![]() ![]() ![]() The decision angered pro-choice and LGBT advocates and led to criticism of both Obama and Warren. In December 2008, President-elect Obama chose Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration ceremony. The forum marked McCain and Obama's first joint appearance as the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees and was broadcast live on national television. In August 2008, Warren drew greater national attention by hosting the Civil Forum on the Presidency, featuring senators John McCain and Barack Obama at Saddleback Church. He has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) since 2005. Warren has been invited to speak at national and international forums, including the United Nations, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the African Union, the Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard Kennedy School, TED, and Time's Global Health Summit. The church averages nearly 20,000 people in attendance each week. Warren's church growth methods led to rapid expansion, with the church using nearly 80 different facilities in its 35-year history. In April 1980, Warren held Saddleback Church's first public service on Easter Sunday at the Laguna Hills High School Theater with 200 people in attendance. In January 1980, Warren began a Bible study group with seven people and his wife at their Saddleback Valley condo in Orange County, California. He co-wrote two books, The Victory Scripture Memory Series and Twelve Dynamic Bible Study Methods for Laity, with Hanks and Wayne Watts. Warren waited afterwards to shake hands with Criswell, who focused on Warren, stating, "I feel led to lay hands on you and pray for you!" ĭuring his time at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Warren worked at the Texas Ranch for Christ, a ministry facility of Billie Hanks Jr., where he began writing books. Criswell preach at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco. In November 1973, he and a friend skipped classes and drove 350 miles to hear W. ![]() Warren says he was called to full-time ministry when he was a 19-year-old student at California Baptist University. He also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and earned a Doctor of Ministry. He studied at California Baptist University in Riverside, California and earned a Bachelor of Arts, then he studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and earned a Master of Divinity in 1979. ![]() He was raised in Ukiah, California, and graduated from Ukiah High School in 1972, where he founded the first Christian club on the school's campus. His father was a Baptist minister, his mother a high-school librarian. Warren was born in San Jose, California, the son of Jimmy and Dot Warren. He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Since his departure from Saddleback, Warren has continued to give inspirational messages through his Daily Hope Devotional and his Pastor Rick's Daily Hope podcast on his website Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American Baptist evangelical Christian pastor and author. As Charisma News has reported, he stepped down from his role as senior pastor of the now megachurch after preaching 6,500 sermons and studies in 43 years. Warren co-founded the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California with his wife Kay in 1980. That's really part of what's in the book, too, is that nothing can come into my life without the heavenly Father's permission," he continued. "And so everything that happens in our lives is Father-filtered. But I do believe, as Scripture says, my times are in his hands, and I want to be directly in the center of the will of God," Warren noted. "When you're trying to lead a global movement called Finishing The Task, it's debilitating. I'm not in a wheelchair, but the bottom line is, it's difficult to move around. "And the problem is I sometimes feel like I am this brain on fire and I'm in a wheelchair. "It's tough walking, working, but it hasn't changed the way that I think," he said. But without getting into all the details, the bottom line is it leaves my muscles, all my major muscles in pain pretty much 24 hours a day. I've been in a two-year battle with an autoimmune disease. Warren replied, "It's not good right now. Stetzer began the interview by asking the "Purpose Drive Life" author about his health. Warren, 69, disclosed his ailment to Daniel Yang and Ed Stetzer during an appearance on The Stetzer Churchleaders Podcast to discuss his latest book, "Created to Dream: The 6 Phases God uses to Grow Your Faith." Rick Warren Reveals He Suffers from Painful Autoimmune Diseaseġ0:00AM EDT Steve Warren/CBN News Rick Warren ( Charisma News archives)įormer Saddleback Church pastor and author Rick Warren has revealed he suffers from constant pain due to an autoimmune disease. ![]()
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