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Warren hosted an AIDS conference because it was a political agenda of the Bush White House. Those seeking 'attention' from the Evangelicals attended. It was controversial for Democrats to be involved with this movement then and it remains so today. It underminds all the 'civil rights' movements today, including gay and women's rights.
Not many women preach there either ! I will never change my mind regarding this issue. Never. Warren is a political icon and he likes it that way. It made him millions if not billions. There are countless others that can perform the invocation without the political razzle-dazzle that Warren demands. It is tasteless power playing and excludes realistic options of those that SHOULD perform the invocation !
The Saddleback Empire (click here) started in 1980 taking on international recognition after the NEOCON media discovered exploiting "A Purpose Driven Life" served their political purposes. Warren's 'spot light' is more than an assault against the line between church and state, it is an assault against civil rights !
Top 50 Most Influential Churches (click here)
The 2005 survey was sent to 2,000 church leaders
Number 1 - Rick Warren - Saddleback, Lake Forest, California
The 2005 survey was sent to 2,000 church leaders with the goal of ranking the nation’s fastest growing churches and churches with more than 2,000 weekend attendance. The 127 churches nominated for the 50 Most Influential Churches survey were located in 32 states and represented 27 affiliation groups and/or denominations. The term affiliation is used to include networks of unaffiliated, independent churches.
"Forty Days of Purpose" - The message of Warren's AGENDA. Video at link below. He currently has something like four or five churches now. How many MINORITY preachers attend to 'The Message' there? This is in CALIFORNIA ! Cal-if-or-knee-ah. Okay? What is the NEOCONS greatest hope? To divide and conquer California. Where was Proposition 8 passed? Yep, California. Don't talk to me about this.
At the core of it all is the fact that God has made all of us to live purpose driven lives. (click here)
