Rick Warren

rick warren Looking For rick warren? Search Local.Com To Find One! www.Local.com Rick Warren wasn’t always a lightning rod for controversy Rick Warren — the man at the center of an inaugural firestorm — has built his career on an uncontroversial reputation. The irony of the furor over Warren’s selection to deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s inaugural ceremony is that the California minister first drew notice for his determination to expand the evangelical agenda beyond hot-button social issues like opposition to same-sex marriage. Warren has been described as the next Billy Graham, an evangelical leader with a moderate reputation and mass-market appeal — ... Read Full Story

rick warren Looking For rick warren? Search Local.Com To Find One! www.Local.com Obama’s inaugural choice sparks outrage Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents criticized President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration next month. Warren, one of the most influential religious leaders in the nation, has championed issues such as a reduction of global poverty, human rights abuses and the AIDS epidemic. But the founder of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, has also adhered to socially conservative stances — including his opposition to gay marriage and abortion rights that puts him ... Read Full Story

From here : Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life and pastor of Saddleback Church, will speak on June 23. Warren, a longtime friend of orthodox Anglicans, has been repeatedly recognized as a key spiritual leader in America. Named “America’s Most Influential Pastor” by Christianity Today in 2003, Warren has also been called one of “America’s 25 Best Leaders” (US News and World Report 2006), and one of the “15 People Who Make America Great” (Newsweek 2006). Saddleback Church, founded by Warren in 1980, is an innovative evangelical congregation of 22,000 in Lake Forest California. Warren combines strong biblical convictions with a ... Read Full Story

It is beginning to look like the forum at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church was full of shenanigans . This is turning into pure theatrics . We now know that McCain was not isolated in a “Cone of Silence” as was announced with a straight face by Rick Warren. In hind sight we should not have trusted Warren; we should have taken what he said with a ‘pinch of salt’ . Even the terminology Warren used was irreverent. “Cone of Silence” is a reference to a fictional device used on the comedy sitcom “Get Smart!” in which secret agents would enter a hooded contraption meant ... Read Full Story

saying the same as believing “I have many gay friends. I’ve eaten dinner in gay homes. No church has probably done more for people with AIDS than Saddleback Church” By John Charles Reedburg That was then. And this is now. Long Beach, CA — Under fire for opposing gay marriage, influential evangelical pastor RICK WARREN said Saturday that he loves Muslims, people of other religions, Republicans and Democrats, and he also loves “gays and straights.” The 54-year-old pastor and founder of Saddleback Church in Southern California told the crowd of 500 that it’s unrealistic to expect everyone to agree on everything all the time. ... Read Full Story