When I was at Seminary, I considered Rick Warren a rather benign nuisance. His “Saddleback Sam” idea seemed to me a bit unbiblical and the methodology being used more prone to the exaltation of man and his abilities to gain numbers than to God’s ability to forgive sinners. Though I saw many preachers latching onto the Purpose Driven Church to implement the strategy in their churches. It wasn’t until it began to hit my own church that I began to do the research. The story isn’t finished on my church, but the training that PD Pastors have received have brought about a harvest of broken hearts and broken churches. Adrian Rogers, the great Southern Baptist Preacher who died in 2005 own church is in the midst of a split in part because of PD strategies.
Please google RW and “Church splits” or something like that. It’s kinda like what Scripture says “Whoa unto you when men speak well of you... for so did they the false prophets (paraphrase).
You may not agree with some of the conclusions I am pointing towards. But, always being ready to give an answer includes doing so research so that one can come to an informed opinion. My heart is sick over what is happening (and I’m actually in the ‘desirable’ age bracket in my church). I hope the church awakens.