Rick Warren Hopes to
Expand Ministry in Africa
Author and Pastor Rick Warren. (Landov)
Monday, 18 Aug 2014 03:50 PM
The American evangelical pastor Rick Warren, who visited Rwanda this week, told The Associated
Press that he hopes to expand his ministry to East Africa.
"I could take you to 10 million villages in the world,
and the only thing in them is a church," Warren said in a phone interview
from Kigali, Rwanda's capital. "The biggest organization on the planet is
the Christian church. (East African countries) have the equivalent population
of about half of Europe. If they work together, there's great
possibility."
The conservative pastor addressed a big rally in Kigali on
Sunday during thanksgiving celebrations to mark 20 years since the genocide in
which more than 800,000 Rwandans were killed. Warren's speech capped off a
week-long leadership gathering in Kigali that was attended by Christian leaders
from 35 countries.
A bigger meeting dubbed the All Africa Purpose Driven Church Congress —an evangelical Christian
conference that Warren says will include leaders from all of Africa's 54
countries— is planned for next year in Rwanda.
Warren's Saddleback
Church in Lake Forest, California, has been working in Rwanda since 2004
after Rwandan President Paul Kagame read Warren's best-selling book "The
Purpose Driven Life." Since then more than 1,200 members of the church
have come to Rwanda as volunteers, especially in education and health care.
Citing Rwanda as a model for stability, Warren said the
central African country has since its genocide has "figured out a way for
people to live together in reconciliation."
In Africa, Warren has long urged a "three-legged
stool" approach in which the church, business and the government work
together to build stable institutions. But the cleric is a controversial figure
in the eyes of some critics, especially over his stand on social issues like
gay rights in the U.S. and in Africa.
Rick Warren
Richard D. Warren was the host & moderator
for the Saddleback Civil Forum (8/16/2008), is a senior pastor at the Saddleback Church, and a
founding board member for Malaria
No More.
Note:
Barack Obama was a participant at the Saddleback
Civil Forum (8/16/2008), and
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of
the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Mark A. Angelson was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and is a trustee at
the Institute of International Education.
Jack M. Greenberg is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee
at the Institute of International
Education.
Kyle House Group is the lobby firm for the Institute of International Education,
and Malaria No More.
Gabrielle
Fitzgerald is a founding board member for Malaria No More,
and was the director of program advocacy for the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, the Debt AIDS Trade Africa.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society
Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), the secretary for is a trustee at the Institute of
International Education, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Karlheinz
Muhr is a trustee at the Institute of International
Education, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Walter
Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO for CNN.
J.C.
Watts Jr. was an analyst for CNN, and is a co-founder
for the Coalition for AIDS Relief in Africa.
Beverly
Daniel Tatum is a trustee at the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching, and a trustee at the Institute of International
Education.
Richard
A. Debs is a trustee at the Institute of International
Education, and was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman
Mathews is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in
1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by
involving the United States
in war)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Ted Turner
is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the founder
of CNN, and a Giving Pledge participant.
Warren
E. Buffett is an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative
(think tank), a Giving Pledge participant, his daughter is Susan
A. Buffett, and a trustee & major donor for the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Susan
A. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s daughter, and was a
director at the Debt AIDS Trade Africa.
Peter
G. Peterson was the chairman for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), and is a Giving Pledge participant.
David
Green is a Giving Pledge participant, and was a
donor for the Saddleback Church.
Melinda
French Gates is a Giving Pledge participant, and co-chair
for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
William
H. Gates III is a Giving Pledge participant, and co-chair
for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, and the Debt AIDS Trade Africa.
L. John Doerr is a Giving Pledge participant, a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Debt
AIDS Trade Africa.
David
M. Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), is a Giving Pledge participant, the president of the Economic
Club of Washington, and a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. was the president of the Economic
Club of Washington, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American
Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a trustee at the Institute of
International Education, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is Vernon
E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Jack
M. Greenberg is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and a trustee at the Institute of International Education.
Kyle
House Group is the lobby firm for the Institute of
International Education, and Malaria No More.
Mark
A. Angelson is a trustee at the Institute of International
Education, and was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the
president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, and a participant at the Saddleback
Civil Forum (8/16/2008).
Richard
D. Warren was the host & moderator for the Saddleback
Civil Forum (8/16/2008), is a senior pastor at the Saddleback
Church, and a founding board member for Malaria No More.
Richard C.
Holbrooke was a director at Malaria
No More, a special envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan., assistant secretary at
the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration,
and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
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