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Rick Warren is arguably the most influential man in American religious beliefs today. Megachurch pastor, good friend of world leaders, and trend-setting religious entrepreneur, he is widely recognized as the new public face of evangelical Christianity in America. No other modern churchman has matched his success as a leader and motivator of Christians. His publication, The Purpose-Driven Life, is the bestselling nonfiction hardcover of all time, with an increase of than 25 million copies sold. At the same time when evangelicalism stands at a political and ethnic crossroads, his stature goes on to rise.
But who is Rick Warren? What can be learned from the story of the person behind the subject matter? And what does his life say about the state of Christianity today?
Prophet of Purpose: The Life of Rick Warren traces the road Warren has journeyed, the influences in his life, his trials and temptations, and the opposition he has encountered on the way. Honest, comprehensive, and insightful, it explores his religious coming of age during the turbulent 1960s, his principled willpower to stay out the divisive battles between fundamentalists and moderates in the Southern Baptist Convention in the overdue 1970s, and his audacious effort in the 1980s to create a “church for folks who hate chapel” in the suburbs of Los Angeles. From a small number of worshippers reaching in a little apartment, he grew a vibrant congregation of over 22,000 and a worldwide network of pastors who follow his approaches for building churches and changing lives. Within this unofficial biography, Jeffery L. Sheler, who got unfettered usage of Warren and the ones closest to him, presents an intimate portrait of Warren as a man of trust and vision but also of flesh and bloodstream and real human foibles–a pastor, communicator, philanthropist, and family man who is driven by a feeling of divine purpose to complete the course his God has establish before him.
Prophet of Purpose brings Warren and his objective to life and a provocative glimpse into the potential future of Christianity in America.
From the Hardcover release.
