Richard Duane Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian pastor and author.[1][2][3] He is the founder of Saddleback Church, an evangelical Baptist megachurch in Lake Forest, California. Since 2022, he serves as executive director of the Finishing the Task mission coalition. Rick Warren was born in San Jose, California, to Jimmy, a Baptist minister, and Dot Warren, a high-school librarian, and was raised in Ukiah, California. Warren earned a Bachelor of Arts from California Baptist University, followed by a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1979, and later a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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Pastor Rick Warren dives into the third Beatitudes and discusses what the Bible says about those who are meek/gentle.
21 may 2026
27min 12s

Pastor Rick Warren dives into the third Beatitudes and discusses what the Bible says about those who are meek/gentle.
21 may 2026
27min 12s

Are you trying to make decisions on your own when God has already given you a personal guide? In this message, Pastor Rick ...
17 may 2026
1h 16min 23s

There's really only two kinds of people in life. There are givers and there are takers. You have to make a choice. Am I going to be a ...
15 may 2026
24s

Drawing from his own experience of immense grief, Pastor Rick Warren shares how to handle the inevitable losses in your life and ...
14 may 2026
27min 4s

Talk to God about everything. That's the second step. You talk to God about everything. Don't panic, pray. Don't worry, worship.
13 may 2026
27s

When somebody is living by grace they go, God's forgiven me, I'm going to forgive you. God's cut me some slack, I'm going to cut ...
11 may 2026
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