https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to saddleback church en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/06/28/hold-your-applause-potential-changes-roles-catholic-women-and-lgbtq-people-may-just-be The Southern Baptist Convention stole headlines from the Vatican this season when the nation’s largest Protestant denomination recently finalized the expulsion of two congregations for having women serve as pastors. One of the two is the mega Saddleback Church whose… Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:00:16 EDT Mary Hunt 03c84b18-c938-43f2-95db-1a95a511f0f4 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/27/women-head-pastors-was-final-straw-southern-baptist-convention-not-scandal-sexual-abuse Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention voted during a plenary session to disfellowship six of its nearly 50,000 member churches. One was ousted due to its “lack of intent to cooperate in resolving concerns regarding a sexual abuse allegation.” The… Mon, 27 Feb 2023 02:57:29 EST Caroline Matas 3add564e-3f0c-4e1a-9eaf-254256011c5b https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/05/mega-church-and-state-separation-not-election-year David Eagle reports in The Christian Century what many small-church pastors have known for a while: megachurches are where parishioners go when they want a great (big) youth program for the kids and not a lot of involvement for themselves… Thu, 05 May 2016 01:12:37 EDT Daniel Schultz 80185a5b-3adb-41c9-a46a-90bdb62d8f7a https://religiondispatches.org/2013/10/01/rick-warren-busts-gut-over-cultural-revolution Then digs in… then apologizes. Mostly. Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:23:02 EDT Rob Shryock c886648f-fc23-4210-81b5-e4da2289802f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/12/13/rick-warren-all-courage-you-can-muster Warren doesn’t seem quite as persistent in condemning Uganda’s anti-gay bill as he does in building his image. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:24:29 EST Ross Murray 1d87eb80-c373-4149-b139-224002a8b937 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/18/biblical-battered-wife-syndrome-christian-women-and-domestic-violence Although Rick Warren’s Saddleback church teaches women that physical abuse is not grounds for divorce, there is a growing literature for evangelical women—by their peers—that shows women how to get out of an abusive marriage, while remaining in the church. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:35:30 EDT Kathryn Joyce 3163aafd-1bd0-433e-b6dd-da89030a9614 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/16/rick-warrens-biblical-blowback The proper role of government is to punish evildoers, Pastor Rick Warren tells Sean Hannity. If the Rev’s read is to be believed, the United States is in deep trouble. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:53:29 EDT Louis A. Ruprecht f552aaa2-aef0-422a-9b98-34c39c818f00 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/12/rdpulpit-rick-warren-and-limits-empathy His “new evangelical” positions on global warming, condoms, et al., separate Warren from the old guard of the religious right—but when it comes to reproductive and gay civil rights, the best-selling reverend assumes the hardest of the hard line. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:40:54 EDT Tom Davis aeb7a190-d8a0-4378-9fad-7835a49f9349 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/11/purpose-driven-politics-rick-warrens-civil-service Barack Obama and John McCain will share a stage for the first time this August. Their host? Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and bestselling author—and a man with undeniable political influence. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:10:47 EDT Bill Berkowitz 64301c2d-520b-41eb-877f-68b1d9a323f6 https://religiondispatches.org/2009/06/11/response-what-black-prophetic-politics A colleague suggests, in response to Andre Wills’ recent RD article, that being evangelical is no more antithetical to the prophetic strand of the black church than R&B is to gospel music… Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:18:31 EDT Jonathan L. Walton da427313-4aec-4c30-a8c1-49bc7cf1f77e https://religiondispatches.org/2009/04/16/omission-new-evangelicals While the political focus of evangelicals shifts, mum is still the word on abortion. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:32:03 EDT Tom Davis 7ae82a64-bd16-4de3-bebd-526b465d4f8c https://religiondispatches.org/2008/12/23/rick-warren-gay Doth the inaugural pastor protest too much? (With pages on lesbians and gays “scrubbed” from Saddleback Church Web site) Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:09:32 EST Candace Chellew-Hodge 4cfee3e2-40b0-4e86-b5b3-3a2c0ba8f815