• Pastor Rick Warren's Saddleback Church is a non-denominational evangelical Christian megachurch, located in Lake Forest, California. Saddleback Church has hosted several controversial events, including the second Global Summit on AIDS and the Church in 2006, and the Civil Forum on the Presidency in 2008.

• 1. Weekly attendance: 22,000Outreach Magazine: 100 Largest Churches
  2. Founded as Saddleback Valley Community Church in 1980 by Rick WarrenSaddleback Church: The Saddleback Story
  3. Rick Warren is a fourth-generation Southern BaptistTIME: The Global Ambition of Rick Warren (August 7, 2008)
  4. Fourth largest church in the United StatesOutreach Magazine: 100 Largest Churches
  5. Largest church in CaliforniaOutreach Magazine: 100 Largest Churches

• Notable Events at Saddleback Church

  1. Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency: August 17, 2008
  2. Hillary Clinton November 29, 2007OCRegister: Hillary Clinton gets ovations at Saddleback Church (November 29, 2007)
  3. 2nd Annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church: November 27 through December 1, 2006Salon.com: Left turn at Saddleback Church (December 2, 2006)

• Quotations

  • I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of faith and politics because faith is simply a worldview and everybody’s got a worldview.—Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback ChurchChristian Post: Rick Warren: Pastors shouldn't endorse politicians (July 29, 2008)

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