There were periods of relative stability but then Matthew’s suicidal ideation became a part of our daily life. Life became a painful revolving door of doctor appointments, medication, therapy, and adjustments to school classes. As the years went by, he began to experience major depressive episodes as well as panic attacks, extreme mood swings, obsessions/compulsions, personality disorder, and heartbreaking problems in school and relationships. At 7, he was diagnosed as clinically depressed which surprised us as we were unaware that children that young could be that depressed. Even as a toddler there were signs that things were not right. Mental illness is something we are intimately acquainted with as our youngest son, Matthew, struggled with a variety of mental illnesses from a young age. Whether we are aware of it or not, we all know someone who is living with some form of mental illness. People of every race, age, religion or economic status are affected. The Executive Committee also voted to oust five other congregations - four over the issue of women as pastors and one over the issue of sexual abuse.According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 60 million Americans experience a mental health condition every year – that’s one in four adults and one in ten children. Meanwhile, we remain focused on following God's leadership to love and serve our church family and the communities around our campuses." "We will engage and respond through the proper channels at the appropriate time in hopes to serve other like-minded Bible-believing SBC churches. "We love and have always valued our relationship with the SBC and its faithful churches," Saddleback elders said in a statement after the SBC committee vote in February. He told delegates who debated the issue, "We have to decide if we will treat each other as allies or adversaries." Warren made an emotional speech in June 2022 at the Southern Baptists' annual convention in Anaheim, standing by his ordination of women. The convention's Executive Committee cited Saddleback's having "a female teaching pastor functioning in the office of pastor," an allusion to Stacie Wood, wife of the current lead pastor of Saddleback, Andy Wood.īut the controversy began in 2021, when Warren ordained three women as pastors, prompting discussions within the denomination about possibly expelling the megachurch. Warren also leads the Finishing the Task Coalition, described on its website as an organization "rallying churches and organizations to collaborate in new ways and work together towards broader cooperative goals in Bible translation and engagement, evangelization and witness empowerment, and church planting."Īs CBN News reported in February, the Southern Baptist Convention ousted the Saddleback Church for having a woman pastor. Since his departure from Saddleback, Warren has continued to give inspirational messages through his Daily Hope Devotional and his Pastor Rick's Daily Hope podcast on his website. As CBN News has reported, he stepped down from his role as senior pastor of the now megachurch after preaching 6,500 sermons and studies in 43 years. Warren co-founded the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California with his wife Kay in 1980. That's really part of what's in the book, too, is that nothing can come into my life without the Heavenly Father's permission," he continued. "And so everything that happens in our lives is Father-filtered. But I do believe, as Scripture says, my times are in his hands, and I want to be directly in the center of the will of God," Warren noted. "When you're trying to lead a global movement called Finishing The Task, it's debilitating. I'm not in a wheelchair, but the bottom line is, it's difficult to move around." "And the problem is I sometimes feel like I am this brain on fire and I'm in a wheelchair. "It's tough walking, working, but it hasn't changed the way that I think," he said. ***Please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to ensure you keep receiving the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.*** But without getting into all the details, the bottom line is it leaves my muscles, all my major muscles in pain pretty much 24 hours a day." I've been in a two-year battle with an autoimmune disease. Warren replied, "It's not good right now. Stetzer began the interview by asking the Purpose Driven Life author about his health. Warren, 69, disclosed his ailment to Daniel Yang and Ed Stetzer during an appearance on The Stetzer Churchleaders Podcast to discuss his latest book, Created to Dream: The 6 Phases God Uses to Grow Your Faith. Former Saddleback Church pastor and author Rick Warren has revealed he suffers from constant pain due to an autoimmune disease.
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