Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life and Ecumenism

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"'I'm not a politician, I'm a pastor,' he [Rick Warren] asserted, and then noted that if evangelical Protestants teamed up with American Catholics, 'that's called a majority.'"—Jane Eisner,
Religion Transformed

"I really do feel that these people are brothers and sisters in God's family. I am looking to build bridges with the Orthodox Church, looking to build bridges with the Catholic Church, with the Anglican church." RW at Anglican conference, 11/05

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Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life and Ecumenism

Catholicism

1. Four references to well-known Catholic mystics in Purpose Driven Life:
a. mystic Brother Lawrence, p. 88
b. St. John of the Cross, p. 188
c. Catholic priest, Henri Nouwen, p. 188
d. Mother Theresa, p. 125, 231

Check out Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Catholics.

Buddhism

In November 2003, at a Saddleback church service, Rick Warren announced that Buddhist/New Age sympathizer Ken Blanchard has "signed on" to help implement Warren's global peace plan. This summer, Warren and Blanchard will be speaking throughout the world at the Willow Creek sponsored event, The Leadership Summit.

Purpose Driven Ecumenism
"According to Warren, (with the help of Chuck Colson) "one billion foot soldiers who have the promise of the power of God" and "have the Biblical mandate and the command of God" and "the moral authority to do it" – are being called on to establish the PEACE Plan. It looks to me as if the PEACE plan will have to be ecumenical in nature."—Roger Oakland

Judaism

Synagogue 3000 Aims to Increase Jewish Worshippers
with the help of Rick Warren
Spero News
"Evangelical Christian Rick Warren, and mega-church pastor, advized Synagogue 3000, an umbrella Jewish organization pushing for synagogue transformation.... According to Synagogue 3000, an umbrella organization pushing for synagogue transformation, there was "a pathbreaking meeting with Rick Warren." Read more ...

Rick Warren:
Not Interested in Converting Jews

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Contemplative Spirituality: A belief system that uses ancient mystical practices to induce altered states of consciousness (the silence) and is rooted in mysticism and the occult but often wrapped in Christian terminology. The premise of contemplative spirituality is pantheistic (God is all) and panentheistic (God is in all). Common terms used for this movement are "spiritual formation," "the silence," "the stillness," "ancient-wisdom," "spiritual disciplines," and many others.

Spiritual Formation: A movement that has provided a platform and a channel through which contemplative prayer is entering the church. Find spiritual formation being used, and in nearly every case you will find contemplative spirituality. In fact, contemplative spirituality is the heartbeat of the spiritual formation movement.