A vision to build on Rick Warren’s legacy: New Saddleback pastor sees women clergy in church’s future
DEEPA BHARATH, of Associated Press, speaks with Andy Wood, successor to Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in California, about his grand vision to build on Warren’s legacy and take Saddleback to the biggest cities in the US and the world…
Sight-Seeing: NDAs are a tool for toxic church cultures
In an article published by Religion News Service, KATELYN BEATY, author of ‘Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church’, says while not every church that uses NDAs has faced scandal, of those that have in recent years, NDAs were inevitably in the mix…
Saddleback elders say no “pattern of abuse” found in investigation of new pastor
RNS Leaders of one of the largest and most prominent congregations in the US say their new pastor has been cleared of allegations of abuse at his previous church. In June, Andy Wood, pastor of Echo Church, a multi-site church based in San Jose, California, was named the new pastor at Saddleback Church and the […]