Rick Warren's Tides of Change


Sandra D Rick Warren's Tides of Change Jan 26, '09 2:56 PM

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If Leadership Network was the "advance scout" for the emerging church, Warren's role was also vital to the everging church's growth. Even before the Young Leadrs Network (later becoming Emergent) was launched, Warren was drawn to the emergent conversation. In 1995, he joined with emerging leader Leonard Sweet to do an audio series titled Tides of Change. Sweet is Professor of Evangelism at Drew University, a self-proclaimed futurist, and a apopular author and speaker. For 2006, he was voted a one of "The 50 Most Influential Christians in America", listed as number eight just under Bill Hybels ( Willow Creek(, Billy Graham, and Joel Osteen, and ranking higher than President Bush, Robert Schuller, and Rick Warren.



In the Tides of Change audio series, Sweet and Warren talked about "a new spirituality" that was looming on the horizon. Both Warren and Sweet emulated Drucker in the audio, talking about "new frontiers", "changing times", and letting go of traditions and thhe old way of doing things. In fact, the similarities between the audio in 1995 and Drucker in 1957 are striking.



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