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The conference, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposedriven.com\/en-US\/HIVAIDSCommunity\/StartingAMinistry\/Rainey_Ortberg_Blake_to_help_churches_at_upcoming_summit.htm\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Race Against Time: 2006 Global Summit on AIDS and the Church<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is hosted by Rick and Kay Warren and the Purpose Driven Network and will be held in November at Saddleback Church.<\/p>\n<p>Both Ortberg and Rick Warren are strong proponents for contemplative spirituality, and Warren himself has stated (in his book <em>Purpose Driven Church<\/em>) that this movement is a vital and needed wake up call for the church, pointing people to Richard Foster and Dallas Willard as leaders in the contemplative movement. In Ortberg&#8217;s 2005 book, <strong><em>God is Closer Than You Think<\/em><\/strong>, Ortberg quotes favorably from contemplatives such as Anne Lamott, Annie Dillard, Gary Thomas (<em>Sacred Pathways<\/em>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?tag=brother-lawrence\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Brother Lawrence<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (who danced violently like a mad man when he practiced), interspiritualists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?tag=tilden-edwards\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Tilden Edwards<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?tag=shalem-institute\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Shalem Institute<\/span><\/strong><\/a>), Thomas Kelly (Divine Center in all), Jean Pierre de Caussade, Frederick Buechner, Meister Eckhart as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?tag=dallas-willard\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Dallas Willard<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?tag=thomas-merton\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Thomas Merton.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope that Race Against Time speaker Franklin Graham will make a public statement denouncing contemplative spirituality. Participating in a Purpose Driven conference will certainly send out a different message unless something is said. In addition to Rick Warren&#8217;s promotion of contemplative and the emerging church, he is hoping to help bring in a &#8220;new reformation&#8221; in which other religions can take part.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, see our research site.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a time when the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemplative-denominations","category-saddleback","wpcat-167-id","wpcat-311-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Franklin Graham Joins Rick Warren and John Ortberg at AIDS Conference - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Franklin Graham Joins Rick Warren and John Ortberg at AIDS Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a time when the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-10-12T08:31:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-19T19:26:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lighthouse Trails Editors\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a36b703d7722ce85599858df8bacc0a5\"},\"headline\":\"Franklin Graham Joins Rick Warren and John Ortberg at AIDS Conference\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-10-12T08:31:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-19T19:26:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Contemplative Denominations\",\"Saddleback\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/franklin-graham-joins-rick-warren-and-john-ortberg-at-aids-conference\\\/\",\"name\":\"Franklin Graham Joins Rick Warren and John Ortberg at AIDS Conference - 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