FARMINGTON – When Farmington Baptist Church on the Whittier Road launches it’s 40 Days of Purpose Campaign with a video simulcast at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at the church, it will join a worldwide network of thousands of churches.

Inspired by remarkable stories of spiritual renewal and growth, an estimated 12,000 churches from 60 denominations have experienced the purpose-driven phenomena inspired by a California pastor’s best selling book.

Pastor Earl Edgerly reports, “A number of people have been asking when we can do the 40 Days of Purpose. It’s here now. A message will be provided and Bible studies during the Sunday school hour will coincide with The Purpose Driven Life.’ I anticipate attendance to increase by 40 percent. People are already excited.”

At the center of the campaign is the fastest-selling hard cover nonfiction book in history, “The Purpose Driven Life,” which has sold more than 16 million copies since the book’s release in 2002. The book’s author, Rick Warren, is senior pastor of one of America’s largest churches, Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Two years ago the first 1,500 churches to hold a 40 Days of Purpose Campaign reported their worship attendance increased an average of 22 percent.

During the campaign at Farmington Baptist Church, the truths about God’s five purposes for people – worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry and evangelism – will be communicated in four ways: the all-church video simulcast seminar on large screen on Sept. 25, a weekly message by the pastor, a weekly Scripture memory verse that everyone memorizes and a weekly Sunday Bible study.

“People will hear about God’s purposes for their lives in many different formats,” Edgerly said. “This will allow for the truths to sink deeper into hearts, which is essential for any permanent life change.”

All are welcome to attend the Farmington Baptist Church campaign at their regularly scheduled Bible study and worship services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. beginning Sept. 26 at 194 Whittier Road.