He invited Rick Warren, a popular pastor, to say a few words at his inauguration.
Joseph Lowery, "who has deeply contrasting views to Rick Warren on a whole host of issues, " is also speaking.
As a pioneer of the megachurch movement, Rick Warren looked to translate traditional evangelical messages to a wider audience.
Grassley had earlier led the cause to get Rick Warren off the hook.
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He also sends a free weekly newsletter, Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox, to pastors.
Last year I held hands and prayed with Peter Drucker, as the minister Rick Warren blessed Drucker on his 95th birthday.
The minister Rick Warren says poverty solutions require a full-court press of assistance: from government, NGOs, charitable and faith-based organizations, and business.
On the other end, there are individuals like Rick Warren or T.
Pastor Rick Warren , who founded Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.
Barack Obama had answered that question when he appeared at Rick Warren's church, saying that the question was above his pay grade.
They were interviewed by Pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church in Orange County, and the questions he asked were more personal than political.
It's titled The Purpose-Driven Church and was penned by Rick Warren.
So he eagerly submitted to Rick Warren's questions, some of which were the kind that most people wouldn't want to answer at all, much less in public.
According to the Baltimore Sun, the show tapped Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Church in Southern California, to serve as an adviser for the show.
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At Saddleback church, Rick Warren preaches that abortion is wrong.
Asked if she would have trouble introducing Pastor Rick Warren -- who will deliver the invocation -- with whom she disagrees politically on some issues such as gay rights, she said no.
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As it was in the Rick Warren situation, I propose that Congress and the President could work on a bi-partisan solution to be enacted before the election and so resolve the matter for all involved.
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Last year I recommended as a terrific "business" book, Wooden on Leadership, by John Wooden, former head basketball coach for UCLA. A couple of years ago I hailed Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Church as a useful read.
Closer to the American mainstream are the box office film hit (which no one had predicted) The Passion of the Christ and the bestseller book by Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life, which has sold more than 15 million copies.
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