Breaking Church News: Pastor Rick Warren's Record Collection: $2.5 Million

Saddleback Pastor and "The Purpose-Driven Life" Author Rick Warren Got Answers to His Prayers and Urgent Letter

God does answer his people's prayer these days. He did it in the past. He will continue to do it. It does not help if you are well-connected and have some fame. That is what happened to Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church.

According to Daily News, Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's got a new purpose in life: to raise $900K by the first of the year for his struggling church.

Warren, the author of the best-selling book 'The Purpose-Driven Life' and pastor at Saddleback Church, needs the money to fill a giant hole in the church's budget resulting from significantly lower donations, the Associated Press reported.

Warren wrote an urgent letter to his parishioners asking for the money.

"Dear Saddleback Family, THIS IS AN URGENT LETTER," he wrote. "With 10 percent of our church family out of work due to the recession, our expenses in caring for our community in 2009 rose dramatically while our income stagnated."

President Elect Barack Obama's Inauguration Ceremony Details

We now know who is going to participate in Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony. Dr. Rick Warren, pastor of the influential Saddleback Church, will be one of the select participants. He is the author of the "Purpose-driven Life," a bestseller which has placed him in the conscience of most people, Christians and non-christians alike. World-known "queen of soul," Aretha Franklin will sing at the swearing in ceremony too.

Yale University African-American Poet, Elizabeth Alexander, will also read an inaugural poem, just like Maya Angelou did for Bill Clinton.

The question that many are asking is whether Rev. Rick Warren is poised to replace Rev. Billy Graham who is getting old and sickly. Each president chooses his own minister for faith matters. Rev. Wright caused too much trouble. I imagined he feels sorry for missing such a great opportunity. He could have been up there too!

"In honoring the civil rights movement, Mr. Obama has asked the Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, dean of the civil rights movement and co-founder with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to deliver the benediction."

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