Rick Warren, Obama, and What is Mainstream
So president-elect Obama picked Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration. What is the problem? People are saying he is not mainstream enough…not even that. He is a radical! What makes him so radical? His conservative stances on abortion and same-sex marriage. A CNN article yesterday quoted the President of the American way, […]
Kingdom Consumerism
In talking about Kingdom Consumerism Philip asks the question, “does the 1st Corinthians passage about unity (“I’m of Apollos, I’m of Cephas, I’m of Paul, I’m of Christ…”) bring anything to bear in addressing this issue? That is, in terms of churches making the statement, “I’m of Rick Warren, I’m of Bill Hybels, I’m of […]
The 100 Largest and Fastest Growing Churches
This month Outreach magazine published a list of the 100 largest churches and the 100 fastest growing churches. Here are a few of the highlights. Five largest churches: Lakewood Church – Houston, TX (47,000) Willow Creek Community Church – South Barrington, IL (23,500) Second Baptist Church – Houston, TX (23,198) Saddleback Church – Lake Forest, […]