I hoped that it will never happen in our congregation but now it did: This morning during the morning service the pastor announced that the church council (elders) decided that during the third quarter of this year the congregation will embark on a 40 days of purpose using Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life!! And during this time the sermons will also, so I understood him, link to the theme - most probably also using Warren's book.

This is really heart breaking for me. I suspected for a while already the pastor to be sold to Rick Warren's ideas but this just finally put the seal on it. And this is supposed to be a reformed church. It was like out of a dream when I heard the announcement this morning.

Any advice from someone who was also confronted with this situation?

Johan