Warren added that once he spends less time doing sermons, he will have an opportunity to travel to the church’s other campuses to “encourage leaders.” “It is time for a new chapter for a younger leader with a new vision,” he said.
Just take the first step in faith,” he said in his video message.
“You don’t have to see the ultimate goal to take the first step. There is no timeline for the search, which will look at candidates from within the church as well as outside Warren declined Monday to talk about his retirement plans, saying he just wanted to give his congregants the head’s up. “As we began to see the light at the end of the tunnel of the COVID pandemic, we felt God was saying now was the time to start the process.” “It would have been practically impossible for a new pastor to hold our church family together without being able to hold public worship services for over a year,” he said. “Now, looking back, I can see the wisdom of why God didn’t want me to step down three weeks before the pandemic happened,” Warren told church members as he outlined a bit of the future process. The couple has said they vowed to reach the 40-year milestone after selecting Saddleback Valley to start the church in 1980. “For 42 years, Kay and I have known this day would eventually arrive and we’ve been waiting for God’s perfect timing,” he said. Warren said his successor would take the lead role with the church and he will step back into a less “visible position as founding pastor,” but he and his wife, Kay, will remain part of Saddleback into their older years. “God has given me the privilege to serve multiple generations.”
“That’s always been my goal, to serve God’s purpose in my generation,” Warren said in a video to his congregation. Warren, 67, told his congregation on Sunday, June 6, the search is not the end, but the “beginning of the beginning.” He will serve as the lead pastor until a successor is settled in place. Mega-church Pastor Rick Warren, who founded Saddleback Church 42 years ago, announced Sunday he will be retiring and the search launches this week for a successor to lead the church that serves a global audience of more than 40,000 people.
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