Rick Warren

Saddleback Church founding pastor Rick Warren recently weighed in on the theological debate about women's roles in the church by dispelling both complementarianism and egalitarianism.

Pastor Rick Warren says the church he founded will appeal its disfellowshipping by the Southern Baptist Convention over the issue of female pastors.

The UK-based Baptist school, Spurgeon’s College, has installed Rick Warren, the founding pastor of Saddleback Church and author of the best-selling book Purpose-Driven Life, as its first-ever chancellor.

Warren, who co-founded Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, in 1980 with his wife, Kay, shared that his condition has challenged his current ministry goals, including wanting all people worldwide to have access to a church and the Bible in their mother tongue.

Author and Saddleback Church founder Rick Warren says in a new interview that Scripture, and not the culture, led him to change his mind on the issue of female pastors.

Author Rick Warren has announced the release of his first book in over a decade and his first book since stepping down from his role as the lead pastor of Saddleback Church.

The California church founded by Pastor Rick Warren remains a Southern Baptist congregation – for now – after a contentious debate Tuesday and after Warren himself appealed to messengers at the SBC Annual Meeting.

Saddleback Church leaders say newly appointed pastor Andy Wood has been cleared of allegations made by a former staff member.

Saddleback Church on Thursday announced San Jose pastor Andy Wood as the successor to founding pastor Rick Warren, who launched the congregation with his wife Kay in 1980 out of their home and watched it grow to 40,000 members.