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Saddleback Community Church (or just Saddleback Church) is an evangelical Christian church located in Lake Forest, California, situated in southern Orange County. The church was founded in 1980 by senior pastor Rick Warren. Weekly church attendance exceeds 22,000, making it the largest church in California and the 4th largest church [1] in the United States. Celebrate Recovery is a Christian twelve-step recovery program founded at Saddleback. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Look up Evangelical in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Location of Lake Forest within Orange County, California. ... Orange County is the name of several counties in the United States of America: Orange County, California: probably named for the city of Orange, California, which in turn may have been named after the orange groves that used to exist there. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      A pastor is an... Richard D. Rick Warren (born January 28, 1954) is the founding and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California, the largest Christian church in California. ... Celebrate Recovery was founded in 1991 by Pastor John Baker of Saddleback Church with the goal of overcoming habits like sex disorders and drug addictions with a twelve-step program based on Christian principles. ...

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History of the Church

According to Rick Warren[2], Saddleback Church began as a prophetic vision when Warren was a 19 year-old Southern Baptist pastor. A turning point for Warren came in November 1973, when he and his close friend Danny skipped classes at California Baptist University and drove 350 miles to hear pastor Dr. W.A. Criswell preach at the Jack Tar Hotel in San Francisco. When the altar call came after the service, Warren met Criswell: Richard D. Rick Warren (born January 28, 1954) is the founding and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California, the largest Christian church in California. ... California Baptist University is a private, Christian, liberal arts institution located in Riverside, California, USA. Originally founded in 1950 as California Baptist College, Cal Baptist, which the college is affectionately known as, is one of the educational institutions run by the Southern Baptist Convention. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... An altar call is a practice in some evangelical churches in which those who wish to make a new spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ are invited to come forward publicly. ...

“ After the service, my buddy and I stood in line to shake hands with Dr. Criswell. When my turn finally arrived, something unexpected happened. Criswell looked at me with kind, loving eyes and said, quite emphatically, "Young man, I feel led to lay hands on you and pray for you!" Without delay, he placed his hands on my head and prayed these words that I will never forget: "Father, I ask that you give this young preacher a double portion of your Spirit. May the church he pastors grow to twice the size of the Dallas church. Bless him greatly, O Lord." ”

Purpose Driven Church

The Purpose Driven Church (PDC) curriculum and book were written by senior pastor Rick Warren in 1995. The Saddleback Church markets this PDC movement through the Purpose Driven Network. Purpose Driven Church was created to bring non-church going people into the church, get them saved, and make them disciples of the doctrine of that particular church, as shown in the concentric circle model.[3] PDC emphasizes intentionally structuring a congregation around biblical purposes of the church as established by Jesus Christ: Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry, Evangelism, and Worship, using a baseball diamond-shaped diagram to demonstrate participation in the church, with the first four purposes representing a "base" and with Worship in the center.[3] Purpose Driven is a term coined by Rick Warren to name the philosophy which focuses one structuring life, family, career, and church around five purposes which Warren identifies in scripture as having been given by Jesus Christ: to know and love God (worship), to love others (fellowship), to grow spiritually... A fellow in its broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... In Christianity, the disciples were the students of Jesus during his ministry. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Look up evangelist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Taken during a Hindu prayer ceremony on the eve of Diwali. ... Taken during a Hindu prayer ceremony on the eve of Diwali. ...


Purpose Driven and Saddleback Church garnered national attention with the 2002 publication of The Purpose Driven Life, written by pastor Rick Warren.[citation needed] The Purpose Driven Life book cover The Purpose Driven Life (2002) is a devotional book written by Christian author Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. ...


Global Summit controversy

In November and December 2006, Saddleback Church played host to the second annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church. The summit featured some 60 speakers, including prominent U.S. Senators Barack Obama and Sam Brownback. The participation of Obama was very controversial, mainly owing to Obama's support of abortion, which conflicts with the pro-life beliefs of Warren and most evangelicals.[4] “Barack” redirects here. ... Samuel Dale Brownback (b. ...


See also

The P.E.A.C.E. Plan is an initiative begun by Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. ... The interior of Rev. ... Willow Creek Community Church (or simply Willow Creek Church) is an American interdenominational super-megachurch located in the Chicago suburb of South Barrington, Illinois. ...

References and notes

  1. ^ http://outreachmagazine.com/docs/top100_2007_largest.pdf
  2. ^ Warren, Rick. The Saddleback Story, Chapter 1. 
  3. ^ a b What is PurposeDriven?. Purpose Driven. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
  4. ^ Ross, Larry. Press Release: Statement by Saddleback Valley Community Church Regarding Senator Barack Obama as One of Nearly 60 Featured Speakers at the Second Annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church. ChristianNewsWire. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.

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