Warren is also the author of the smash bestseller, "The Purpose Driven Life. The White House is currently signaling that they are open to a compromise where the option of contraception without a copay is preserved - but it's unclear what such a compromise would look like or when a decision will be made. Mega-church Pastor Rick Warren, who founded Saddleback Church 42 years ago, announced Sunday he will be retiring and the search launches this week for a successor to lead the church that. Warren's chiding is a telltale sign of how quickly opinion has shifted against the White House on the contraception decision, with erstwhile allies like Hill Democrats and generally supportive religious figures inveighing against the decision. "I'm not a Catholic but I stand in 100% solidarity with my brothers & sisters to practice their belief against govt pressure," Warren wrote. 19, 2008, 9:52 AM PST By Ann Curry Hes the most influential American pastor since Billy Graham a blue-jeans and shirt-sleeves wearing phenomenon whose groundbreaking book, 'The Purpose. John McCain during the 2008 presidential election, took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with the administration's contraception decision. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks with Pastor Rick Warren (R) during a Civil Forum at the Saddleback Church in Lake. Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, who gave the invocation at President Obama's inauguration and moderated a forum between the Obama and Sen. stand together at an August forum at Warren’s Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.Rick Warren knocks Obama over contraception (AP Photo: Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., Pastor Rick Warren and Sen. I watched excerpts of the interview on the Today show and I think many people, particular the faith community, will be interested in hearing what Warren has to say.Ĭurry said it was conducted before Warren’s role in the inauguration was made public. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama has found himself enmeshed in a new controversy involving a. What does it mean that Barack Obama chose Rick Warren, the multidimensional minister at Saddleback Church in Southern California and author of the mega-selling 2002 book The Purpose-Driven. Oh, and you might want to watch Warren’s interview with Ann Curry at 8 p.m. I am honored by this opportunity to pray God’s blessing on the office of the President and its current and future inhabitant, asking the Lord to provide wisdom to America’s leaders during this critical time in our nation’s history.”
“The Bible admonishes us to pray for our leaders. Obama chose Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor of the southern California megachurch Saddleback, to give the invocation when he takes office in January. “Hopefully individuals passionately expressing opinions from the left and the right will recognize that both of us have shown a commitment to model civility in America.
Then, the president-elect, who is Christian, chose evangelical minister Rick Warren to give the inaugural invocation. “I commend President-elect Obama for his courage to willingly take enormous heat from his base by inviting someone like me, with whom he doesn’t agree on every issue, to offer the Invocation at his historic Inaugural ceremony. The uproar over his remarks from the pulpit such as 'God damn America' and the United States being to blame for 9/11, prompted Obama to turn away from his former pastor and give a key speech on race and religion. President-elect Barack Obama's choice of evangelical pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration ceremony has infuriated gay-rights activists. The statement, sent out through Christian Newswire, reads:
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