ONE Modern Day Prophet

At the Willow Creek Association's 2006 Leadership Summit Senior pastor Bill Hybels interviewed U2 lead singer Bono. Bono painted a poignant picture of the response of the Christian church to emergency of the global Aids and extreme poverty crisis, but reminds us that it is not too late. He asked Americans to rally – ONE by ONE.

"It's not about charity, it's about justice." –Bono

Rick Warren's (Saddleback Church) organized a Global Summit on AIDS and the church.

¹⁷ The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

¹⁸ "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, ¹⁹ to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." –Luke 4:17-19, (from Isaiah 61:1,2)

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Rick Warren

Richard D. "Rick" Warren (born January 28, 1954) is a Christian author and founding and senior pastor of Saddleback Church).

Biography

Warren was born in San Jose, California, in 1954, the son of Jimmy and Dot Warren.

He graduated from Ukiah High School in 1971, then taking a Bachelor of Arts degree from California Baptist University, his Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1979), and his Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. He also holds several honorary doctorates. He has lectured in the cities of Oxford, Cambridge, and at the University of Judaism (for Synagogue 3000), and the Evangelical Theological Society, among numerous seminaries and universities.

Warren has been invited to speak at national and international forums including The United Nations, The World Economic Forum in Davos, The African Union, The Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and TIME’s Global Health Summit. He's also a signer of a statement concerning the global warming initiative.

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