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On May 15, London-based Spurgeon’s College announced that pastor and author Rick Warren has become the school’s first-ever honorary chancellor. An installation took place in California in April, and the ceremony can be viewed online.

Rick Warren tells Russell Moore how Scripture changed his view on women becoming elders and teaching men in the church; reveals plans to the appeal the SBC's recent ruling removing Saddleback Church.

On Tuesday (Feb. 21), Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, was “deemed not to be in friendly cooperation” with the SBC for having Stacie Woods as a regular preacher.

Saddleback Church, the largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention, has been ruled to no longer be “in friendly cooperation” with the denomination because of its decision to ordain women to the title of pastor.

Saddleback's lead pastor Andy Wood has a grand vision to build on Rick Warren’s legacy and take the church to the biggest cities in the U.S. and the world. He said he'll encourage men and women to preach — an approach at odds with the male-leadership policies of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Rick Warren preached his final sermon as pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, on Sunday, Aug. 28. Warren closed over 40 years as Saddleback’s pastor by re-delivering the first sermon he preached when the church began in March of 1980.

Andy Wood, named as Rick Warren’s successor at Saddleback Church, has apologized for inviting Mark Driscoll to speak at the 2021 Echo Leadership Conference. Critics, however, say Wood's apology leaves too many questions unanswered.

A new independent audit found no “pattern of abuse” by Andy Wood, the pastor named to succeed Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in September. Last month, after the Southern California megachurch announced the transition, allegations arose that Wood had an abusive leadership style.