Rick Warren’s own integrity of faith in action supports his best teaching during this extended press conference:  “Don’t ever put an adjective in front of ‘gospel.’ There is no social gospel. There is no prosperity gospel. There is no political gospel. There is just the Gospel, and so don’t pervert it.” Apostolic Christianity in few everyday words, thanks be to God!

Amen to that, Henry.  And Warren is a pastor, not an evangelist, yet the effect of the Gospel through him is felt around the world.  Great interview.

Much good stuff. A part that caught my eye was this:

And it is in that small group - when you get sick, you’re visited in the hospital. When you’re out of work, the people help you out. There is a real tight-knit community. There is a longing for belonging in our community, and large churches have figured out it’s not the crowd that attracts; it’s the stuff under the surface that attracts.

That’s not just the future of the church, it’s the origin.