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Final tally — $2.5 million for Saddleback Church’s worldwide ministries. That’s counting about $100,000 that arrived by snail mail today but is postmarked before the New Year’s Eve midnight deadline.
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Rick Warren's Prayers Answered
ABC News Pastor Takes in $2.4 Million After Donations Plea of $900000; He Says Donations Will Help Feed More Than 200000 People By LAURA MARQUEZ Pastor Rick Warren … OC pastor asks for $900000, receives $2.4 millionLos Angeles Times Follow-up on mega-pastor Rick WarrenExaminer.com Pastor Rick Warren Asks for $900000, Receives $2.4 millionABC30.com Washington Post -Chicago Tribune -UPI.com all 564 news articles » |
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AP – Evangelical pastor Rick Warren’s plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.
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Calif. pastor takes in $2.4M after donations plea
Washington Post Evangelical pastor Rick Warren says his call for donations to fill a $900000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch has brought in $2.4 million. … Warren: Donations plea brings in $2.4 millionmsnbc.com Newsmaker Warren finds 'miracle' after plea for church fundsUSA Today Rick Warren asks for $900000, gets $2.4 millionOCRegister Deseret News -Examiner.com -Firedoglake (blog) all 330 news articles » |
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The re-branding was the product of evangelicalism’s survival instinct in the face of the parody-ready Falwell prototype. One of America’s leading evangelicals is now Rick Warren, whose mega-bestseller, The Purpose-Driven Life (2002), begins: “This is more than a book; it is a guide to a 40-day spiritual journey that will enable you to discover the answer to life’s most important question: What on earth am I here for?”
The new evangelicals write books not about how God will smite you, but how God loves you and wants nothing more than your greatest personal, spiritual, and material fulfillment.
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Members of Saddleback Church say they expect the congregation to respond with a big “Amen” and cash to Pastor Rick Warren’s appeal for $900,000 by New Year’s Eve.
“This is a great opportunity for God to express himself,” said Jim Walls, from Trabuco Canyon, who received the news after coming home from a ski trip. “It’s a great opportunity for the church to honor God. It’s a great opportunity to raise the points of faith that our shepherd Rick Warren lives.”
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AP – Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his Orange County megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year.
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Ugandan church leaders are calling on California pastor Rick Warren to “biblically issue an apology for having wronged us,” reports Charisma News Online.
In a recent letter, the group of 20 denominational leaders said the Purpose Driven Life author caused “distress” in their nation after he requested that they speak out against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 currently awaiting approval in the Ugandan Parliament.
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Pastors in Uganda recently chided evangelical pastor Rick Warren after he urged them to speak out against the country’s Anti-Homosexuality bill.
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Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor who drew fire last January when he gave the invocation at President Obama’s inauguration, is to be lauded for his fortitude.
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By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prominent evangelical Pastor Rick Warren and author of the immensely popular book, "Purpose Driven Life," says that he prays for President Barack Obama as he addresses the nation's economic crisis and health-care…
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A new unauthorized biography of “America’s pastor” Rick Warren uncovers a marriage with an unconventional beginning and a time of depression that later gave Warren the strength to become who he is today.
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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Evangelical pastor Rick Warren, author of the best-selling “A Purpose Drive Life,” and the spiritual leader of the mega-Saddleback Church in California, challenged President Barack Obama during an interview on Sunday. Warren says Obama is hypocritical for saying he wants abortions to be rare.
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Is Obama more religion-friendly than his party? Many Americans think so, says …
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The evangelical Christian movement historically has been defined by its members' distinctive doctrinal standards and practices. Yet in recent years many Americans have come to understand evangelicals more by their political, rather than religious, identity. The Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life invited Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., to discuss how this political association has affected the evangelical movement, what evangelicals' most import… >>
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Christian Leaders Issue 'A Call of Christian Conscience'
ChristianityToday.com Names of Sojourners founder Jim Wallis and California megachurch pastor Rick Warren do not appear on the list of signers, but their spokespeople said they … Christian Leaders Unite on Political IssuesNew York Times Christian leaders issue 'call of conscience'The Associated Press Christian Leaders Unveil Social ContractTalk Radio News Service Christian Post -dagblog (blog) -World Magazine all 126 news articles » |
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Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America’s largest congregations and author of the huge-selling book, “The Purpose Driven Life,” has pledged to throw his support behind persecuted Christians…
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The Southern California megachurch of popular preacher Rick Warren will host a forum Sunday on the persecuted church with some of the nation’s foremost experts on the subject.
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. – A joint publishing venture between influential pastor Rick Warren and Reader’s Digest magazine has collapsed less than a year after it was announced with great fanfare. The multimedia project, called the Purpose Driven Connection, will continue in a different form but be operated solely by Warren’s Saddleback Church starting next spring, church officials said Wednesday. A quarterly print magazine will cease publication in mid-November and its content will migrate to a free, expanded Web site, Warren says. He cited lagging subscriptions. In August, Reader’s Digest Association Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, facing dropping print subscriptions and looming… 
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David Tamez, a Mexican-born Christian leader who is on the board of Latin American Indian Ministries (LAIM) and stages Con Proposito seminars in Mexico for Rick Warren…