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Rick Warren's Critics

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Should it be referenced like that?

• Although Dr. Warren has many followers, his Purpose Driven teaching has given rise to many critics as well. Prominent names such as John F. MacArthur and Dave Hunt to name a few. Might it be prudent to discuss the opposition? Or is that too controversial?

• I deleted the critics section, it had poor grammar and poor quality, and only expressed the opinion of a tiny minority and cited a small site. I agree that the Rick Warren page needs a lot of work, but this section was not going anywhere as-is. Clearly Rick Warren faces oppositions and critics, so someone may re-write the section, preferably from scratch, with a good source or two, NPOV, and reasonable grammar.

I don't have a lot of free research time

I have heard, but am currently unable to cross reference/verify, that Rick Warren has been able to repay his church his entire salary, and that he works as a 'volunteer pastor' using his book as his income. Do you think this would be relevant to the entry?

Ricks Salary

Here are the facts that have been widely known. Every Saddleback Church member could confirm this:

1. Rick and Kay Warren give 90% of their income to charity, and live on 10%. Do you know ANYONE else this generous? They started tithing 10% when then were married 30 years ago. Each year of their marriage they raised it at least 1%, in order to grow in generousity and, in the Warren's words, "break the grip of materialism, by being more and more generous." After 30 years of marriage they give 90% away.

2. When Purpose Driven Life became the best selling book in the world (for the past 3 years) they made 4 decisions:

A) To not change their lifestyle at all. They still live in their same house and Rick Warren still drives a 4 year old Ford.

B) Rick stopped taking a salary from Saddleback Church.

C) They paid back all that the church had paid in salary over 25 years.

D) They set up 3 Foundations: one to help people with HIV/AIDS, one to continue to train leaders around the world, and one for the global P.E.A.C.E plan.

More Critics

This article is completely one sided and it is unacceptable how no one is challenging it.

• You are entitled to your opinion. No one's asking you to pal around with Rick Warren. What you state is news to me. I'd love to see the citations from what you say. . . so let's see 'em, you of only one edit (I've checked)! --avnative 04:32, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

• The only thing I am guilty of is maintaining the integrity of the Misplaced Pages site. If someone comes to this site wanting to read about Rick Warren they deserve to hear all sides, Not Just Yours. So instead of replacing other peoples information with whatever biases you may have, maybe be a little more objective in your writing and be sympathetic to the fact that you may not have all the answers.

I do very much appreciate a citation such as what was just added from another perspective. That's what I was looking for! I never said I had all the answers. . . and believe it or not, I have a high interest in maintaining the integrity of the Misplaced Pages site as well. Yes, I admit to having biases. . . that's the nature of fallen humanity, of which you and I are a part of. However, with all due respect, I have contributed to this article with as unbiased an eye as I know how (and in the wide diverse groups I deal with on a regular basis, I am not known as a biased person).

It's fair IMHO to have a paragraph on detractors/critics of Rick Warren. Everyone has 'em. But to make the article tilt in content towards his detractors, especially without sources cited, is out of line, IMHO. He generally has a favorable acceptance within a variety of Christian groups, and unless that changes (major scandal or the like) the balance of article content I think is best to stay as it now is - with your recent input and mine (and other reputable Wikipedians). This is a collaborative article, and I look forward to working collaboratively with all reputable Wikipedians, regardless of their beliefs or lack of them. So let's bury the hatchet, OK? --avnative 18:39, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

P.E.A.C.E plan?

The "P.E.A.C.E." plan was just recently launched by Saddleback Church.

It is designed to address 5 different "global giants":

• Spiritual Emptiness - P.lant churches
• Egocentric Leaders - E.quip servant leaders
• Extreme Poverty - A.ssist the poor
• Disease - C.are for the sick
• Illiteracy and lack of education - E.ducate the next generation

It currently involves litterally tens of thousands of people, and will eventually include millions. Just the number of people that are/will be affected and involed in the PEACE movement alone makes it very significant, so there should be something mentioned about it here, and/or on the Saddleback Church page, and the PEACE plan itself should have its own article. What title should it have?