Book Description
Foundations is the Gold Medallion award-winning complete resource for teaching believers the essential doctrines of Christian faith, providing the theological basis for living a purpose-driven life.

From the Back Cover
A Purpose-Driven® Discipleship Resource Ideal for Sunday Night or midweek series, Weekday Bible Studies, Sunday school classes and study groups of any size Give your church members the key that can • enable them to see how beliefs change behavior • lessen their day-to-day stress level • increase their security in an insecure world • help them raise their kids with a right perspective on life • increase their love for and trust in God The 24 sessions in Foundations will take you for thought-provoking, life-changing explorations of 11 core Christian truths: 1. The Bible 2. God 3. Jesus 4. The Holy Spirit 5. Creation 6. Salvation 7. Sanctification 8. Good and Evil 9. The Afterlife 10. The Church 11. The Second Coming Everything you need is provided, with tools, tips, and options to help you meet the unique needs of your group. • Teaching notes—Extensive notes guide you through what you will say and include illustrations and applications of each doctrine under discussion. • Highlight sections—Four kinds of sidebar help your group connect with God’s truths through key words, thought-provoking insights, personal implications, and personal applications. • Teaching tips—Over 60 proven tips help you strengthen your skills as a communicator. • Discussion questions—Questions at the end of each study can also be interspersed throughout the lesson. • Split-session plan—Each lesson has a cutoff point that allows you to break it into two sessions. Subdivide a single lesson, several lessons, or break the entire program into 46 lessons at your discretion. • Appendices—Additional, supporting material for some studies may be found at the end of those studies. • Memory cards—Reproducible cards contain a key theme and verse for each of the 11 doctrines covered. • PowerPoint® slides—Slides to guide the participant through each of the 24 sessions are included on the CD-ROM • Additional resources—CD-ROM contains additional handouts and supplemental programming resources which may be printed out and used. From Saddleback Church This is a proven, tested curriculum that has helped change thousands of lives! For the past ten years, Foundations, has been used as the doctrinal course at Saddleback Church, one of America's largest and best-known churches. Thousands of Saddleback members have benefited from this life-transforming experience. This course is explained in detail in Rick Warren's groundbreaking book, The Purpose Driven Church. Currently, Purpose Driven churches all around the world are using Foundations to raise up an army of mature believers equipped for ministry in the church and prepared for mission in the world. Foundations kit includes: • 2 Teacher’s Guides (volumes 1 & 2) • 1 Participant’s Guide • 1 CD-ROM with PowerPoint® presentations, programming resources, and additional handouts All materials also sold separately.

About the Author
Tom Holladay is a teaching pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Tom and his wife, Chaundel, have three children. In addition to his pastoral leadership and weekend teaching at Saddleback, Tom assists Rick Warren in teaching Purpose DrivenR Church conferences to Christian leaders all over the world. He developed and published Foundations along with Kay Warren to teach the 11 core trusts we build our lives on.;Kay Warren is a Bible Teacher and advocate for women and children affected by HIV/AIDS. She and her husband, Rick, began Saddleback church in their home in 1980 with seven people. Tom Hollady and Kay developed the Foundations curriculum to teach in-depth doctrine to the largely unchurched congregation.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Everything Around, Above, and within You Will Take on a New Perspective When You See through the Filter of God's Worldview

A teaching guide and PowerPoint® sessions from Saddleback Church that teach the doctrines of faith

Foundations is the basic doctrine study taught at Saddleback Church and is a key component of their "second-base" (maturity) Purpose Driven strategy. Its goal is to help Christians develop a Christian worldview--the ability to see everything through the filter of God's truth. Too often, doctrine is presented as boring, complicated, not relevant to one's everyday life. However, a Christian worldview based on God's essential truths has a lifelong impact on the way people look at everything around them, above them, and within them. This study lays a foundation for this new perspective and provides benefits for the rest of life.

The Foundations study will: • Lessen the stress in everyday life• Reveal the God-given potential for growth in each individual• Increase a sense of security in an often troubling world• Provide parents with tools for helping their children develop the right perspective on life• Help each person fall more deeply in love with the Lord• The twenty-four sessions in this kit cover the biblical perspectives about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, Revelation, Creation, Salvation, Sanctification, Good and Evil, the Afterlife, and the Second Coming.• The complete kit includes two separate teacher's guides, one participant's guide, and a PowerPoint® CD-ROM with slides for each session. Each item is also sold separately.