![]() And the one thing I said was, Rick is so busy and has so many balls up in the air that one might say that he might want to slow down. (Laughter.)ĬROMARTIE: I say, well – he said, no, come on, just think of something that you could say that might be at least a concern of yours. And I need some negative information on Rick Warren. I know about his humanitarian work all over the world. He says, you know, I’ve been out to Saddleback. One of your colleagues who is not here, David Van Biema, did a cover story in Time magazine some years ago on Rick that some of you may have seen. Please feel free to ask him questions about how you could make your book sell that way. Some of you may not know that Rick’s book, The Purpose Driven Life, is the best-selling nonfiction book in American history – I think over 30 million copies. So my introduction will be short because you’re here because you know of Rick’s work and reputation. A friend of mine once said to me, how do you introduce somebody who needs no introduction? And I said, how’s that? He said, don’t introduce them just get it going. Ladies and gentlemen, the bio of Rick Warren is in your packets in front of you. We’ll be sure to work your questions into the queue. For those of you on the call who would like to take part in the discussion, please e-mail your questions to Robbie Mills, our communications associate. Mike organized this session, so he will serve as the moderator, but before I turn things over to him, I would like to mention that this meeting is on the record and is being recorded.Ī few out-of-town journalists are listening in via conference call, and we welcome them as well. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution. The Pew Forum’s partners in this series are Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and E.J. After our special guest speaks for 15 minutes or so, we open it up for your questions and comments. Our format at these gatherings is very simple. ![]() ![]() LUGO: – whose purpose-driven mission is to bring together journalists and policy leaders to discuss timely topics at the intersection of religion and public affairs. This event is part of the Pew Forum Luncheon Series, whose purpose-driven mission is to – We are a project of the Pew Research Center, which, as many of you know, is a nonpartisan organization that does not take positions on issues or policy debates. LUGO: Anyway, I’m Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. LUGO: But this thing about meeting with radical young pastors, that’s fair game. We’re not going to ask you about the contents of the shopping bag. WARREN: – that I had a cup of coffee at Starbucks? WARREN: Now, is that the best news we’ve got today – And a special welcome to Pastor Rick Warren, who is getting to be well-known around town because “The Reliable Source” over at the Post is on you, Rick. LUIS LUGO: Good afternoon and thank you all for joining us today. The Future of Evangelicalism: Africa, Asia, Latin America.Michael Cromartie, Vice President, Ethics and Public Policy Center Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, Calif. Plan, an international effort mobilizing Christians to attack what he considers the “five global giants” of poverty, disease, spiritual emptiness, self-serving leadership and illiteracy. The founder of a global alliance of pastors from 162 countries, he currently leads the P.E.A.C.E. Several months later he delivered the inaugural prayer at President Barack Obama’s swearing-in. He hosted a presidential candidate forum at his Saddleback Church during the 2008 campaign. Warren is the author of The Purpose Driven Life, published in 2002. 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 important concerns are today, and how the movement is evolving. Yet in recent years many Americans have come to understand evangelicals more by their political, rather than religious, identity. The evangelical Christian movement historically has been defined by its members’ distinctive doctrinal standards and practices.
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