The evangelical megachurch pastor and author has just named his successor.
Here is Bob Smietana at Religion News Service:
After more than four decades, the pastor of one of the nation’s largest and most influential churches is ready to step down.
And he has named a young couple to take his place.
“This afternoon, at our all-staff meeting held at the Lake Forest campus, I was finally able to publicly announce that we have found God’s couple to lead our congregation, and that they have agreed to come!” Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren told his Orange County, California, congregation in an email on Thursday (June 2).
The email included a link to a video featuring Warren and his wife, Kay, along with Andy and Stacie Wood of Echo Church in San Jose, California. Andy Wood, 40, is currently Echo’s lead pastor, while Stacie Wood is a teaching pastor. They will have the same roles at Saddleback.
Read the rest here.
And watch:
Of course the fact that Stacie Wood will serve as a “teaching pastor” is going to drive the complementarian Southern Baptist Convention crazy! (Saddleback is a member of the SBC). It will be interesting to compare the level of outrage they have for this with the outrage over the recent sexual abuse scandal.
And here we go:
Apparently there are other concerns as well: