Rick Warren
Rick Warren
Richard Duane "Rick" Warrenis an American evangelical Christian pastor and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch in Lake Forest, California, that is the eighth-largest church in the United States. He is also a bestselling author of many Christian books, including his guide to church ministry and evangelism, The Purpose Driven Church, which has spawned a series of conferences on Christian ministry and evangelism. He is perhaps best known for the subsequent book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 January 1954
CitySan Jose, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm Southern Baptist, our church is Southern Baptist, and we cooperate in SBC missions support at every level,
The role of the church and the government are fundamentally different. The church must always show compassion - always.
Churches know more about poverty than any government will ever know, because we're dealing with the poor every day.
I added up all the money the church paid me for the first 25 years and gave it all back.
Every church is flawed. Still, you'd better learn to love it since it's the only group Jesus said he's taking to Heaven.
Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has promised to build his church.
The church that doesn't want to grow is saying to the world, "go to hell."
I'm looking for a second reformation. The first reformation of the church 500 years ago was about beliefs. This one is going to be about behavior. The first one was about creeds. This one is going to be about deeds. It is not going to be about what does the church believe, but about what is the church doing.
You must match your music to the kind of people God wants your church to reach.... The music you use 'positions' your church in your community. It defines who you are.... It will determine the kind of people you attract, the kind of people you keep, and the kind of people you lose.
Many believe it is possible to be a "good Christian" without joining (or even attending) a local church, but God would strongly disagree.
In every growing church you will find leadership that is not afraid to believe God.
The church must always show compassion, always.
Every church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through through worship, and larger through evangelism.
A church will never grow beyond its capacity to meet needs.