The Purpose Driven Church

== Reception ==
The book was a [[bestseller]] a few weeks after its publication.<ref>Chris Lehmann, [https://slate.com/culture/2003/03/what-is-the-purpose-driven-life.html "The Book of Numbers"], slate.com, US, March 17, 2003</ref> The ''Purpose Driven Church'' has been translated into over 30 languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German. It is listed in ''100 Christian Books That Changed the Century''<ref>{{Citation | title = 100 Christian Books That Changed the Century | last1 = Peterson | first1 = William | first2 = Randy | last2 = Peterson | year = 2000 | isbn = 0800757351 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/100christianbook0000pete }}</ref> and has been given many awards. For example, in 1996 and 1997, the book was the [[Evangelical Christian Publishers Association]] (ECPA) ''Christian Book Award Winner'' for the US. In 2002, the ECPA awarded it the Gold Medallion Award.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.ecpa.org/christianbookawards/gm1996.php | publisher = ECPA | title = Christian book awards}}</ref> The book and its author have received numerous reviews in the mainstream press and have been the subject of much support and criticism in Christian blogs and newsletters.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.challies.com/archives/book-reviews/book-review-the-21.php | type = book review | title = The Purpose Driven Church | last = Challies | first = Tim | url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070807221937/http://www.challies.com/archives/book-reviews/book-review-the-21.php | archive-date = 2007-08-07 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = The Purpose-Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission | first = Richard ‘Rick’ | last = Warren|year = 1995|isbn = 0310201063}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.willowcreek.com/wcanews/story.asp?id=WN03011996 | publisher = Willow Creek Association | newspaper = Willow Magazine | type = book review | title = The Purpose Driven Church |date=January–February 1996}}</ref>

In a May 2005 survey of American pastors and ministers conducted by [[George Barna]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=18 |title=Welcome to the Barna Group! |access-date=2008-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609120054/http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate |archive-date=2007-06-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref> it was voted as the second book most influential on their lives and ministries, behind ''[[The Purpose Driven Life]]'', a subsequent book by Warren.