Saddleback Church opens two new sites

From Saddleback's NEWS & VIEWS 3/26/08

Our first service of Saddleback Corona gathered 490 attenders and 43 accepted Christ. That's almost 10 % of those who attended!

Our first service at Saddleback Irvine gathered 1,826 attenders and 34 accepted Christ!

Our service at Saddleback San Clemente gathered 1,550 attenders and 39 accepted Christ!

What did we learn from this? 8 DISCOVERIES:  1) People will attend services, will bring their friends, and will accept Christ where the teaching is by video.  2) People in Southern California are hungry for spiritual truth. 3) Saddleback's teaching meets a need that is unmet in many communities. 4) The fastest, and most effective way to reach people for Christ is to start new Saddleback campuses, not by adding more services at our Lake Forest campus. 5) The future of our church is new campuses.  6) New campuses provide fantastic opportunities for our members to experience the thrill of using their SHAPE to serve God. 7) We already have the talent and leadership in our church family to begin all ten new Saddlebacks before the end of 2010. 8) We reached 10% of our 10 by 10 goal of "10,000 more changed lives" in just a single weekend!