P.E.A.C.E. Plan

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The P.E.A.C.E. Plan is an initiative begun by Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Senior pastor Rick Warren's stated intention in launching the P.E.A.C.E. Plan is to involve every Christian and every church in every nation in the task of serving people in the areas of the greatest global needs. The tag-line is Ordinary people empowered by God making a difference together wherever they are. P.E.A.C.E. is an acronym for the stated methodology for achieving the plan: "Promote reconciliation. Equip servant leaders. Assist the poor. Care for the sick. Educate the next generation."[1]

1 An outline of the plan
2 Action
3 3-Legged Stool Concept
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] An outline of the plan

In launching the PEACE plan, Rick Warren identified what he called the five Global Goliaths:

Spiritual Emptiness
Egocentric Leadership
Extreme Poverty
Pandemic Diseases
Illiteracy and lack of education

Warren claims that these problems are so large that every attempt by the public and private sector has failed, and that the only organization big enough to take on these problems is the network of Christian churches around the world.

A strategy for addressing these problems would be to "do what Jesus did":

Promote reconciliation
Equip servant leaders
Assist the poor
Care for the sick
Educate the next generation

The first letter of each of these objective spells P.E.A.C.E.

[edit] Action

On August 22, 2005, Time magazine reported that Warren has been asked by Rwandan President Paul Kagame to help his country become a "Purpose-Driven nation". To implement this, Warren has enlisted over 2,000 Saddle back church members to go to Rwanda in small groups to initiate a national strategy, and the cooperation of 600 Rwandan churches. Business leaders and leaders of parliament in Rwanda are also involved.

[edit] 3-Legged Stool Concept

Peter Drucker (1909-2005), a business management guru, came up with this idea as a means to bring all societal sectors into one manageable, controllable roof. Drucker believed that the only way to persuade the world to accept change is to engage all three sectors of society, working together to effect change. The three "legs" of the stool are:

a public sector of effective governments
a private sector of effective businesses
a social sector of effective community organizations, including faith-based organizations

Rick Warren was mentored by Peter Drucker for several years and has been promoting the 3-legged stool concept with vigor. Now Warren is using the Stool Concept in conjunction with his P.E.A.C.E. Plan.^{[citation needed]}