[TommyDale]

"I thought he gave 90% of his book proceeds to the church"

I think if you go back and research this, Warren claims to "pay 90% of his Purpose Driven sales in tithing" which could be something like a self-directed foundation. The money is somewhere other than his church, I guarantee.

[TommyDale]

In Rick Warren’s Bio, it says “The Warrens gave 90 percent of their earnings to charities and programs dedicated to starting microfinance and preventing HIV.”

It mentions nothing of giving to Saddleback Church.

[TommyDale]

http://www.exponential07.org/speakers/rick_warren.asp

[stephenjohnbanker]

“I think if you go back and research this, Warren claims to “pay 90% of his Purpose Driven sales in tithing” which could be something like a self-directed foundation. The money is somewhere other than his church, I guarantee. “

I guarantee it is a foundation too. (He controls the money, and can pay himself big money, through a number of “foundation” loopholes.

[Jude in WV]

I read of two foundations he and his wife set up and gave to where they are paid employees.