Biographer Jeffrey L. Sheler describes Rick Warren as “an average guy—genial, gregarious, quick with a self-deprecating joke—someone you would more expect to be captain of a bowling team than a megachurch pastor” (Prophet of Purpose, p. 5)
Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, outside of Los Angeles. Saddleback has five campuses and reaches out to the community through over 200 ministries ranging from support for parents and children to prisoners and people living with HIV/AIDS.
Alongside his responsibilities as a pastor, Rick has worldwide influence on the topics of leadership development, poverty, health, education, and faith and culture. Known as a global strategist and committed philanthropist, he has also authored the best-selling non-fiction hardback in history, The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold over 30 million copies.
Rick is passionate about global outreach and has launched a massive effort—The PEACE Plan—to battle what he considers the “five global giants” in our world today. His topic at the conference (which you can still register for) is “Thinking Purposefully for the Glory of Christ: The Life of the Mind and Global Reality.”
Other 2010 National Conference Speakers
