[LiteKeeper]

Yet Warren's pastor-training programs welcome Catholics, Methodists, Mormons, Jews and ordained women. "I'm not going to get into a debate over the non-essentials. I won't try to change other denominations.

Mormons? Jews? Why not Muslims too? When you start including the cults and false or incomplete religions, you are the way to compromise...and that is not pleasing to our Lord.

[mongrel]

That statement about Mormons and Jews being included at the full level is crap that needs be verified before being believed. I've had a lot of exposure to Warren's materials and he is not a feel-good-tolerant-anything-goes kind of preacher. As the article says, he is clear in his theology. I don't fault him for allowing other faiths to participate, but I'm quite sure they would disagree with what he teaches.

[EdJay]

"When you start including the cults and false or incomplete religions, you are the way to compromise...and that is not pleasing to our Lord."

I don't think he compromises. Yes, he says that he welcomes "Catholics, Methodists, Mormons, Jews and ordained women" to study in his training programs. But if they come, they are going to hear the basic principles of the SBC. It hardly sounds as though he's compromising on the essentials of the faith. Reread the article.

"All his senior staff sign on to the SBC's doctrines, such as the literal and infallible Bible and exclusion of women as senior pastors. [...] Warren does draw absolute lines theologically. It's Jesus or hell. "Every human being is created by God, not everyone is a child of God," he writes in Life."

[tutstar]

Jesus ate with sinners... He gave his message to all. If Warren was in some way compromising scripture then he should be faulted, but only if he is changing the Bible to accommodate others.

[Guyin4Os]

Mormons? Jews? Why not Muslims too? When you start including the cults and false or incomplete religions, you are the way to compromise...and that is not pleasing to our Lord.

Warren does not tolerate heretical teachings in his church. Nor does he legitimize cultists at his pastor-training seminars. But neither does he have an inquisitor at the door performing doctrine-checks on every seminar participant.... so lighten up on the man.

[CyberAnt]

Geeeee .. did you ever consider GOD had a purpose for those people of those denominations to take those courses so GOD could coax them closer to HIM and away from their cult ..??