Purpose Driven Connection

TO SHARE THE CERTAIN HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST AND TO ENCOURAGE AND EQUIP PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS.

PURPOSE DRIVEN CONNECTION (PDC) SHARES THE CERTAIN HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIA AND FORMATS. ON RADIO AND TELEVISION, PDC PRODUCES AND DISTRIBUTES PASTOR RICK'S DAILY HOPE, A SERIES OF BIBLICAL MESSAGES DEVELOPED FROM THE SERMONS, TEACHING, AND MINISTRY OF PASTOR RICK WARREN. THE DAILY HOPE AUDIO PROGRAM REACHES PEOPLE WORLDWIDE VIA THE MINISTRY'S WEBSITE (PASTORRICK.COM), PODCAST PLATFORMS, MORE THAN 250 US-BASED RADIO STATIONS, AND MORE THAN 50 INTERNATIONAL STATIONS. IN 2021, DAILY HOPE HAD MORE THAN 10 MILLION PODCAST DOWNLOADS OR ONLINE LISTENS. ESPERANZA DIARIA, THE DAILY HOPE BROADCAST IN SPANISH, CAN BE HEARD ON 28 RADIO STATIONS IN SPANISH SPEAKING AREAS THROUGHOUT NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. DAILY HOPE'S TELEVISED PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED VIA A MAJOR NETWORK WITH THE POTENTIAL OF REACHING MORE THAN 100 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS EACH WEEK. EACH WEEKDAY, PDC DELIVERS A WRITTEN DEVOTIONAL FROM PASTOR RICK TO MORE THAN 845,000 PEOPLE, AND IT ENGAGES MILLIONS OF OTHERS EACH MONTH THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. PDC ALSO DEVELOPS, MARKETS, AND DISTRIBUTES SERMONS AND OTHER CHRISTIAN RESOURCES TO REACH PEOPLE FOR JESUS CHRIST, HELP INDIVIDUALS GROW IN THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH, AND TRAIN AND EQUIP PASTORS. PDC WORKS TO MAKE THESE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WIDELY, INCLUDING BY SUPPORTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ITS AUDIO BROADCAST ON SOLAR POWERED RADIOS WITHIN REFUGEE CAMPS IN SOUTH SUDAN AND OTHER REMOTE AREAS, WORKING WITH MINISTRY PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE THESE RESOURCES TO PRISONERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AND ACTIVELY TRANSLATING THESE BIBLICAL TEACHINGS INTO NEW LANGUAGES. AS OF 2021, PDCS TRANSLATION EFFORTS HAVE MADE THE AUDIO PROGRAM AVAILABLE IN TWO LANGUAGES, THE WRITTEN DEVOTIONAL IN SEVEN LANGUAGES, AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN FORTY-TWO LANGUAGES. BECAUSE OF ITS EFFORTS, DAILY HOPE RECEIVED THE 2016 BILLY GRAHAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS IN RECOGNITION OF DAILY HOPE AS A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION THAT EFFECTIVELY AND CREATIVELY USES MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN FULFILLMENT OF ITS MISSION, WHILE MAINTAINING FIDELITY TO THE MESSAGE OF LOVE, REDEMPTION, AND HOPE FOUND IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. COLLECTIVELY USING ALL THESE METHODS OF SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS AND HOPE OF JESUS CHRIST, PURPOSE DRIVEN CONNECTION REACHED PEOPLE IN MORE THAN 190 COUNTRIES IN 2021.