John Stott’s close association with Rick Warren

Towards the end of his long career Stott formed a close relationship with Rick Warren, famous pastor of Saddleback Church, California, and author of The Purpose Driven Life (2002).

 Make Poverty History

In the summer of 2005, when rock star Bono led a campaign to combat world poverty, Rick Warren joined a diverse coalition of global evangelical and political leaders and called on President Bush to support, the campaign of rock star Bono. John Stott and Billy Graham joined in Rick Warren’s open letter to President Bush, calling on him to support Bono’s ‘ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History’.[1] The purpose of this campaign was to persuade President Bush and other world leaders at the G8 summit in Edinburgh, Scotland, to help the world’s poorest people and give a clear timetable for cancelling the debts owed by the poorest countries. The fight against world poverty was close to the socialist heart of John Stott.

 Stott supports Warren’s PEACE Plan

In October 2005 John Stott was invited by Rick Warren to preach at Saddleback Church. Warren writes: ‘I invited John speak to the Saddleback congregation as well as our pastoral staff when we launched our global missions initiative, The PEACE Plan. John talked to the Saddleback staff about the convictions he held most deeply through more than 55 years of ministry. He talked about the priority of getting away from the office to listen quietly to God’s voice.’ An article written by Kevin Howard, entitled, ‘JOHN STOTT AT SADDLEBACK: LESSONS FROM A HAWAIIAN SHIRT’ describes John Stott’s visit to Saddleback Church in California.

 ‘When John R. W. Stott stepped to the pulpit on October 30th, he sported a blue Hawaiian shirt, in the vein of Pastor Rick Warren. Stott said he liked his Saddleback shirt, but, unlike Rick, was wearing socks. His humor immediately brought the crowd right along with him. His British accent and elderly age gave him the status of sage. The weekend services on the 29th and 30th represented the end of the PEACE Plan series, and, possibly, the beginning of a movement—a New Reformation. Rick wants the people of Saddleback, and all Christians, to do whatever it takes to share the message of Jesus. (He has also made the phrase ‘Whatever it takes a theme at Saddleback’.) In Rick’s three-point sermon, titled, “Why Are We Doing the PEACE Plan?” John Stott’s 10-minute sermon fell under Rick’s first point, “Because of God’s Generosity”.’

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 Warren supports Stott’s Basic Christianity

Such was the affinity between the two men that Warren wrote a foreword for the fiftieth anniversary edition of Stott’s best-seller Basic Christianity (2008). In 2010 Rick Warren gave his wholehearted endorsement to the third Lausanne Congress, making it clear that he was a great supporter of Stott’s version of Christianity that included a strong commitment to socio-political action. Undoubtedly, the two men shared a common view of the Christian faith. Warren explained his devotion to Stott:

‘I believe he is among the three most influential Christians in the last half of the 20th Century, right alongside Billy Graham and Mother Teresa. There is no doubt that “Uncle John” has had a tremendous influence on my own life and ministry. He was one of my closest mentors and recently I flew to the UK just to pray for him and sit by his bed.’[2]

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We need to understand the significance of Stott’s endorsement of Rick Warren’s seeker sensitive ministry, for it is well known that Warren has built a mega-church on rock music and easy believism. Yet John Stott supports and promotes Warren’s brand of Christianity.

[1] http://www.christiantoday.com/article/baptist.congress.speakers.affirm.evangelical.support.for.antipoverty.campaign/3139.htm [2] My Friend, John Stott, Significantly Shaped My Ministry By Rick Warren