Remember Rick's Five Evil Giants? One of them was "Ungodly Leaders." When it was introduced to audiences, his reference for these "ungodly leaders" was in the context o making an accusation of the "church." The E. in his P.E.A.C.E. Plan stood for educating, or rather, e-educating, the "ungodly leaders" in the church. It was the church that was denoted as the responsible party for the problems in the world, and her leaders were denoted as one of the fiive "evil giants."
Isaiah 5:20 comes to mind.
Rick later changed his wording, multiple times. He has since referred to the problem of, "egocentric leaders," "self serving leaders" , "corrupt leadership"....even,. a "lack of servant leadership," all with the idea of "equipping leaders." This refers to his equipping all the pastors in the world with his "healthy," "purpose driven" "church-in-a-box" materials so that they could be under the tutelage and command of none other than, "America's Pastor," (as so dubbed by various media sources, ) Rick Warren, himself. He will do the equipping.... and sell another of his books. It's his P.E.A.C.E. Plan, and his PEACE Plan has no JESUS and the problems of the world exclude the major problem of sin. Christiantiy is his target, and those terrible leaders in the church were also conviently labeled, for Christian and not Christian alike, as is one of the major "evils" in the world.
"Not only have these leaders not gone to seminary or Bible school, they haven’t even gone to high school or primary school. They have no training whatsoever -- and yet they lead the church. This must be remedied." ~ Rick Warren, Peace Plan Unveiling, Nov. 2003, Notes
Isaiah 5:20 comes to mind.
Rick later changed his wording, multiple times. He has since referred to the problem of, "egocentric leaders," "self serving leaders" , "corrupt leadership"....even,. a "lack of servant leadership," all with the idea of "equipping leaders." This refers to his equipping all the pastors in the world with his "healthy," "purpose driven" "church-in-a-box" materials so that they could be under the tutelage and command of none other than, "America's Pastor," (as so dubbed by various media sources, ) Rick Warren, himself. He will do the equipping.... and sell another of his books. It's his P.E.A.C.E. Plan, and his PEACE Plan has no JESUS and the problems of the world exclude the major problem of sin. Christiantiy is his target, and those terrible leaders in the church were also conviently labeled, for Christian and not Christian alike, as is one of the major "evils" in the world.
"Not only have these leaders not gone to seminary or Bible school, they haven’t even gone to high school or primary school. They have no training whatsoever -- and yet they lead the church. This must be remedied." ~ Rick Warren, Peace Plan Unveiling, Nov. 2003, Notes
http://www.saddlebackfamily.com/peace/Services/110203_high.asx
This, is to be "remedied"?
Apparently, Pastor Rick has not had time to read in his bible......
Acts 4:13
When they saw the courage of Peter and John
and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men,
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Brothers, think of what you were when you were called.
Not many of you were wise by human standards;
not many were influential;
not many were of noble birth.
But God chose the foolish things of the world
to shame the wise;
God chose the weak things of the world
to shame the strong.
He chose the lowly things of this world
and the despised things —
and the things that are not —
to nullify the things that are,
so that no one may boast before him."
And make no mistake.... leaders who have not read Rick's book on how to "Lead Like Jesus" keep things messed up. If they had read Rick's book and learned to "lead like Jesus" most of the world's problems... like disease and all these other things, would be solved right now.
"Most of the problems in our world would be solved right now--disease, poverty, all these other things--if we had leaders who thought more about others than about themselves.... the problem is a severe shortage of servant leaders--leaders who lead like Jesus." ~Rick Warren"
Rick assumes he has the problems of the world pegged, and he has a remedy that will solve it. He called it the P.E.A.C.E. plan. Odd, isn't it, that he has it all figured out, and there is not one mention of Jesus as the solution.
"There are five giant problems in the world... Spiritual emptiness is the No. 1 problem, egocentric or corrupt leadership is the second biggest problem. No. 3 is poverty. Half the world lives on less than US$2 a day, one billion people live on less than a dollar a day. Fourth is disease—all kinds of diseases. Five hundred million people will get malaria this year. And fifth is illiteracy—half the world cannot read or write! "
~ Rick Warren
"If we’re going to defeat the giants of spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease, and rampant illiteracy, it won’t happen by just mobilizing the superstars and experts in those fields. There’s just not enough. We've got to mobilize everyone." ~ Rick Warren,
Attract More Volunteers With the ‘Good Enough’ Principle by Rick Warren, pastors.com
So, what if you see through the veneer? What if you are a pastor who chooses to follow Jesus. What if you are a pastor who chooses not to participate in one of those "campaigns," or maybe you simply don't want to give your church over to Rick so he can mobilize your congregation as part of his PEACE Plan? Well, you will likely don the label "unhealthy," or perhaps be thought of as egotistical, self- centered, and quite possibly, acting like a rebellious "lone ranger!" After all, YOU need Rick and his expert advice. Besides, cooperation is the key, and it is also part of God's model for manhood.
"God wired the universe in such a way that we need each other. I need you, and you need me." ~ Rick Warren
"The phrase “one another” is used 58 times in the New Testament: Love one another, care for one another, encourage one another, support one another, pray for one another, greet one another, share with one another. God never meant for you to go through life as a lone ranger. Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto! " ~ Rick Warren
Change Requires Community by Rick Warren, purposedriven.com
"The phrase “one another” is used 58 times in the New Testament: Love one another, care for one another, encourage one another, support one another, pray for one another, greet one another, share with one another. God never meant for you to go through life as a lone ranger. Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto! " ~ Rick Warren
Change Requires Community by Rick Warren, purposedriven.com
God’s Model for Manhood by Rick Warren
In an effort to combat the "evil" leaders in the church who are not team players, not in cooperation with Rick, a full-on onslaught of propaganda is launched by those that are part of Rick paradigm. The idea is to convince you and others, that those who are not on board Rick's bus, going where it is going, going here he is driving it, are egotistical, self centered and therefore the problem with this world. The solution of course, is to get rid of them, or convert them by heling them understand and deal with the "F' word, (Failure.) Never fear though, pastors.com, rick's website for pastors, is more than willing to help pastors who fail. They even host conferences.
Admit it, you need help.... and your help comes from people.... (like Rick and his associates.)
From Brandon Cox, a frequent posted at Rick's website, we hear:
"Leader, you really ought to consider the damage you’ll do by pursuing lone ranger leadership. You’ll effectively put a lid on the organization you lead, whether it’s a church, company, or committee. You’re not talented at everything. You don’t know everything. You can’t handle everything. So you need help, and the Kingdom of God needs you to realize you need help.
Why not commit today to leaning on the shoulders of others? Don’t be a lone ranger leader, lead with a team. You’ll last longer, look smarter, and earn a greater return on all that is invested for the Kingdom’s sake! " ~Brandon Cox, ( (His own website)
Article at pastors.com No Lone Ranger Ministry Allowed by Brandon Cox
We hear from Joe McKeever how those notorious pastors are all a bunch of failures....
"Pastors are notorious for their lone ranger approach to ministry. It’s what I call the number one failure of 90 percent of pastors. They prefer to go it alone. Even Jesus needed a buddy. “He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, ‘So, you men could not keep watch with me for one hour?’” (Matthew 26:40)"The Number One Failure of 90 Percent of Pastors By Joe McKeever, posted at pastors.com
And, according to McKeever's article, at pastors.com, let us not forget that even Jesus
just could not "go it" alone. He needed a buddy, like Peter.
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"For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always." ` ~Jesus
Mark 14:7
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