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Celebrate Recovery Updated Leader's Guide: A Recovery Program Based on Eight Principles from the Beatitudes
A Program for Implementing a Christ-Centered Recovery Ministry in Your Church Alcoholism - Divorce - Sexual Abuse - Codependency - Domestic Violence - Drug Addiction - Sexual Addiction - Food Addiction - Gambling Addiction and many more! There is a way the church can help the hurting move beyond their wounds to experience the healing and forgiveness of Christ. Since 1991, more than 200,000 people have participated in the Celebrate Recovery programs offered at more than 3,500 churches, prisons, and rescue missions. Drawn from the Beatitudes, Celebrate Recovery helps people resolve painful problems in the context of the church as a whole. “And then there’s pastor John Baker, the founder of Celebrate Recovery� Big John and I shared something in common. We used to drink too much. And our hearts changed, and then we quit. That is a tried-and-true formula. The problem is government is not good at changing hearts. But people like John Baker have been good about it and successful doing that.� —President George W. Bush on Celebrate Recovery and its founder, John Baker, at the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference, March 3, 2004.
240 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1998
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John Baker
46Ìýbooks24ÌýfollowersJohn Baker is the founder of Celebrate Recovery, a ministry born out of the heart of Saddleback Church.
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March 5, 2024
I grew up in a church where I saw CR change lives. After reading this in the context of a biblical counseling class I regret to say I don’t care much for CR. I love the impact, but the way it’s taught in the book has me scratching my head. Scripture was used strangely, examples were odd, and much more. Again, if CR has positively impacted you please don’t read this and think “Wow, Grant sucks.� Rather, go back and read the book knowing my stance.
April 5, 2020
Very helpful tool to help a church start a life recovery or any addiction ministry. it is very practical.
October 20, 2023
More of a collection of 8 sermons. All good and well received within understanding a 12 step program with a Christian faith bent.
January 31, 2017
Used this for a sermon series in my church, focused on the principles and steps as useful in the lives of all people, not just those suffering from addictions. As the program states, we all have hurts, habits, and hang-ups which steal joy from our lives so this program is applicable to all of us. The acrostic way of delivering the points grew a little tiresome, but the structure of the lessons and the scripture references were good.
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