I encourage all of our staff members to make 2 mistakes a month. If you aren't making mistakes then you aren't trying hard enough or being innovative. At Saddleback we have the benefit of sharing what we do with thousands of churches around the country. In seminars we get to share all of our success and brilliant observations. In the spirit of truth telling - here's our top 10 failures we don't talk about too much around here.
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10. My Bugatti Veyron with the license plate "PURDLIFE"
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9. Beer guys at the 25th Anniversary service at Angel Stadium
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8. The 40 Days of Intimacy Campaign - I won't tell you where that idea came from
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7. The line dancing country western worship venue
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6. Tithing points for bonus and reward miles - Save up for the Holy Land or mission trip
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5. Encouraging the congregation to do the Rick Muchow dance
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4. Randy Alcorn telling people that they will go to hell if they didn't tithe. (well, not exactly like that)
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3. Moving Purpose Driven to Orlando, Florida. Nevermind that was the Jesus Film Project.
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2. The effort we took to move PDL up the Amazon.com charts
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1. Letting Switchfoot take their levels up to 11 - then smashing the control board with their guitars.
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