Five churches were ousted from the convention for having female pastors. The Southern Baptist Church Executive Committee announced it will oust five churches for having female pastors, including one ...

Rick Warren has announced that he’s found a purpose beyond leading the second-largest Southern Baptist church: The bestselling author of “The Purpose Driven Life” told his Saddleback Church ...

Rick Warren, the founder of a sprawling megachurch, a bestselling author and one of the most influential figures in American evangelicalism, is retiring as lead pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange ...

Racial tensions within America’s evangelical Christian establishment emerged Monday when more than 400 Asian American church leaders and supporters released an open letter decrying “the continuing ...

LAKE FOREST (CBSLA.com) — Pastor Rick and Kay Warren's youngest son has committed suicide, Saddleback Valley Community Church announced Saturday. The evangelical megachurch announced the death of ...

The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for ...

LAKE FOREST – More than 15,000 participants in Saddleback Church’s fitness program have lost 250,000 pounds since starting last January. The churchwide program, called the Daniel Plan, was developed ...

LAKE FOREST (CBSLA.com) – A youth volunteer at an Orange County megachurch has been arrested on suspicion of having inappropriate relations with at least two boys. Ruven Meulenberg, who volunteers as ...

The epiphany occurred at a baptism. With more than 800 people waiting, Pastor Rick Warren took them one by one and immersed them in the church’s baptism pool. During this spiritual rite at Saddleback ...