Many of you may be aware of the controversy regarding Rick Warren being asked to speak at John Piper’s Desiring God conference this year. It seems that some are really up in arms at this invitation.
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It all started last Wednesday when Rick Warren posted an urgen plea on the Saddleback Church website: “THIS IS AN URGENT LETTER unlike any I’ve written in 30 years. Please read all of it and get back to me in the next 48 hours.”
In the letter to the Saddleback family, Warren asked the church to help make up for a year-end $900k shortfall.
After a media and blog firestorm, an update to the initial post was made, giving…
In his statement last week giving the reason for his $900k plea, Rick Warren wrote: “The cause of our financial shortfall was… simply by the way Christmas occurred in this year’s calendar. After 10 packed Christmas services, and with Christmas Day on Friday, many people were out of town or too tired to come back for weekend services, so the unusually low attendance created an unusually low offering.” Just wondering… was your attendance and offering unusually low on December 27?
I’d love to hear how your church did. Please leave a comment below…
In a letter posted on the Saddleback Website, Rick Warren is asking that Saddleback attenders help him close a $900,000 gap in the church budget by the end of the year (tonight at midnight). In the…
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