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About Pastor Rick Warren
Pastor • Founder • Global Influencer • Author
Pastor Rick Warren is a trusted leader, innovative pastor, renowned author, and global influencer. A TIME magazine cover article named Pastor Rick the most influential spiritual leader in America and one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The various ministries Pastor Rick has created are a multi-faceted expression of his heart to bring the whole gospel to the whole world.
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Saddleback Church
Pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, founded Saddleback Church in 1980 in Lake Forest, California. Though Pastor Rick transitioned from his role as senior pastor after 42 years, Saddleback continues to be one of America’s most influential churches, with campuses across California and around the world. Warren now serves as the founding pastor, continuing to inspire and shape the church’s legacy.
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Over the years, Rick and Kay Warren have launched impactful initiatives, including the Purpose Driven Network, Daily Hope, Pastors.com, the PEACE Plan, Hope for Mental Health, and Celebrate Recovery, which they co-founded with John Baker.
Pastor Rick Warren created Daily Hope to bring biblical encouragement to people worldwide. Through his relatable Bible teaching and spiritual growth tools, millions of individuals are experiencing God’s love, deepening their faith, and sharing Jesus with others. Whether through YouTube, podcasts, radio, social media, or devotionals, God is using Daily Hope to meet people where they are—and many are encountering Jesus for the first time!
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Pastor Rick Warren is executive director of the Finishing the Task coalition—a global movement of denominations, organizations, churches, and individuals working together on the Great Commission goals of ensuring that everyone, everywhere, has access in their own language to a Bible, a believer’s witness, a local body of Christ, and breakthrough prayer.
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Pastor Rick Warren created Pastors.com to equip, encourage, and resource pastors and church leaders for effective ministry over the past 30 years. It also serves as a dynamic community where church leaders can draw encouragement and wisdom from one another.
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Pastor Rick Warren teaches that God created us to make a difference and leave the world better than we found it. The only way to achieve that is by serving others, because we can’t truly serve God without serving people. The PEACE Plan, founded by Warren, embodies this mission—mobilizing every Christian and every church to address the world’s greatest needs through acts of service.
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Celebrate Recovery was co-founded in 1991 as a ministry of Saddleback Church by Pastor John Baker, his wife Cheryl, and Pastor Rick Warren. The Bakers shared with Warren the vision God had given him for a Christ-centered ministry where people could find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits, leading to the creation of this life-changing program.
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Pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay, are passionate advocates for "the least of these" (Matthew 25:40 NIV) and actively promote initiatives that care for people in need by supporting mental health, HIV/AIDS awareness, and orphan care.
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GLOBAL INFLUENCER
Pastor Rick Warren is recognized as America’s most influential spiritual leader, regularly advising international leaders in the public, private, and faith sectors on the most challenging issues of our time. Warren has spoken in 165 nations—including at the United Nations, the U.S. Congress, numerous parliaments, the World Economic Forum, TED, and the Aspen Institute—and lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and other universities.
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Topping the New York Times bestseller list for the last three decades, Rick Warren’s books, published in over 200 languages, are known for taking complex theological principles and translating them for people everywhere. His best-known books,The Purpose Driven Life and The Purpose Driven Church, were named three times in national surveys of pastors (by Gallup, Barna Group, and LifeWay) as two of the most helpful books in print.
The Purpose Driven Life
Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life—bestselling nonfiction book in publishing history with over 50 million copies sold—helps readers uncover the five biblical purposes for their lives: worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and mission. Grounded in eternal principles, it encourages living a life focused on God's plan rather than cultural values. Through practical insights and devotional reflections, Warren inspires individuals to embrace a life of purpose and meaning.
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The Purpose Driven Church
In Pastor Rick’s landmark book, The Purpose Driven Church, Warren shares practical insights and principles to help your church become healthy through a proven five-part strategy built around the New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus.
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Daily Hope Devotional: 365 Days of Purpose, Peace, and Promise
This collection of 365 devotions gives you a starting point each day as you make knowing God your number one priority and daily passion. Each devotion begins with a Bible verse, followed by teaching from Rick Warren that shows you how to apply biblical truth to your life, equipping you to face any challenge with strength and peace.
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The Daniel Plan
The Daniel Plan offers a fresh, faith-based path to health through faith, food, fitness, focus, and friends. Built on biblical principles and expert guidance, it promotes sustainable health and a life of abundance, not deprivation.
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The Purpose of Christmas
This beautiful, heartfelt reflection on God's greatest gift explains how God designed Christmas to meet your deepest needs and how understanding and receiving God's three Christmas gifts will transform your life forever.
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Pastor Rick’s Daily Hope brings biblical hope and encouragement to people around the world. Through his daily audio and written devotional Bible teaching, Pastor Rick shares the hope of Christ and the biblical truths people need to live a truly purpose driven life.
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