Rick Warren Endorses Bart Barber for Southern Baptist President as Candidate Tom Buck Suggests Saddleback Should Be Disfellowshipped

Left: Bart Barber (via Twitter); Right: Rick Warren (Pulso Cristiano from Buenos Aires, Argentina, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
Left: Bart Barber (via Twitter); Right: Rick Warren (Pulso Cristiano from Buenos Aires, Argentina, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).

Southern California author and megachurch pastor Rick Warren entered the conversation regarding who should become the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention over the weekend. What followed was an online conversation about whether Saddleback Church should be disfellowshipped from the SBC.

On Saturday, Warren retweeted a video posted by SBC presidential candidate Bart Barber, wherein Barber praised fellow candidate Tom Ascol’s character and faith and called on Southern Baptists to exhibit charity toward one another during the election process.

“Watch how a truly godly Christian leader @bartbarber refuses to retaliate when attacked,” Warren said. “Prideful, petty, applause-hungry posers use [disputable] matters to divide. #SBC needs a humble statesman like Bart, a wise & loving healer who unites us around #MISSIONS.”

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