but Noah Hutchings sees a dark side to this force.

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