Rick Warren: The Purpose-Driven Pastor

NPR by Barbara Bradley Hagerty | Jan. 18, 2009 (News Analysis)

In 1980, fresh out of seminary, Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, moved to Mission Viejo, Calif., to start a church. Warren had no money, no building, no congregation. But he did have a plan: to build a church for people who never went to church.

"He knocked on doors of hundreds of people," says his brother-in-law, Tom Holladay. "And he asked them a lot of questions about what advice they'd give to a new pastor in the area. And he also asked them, ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Jan 18, 2009 - 9:30 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 18, 2009

The article comes across as a bit of a puff piece, with little critical insight.

The United States is a secular state. Preachers and especially advocates of religious hate should have no place in official state functions.

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 by Leo Romero - Jan. 18, 2009
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