Rick Warren

Richard D. "Rick" Warren (born January 28, 1954) is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, the fourth largest church in the United States. He is also the author of many Christian books and an influential Evangelical minister. During the summer of 2008, he hosted the Civil Forum on The Presidency featuring both John McCain and Barack Obama at his church. He holds conservative theological and political views.

Warren was born in San Jose, California, in 1954, the son of Jimmy and Dot Warren. His father was a Baptist minister, his mother a high school librarian. Warren has a sister (Chaundel, who is married to Saddleback pastor Tom Holladay) and had a brother (Jim C. Warren, who died in 2007). He was raised in Ukiah, California and graduated from Ukiah High School in 1972.

Warren earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from California Baptist University in Riverside, his Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1979) in Fort Worth, Texas, and his Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

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