Rick Warren to speak at King memorial

[Undercurrent]

LAKE FOREST – Just one day before giving the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration, a local pastor will be the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Commemorative Service, officials at Saddleback Church said.

Rick Warren – pastor of the 22,000-member Saddleback Church – made national headlines in recent days when proponents of gay marriage criticized the selection of Warren to give the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.

The service is scheduled for Jan. 19 at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and is included in the official program of the 10-day King Center's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, which begins on Jan. 10.

The Reverend Mark Whitlock, senior pastor at Christ Our Redeemer AME Church in Irvine, said
Obama’s invitation opened the door for positive communication between the conservative movement and the civil rights movement.
“I think this is nothing but a wonderful statement about the progress that makes up our lives,” said Whitlock. “Rick Warren – someone many would consider in the southern Baptist tradition – has embraced diversity. We can come together in the common love of Christ in contrast to our social opinion.”

Phil Munsey, pastor of Life Church in Mission Viejo with a congregation of 2,200 of which 22 percent is African American, is not surprised with Warren's selection.

“I think it's unique given the backdrop of demographics of Orange County being so low for the African American community,” said Munsey. “To have an Orange County minister participating is an honor. Rick Warren's influence in the nation is intriguing. Even though it appears he's offended the liberals in his statement, Christians have to hold on to their belief system without being offensive. The controversy is countered by Warren's offer to participate in the MLK event. It shows the seeds Rick Warren has sewn towards reconciliation to bring people together. It's hard to do that in a divided nation.”
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/warren-obama-church-2263737-president-elect

[IndianaJones]

1. well, the exposure of his bigotry to the mainstream is really hurting him. nt.

[Bluebear]

4. it's only a two minute prayer!!11

[davidinalameda]

2. I just posted the same article

:hi:

[grantcart]

3. Oh shit. We now have Billy Graham's successor confirmed.

[polichick]

5. Looks like he's on his way to becoming "America's Pastor"...so, is he...

...or isn't he a Dominionist?


"The phenomenon of Rick Warren. Rick Warren has single-handedly accomplished more to bring about a public convergence between the three sects of dominionism than any other individual. Warren received his doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary under the tutelage of his advisor, C. Peter Wagner of the spiritual warfare dominionists.23 Dubbed “America’s Pastor” by the media, he is now embarking on an aggressive marketing campaign to set up a model of Peter Drucker’s “healthy society” in Rwanda, ostensibly under the banner of missionary and charitable endeavors. Warren has launched a grandiose plan to “transform” Africa – to “cure AIDS,” “end poverty” and “fulfill the Great Commission.” Warren transcends evangelicalism. He easily moves in internationalist circles (Aspen Institute) and aligns himself with rock stars (Bono). Warren has audaciously called for a “Second Reformation” based upon his global P.E.A.C.E. Plan, which is a study in dominionism.24 Leftists who fret over Warren’s foray into AIDS25 may miss the more serious dominionist ramifications of his overall global plan. Warren intends to amass the world’s largest volunteer “army” of “one billion foot soldiers” to implement his global P.E.A.C.E. Plan.26"

http://www.discernment-ministries.org/ChristianImperialism.htm

[Patsy Stone]

6. He's an bigot and an ass

and I don't believe for one minute that he "transcends evangelicalism." Unless of course that means passing right through evangelicalism into pure evil.