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In January, 2006, Church Report - “the magazine for church business administrators and para church executives” published the results of a three month survey in which the magazine’s readers were asked their top 10 choices for “The Most Influential Christian (in America) for 2005.” The survey placed Rick Warren in 4th place:
Dr. Rick Warren is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller “The Purpose-Driven Life.” The book has sold over 19 million copies since October 2002, making it the bestselling hardback nonfiction book in history, which is said to have ignited a spiritual movement in countless communities around the world. Warren is also the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America’s largest and best-known churches.
- Source: The 50 Most Influential Christians in America, Church Report, Jan. 2006
To place this in perspective, here is the entire Top 10:
- T.D. Jakes, The Potter’s House
- Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church
- Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
- Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
- Bill Hybels, Willow Creek Community Church
- Paul Crouch, Trinity Broadcasting Network
- Joyce Meyer, Joyce Meyer Ministries
- George W. Bush, President
- James C. Dobson, Focus on the Family
- Chuck Colson, Prison Fellowship Ministries
A year earlier, TIME magazine had Rick Warren heading the “25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.”
Click to enlargeAmerica’s New People’s Pastor: These are heady times for Rick Warren. His book The Purpose Driven Life, which says that meaning in life comes through following God’s purposes, has sold more than 20 million copies over the past two years and is the best-selling hardback in U.S. history. When he took the podium to pray on the final night of Billy Graham’s Los Angeles crusade at the Rose Bowl in November, the 82,000 congregants cheered as if Warren had scored the winning touchdown. And on the eve of the presidential Inauguration, Warren, who pastors the 22,000-member Saddleback megachurch in Lake Forest, Calif., delivered the Invocation at the gala celebration. Later he met with 15 Senators, from both parties, who sought his advice and heard his plan to enlist Saddleback’s global network of more than 40,000 churches in tackling such issues as poverty, disease and ignorance. And when 600 senior pastors were asked to name the people they thought had the greatest influence on church affairs in the country, Warren’s name came in second only to Billy Graham’s. Although Franklin Graham is heir to the throne of the Billy Graham organization, many believe that Warren, 51, is the successor to the elder Graham for the role of America’s minister.
- Source: 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America, TIME, Feb. 7, 2005
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