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
Leadership is neither showmanship nor dictatorship. Leadership is a stewardship and a partnership.
Taking risks in older age is more courageous because you have more to lose. When you have nothing, you have nothing to lose.
Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger.
Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.
Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.
Anytime you feel jealous or envious, you reject your uniqueness. It's a criticism of God's plan for you.
Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one.
What's true or right is NEVER determined by popularity or polls. The right thing is often unpopular since it's harder to do.
If you try to serve people, it impresses them. If you try to impress people it irritates them.
The small group structure is the structure of renewal in every facet of Christianity, including Catholicism,
You dont judge the strength of an army by how many soldiers sit and eat in the mess hall, but by how they perform on the front line. Likewise a churchs strength is not seen in how many show up, but in how many serve in the ministry.
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.