Celebrate Recovery Handbook 35th Anniversary Edition: A Program for Implementing a Christ-Centered Recovery Ministry in Your Church

(Paperback, Revised edition)

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In this revised and updated 35^th anniversary handbook, there is a way the church can help the wounded move beyond their hurts, habits, and hang-ups to experience the forgiveness of Christ. Celebrate Recovery helps the church fulfill its role as Christ's healing agent.You don't have to lead alone. To lead people forward in spiritual, physical, and emotional restoration is to walk in the footsteps of Christ. And that's why theCelebrate Recovery Leader's Guideis so important.

With everything you need to encourage lasting life-change, the leader's guide is the best way to facilitate Celebrate Recovery in your church and help people look forward to a whole new future.

TheCelebrate Recovery Handbookincludes:

• Fresh testimonies
• A 90-day start-up strategy
• A clear, easy-to-follow format
• Step-by-step instructions for each meeting
• Guide for conducting leader training
• Teaching notes for the 25 lessons of The Journey Begins (Participants Guide, volumes 1-4)
• Overview of the 25 lessons of The Journey Continues (Participants Guide, volumes 5-8)

Along with a willing heart, this handbook is invaluable for leading men and women forward in complete restoration and transformation through Christ.

Author Bio

John Baker is the founder of Celebrate Recovery, a ministry started at Saddleback Church. It is estimated that over the last 25 years more than 3.5 million people have gone through this Christ-centered recovery program. There are currently over 27,000 churches that have weekly Celebrate Recovery meetings. John has been on staff since Celebrate Recovery started. He has served as the Pastor of Membership, the Pastor of Ministries, and is currently the Pastor of Saddleback Church's Signature Ministries. He is also serving as one of the nine Elder Pastors at Saddleback. John is a nationally known speaker and trainer in helping churches start Celebrate Recovery ministries. John's writing accomplishments include Celebrate Recovery's The Journey Begins Curriculum, Life's Healing Choices, the Celebrate Recovery Study Bible (general editor), and The Landing and Celebration Place (coauthor). John's newest books are Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery and The Celebrate Recovery Devotional (coauthor). John and his wife Cheryl, the cofounder of Celebrate Recovery, have been married for more than four decades and have served together in Celebrate Recovery since the beginning. They have two adult children, Laura and Johnny, and five grandchildren.