Rick Warren

Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. He and his wife, Kay, began the church in their home in January 1980, with one family. Now, with 16,000 in attendance each weekend, and over 50,000 names on the church roll, Saddleback is one of America's largest churches. Rick is best known as the pioneer of the Purpose-Driven paradigm for church health. His book, The Purpose-Driven Life, is a perennial bestseller worldwide. Winner of the Gold Medallion Ministry Book of the Year, it is used as a textbook in most seminaries, and was selected as one of the 100 Christian Books That Changed the 20th Century. Rick is also the author of The Power to Change Your Life, Answers to Life's Difficult Questions, and Personal Bible Study Methods.