(CBN NEWS) — Rick Warren, the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, has preached his final sermon to his Lake Forest, California congregation.
“You’re going to make me cry. Have I told you lately that I love you?” Warren, 68, said after he came on stage to applause from the congregation on Aug. 28. “It has been my privilege to love you, pray for you, serve you, encourage you.”
Standing behind the same hand-carved pulpit made by a church member the first year of Saddleback’s existence, Warren closed out his 43 years of service by saying he’s preached 6,500 sermons and studies in those four decades.