Saddleback Church: Beliefs, Service Time, Pastors, And Denomination

Saddleback Church: Beliefs, Service Time, Location, Pastors, And Denomination: Saddleback Church started 35 years ago with two young church planters, a dream, and a map. God gave Pastor Rick and Kay Warren the dream to plant a church for people who didn’t like church, and he led them to Southern California.

Beliefs

God: He has eternally existed in three persons; ;the father, the son and the holy spirit. They believe that the three are co-equal and are one God.

Man: The church believes that man is the supreme object of God’s creation.

Eternity: They believe that we will exist for eternity, either in hell, eternally separated from God or in heaven, reigning with him.

Jesus Christ: They believe that Jesus is equal to the father and that he is the perfect sacrifice for the redemption of mankind. He arose from the dead and will be coming back to reign as king of kings and Lords of Lord.

Salvation: Man can only make up for his sin by accepting God’s offer of forgiveness.

Eternal Security: Because god gave us eternal life, the believer is secure in salvation for eternity.

The Holy Spirit: The holy spirit is present in the world to make man aware of his need for Jesus Christ. Also, he lives in every Christian from the moment of salvation.

The Bible: They believe in the bible as the supreme source of truth for the Christian beliefs and living.

Baptism: They believe that baptism is a biblical command which signifies our public declaration that we have accepted Jesus Christ as our personal lord and savior.

Communion: The communion is a testament of the believers faith in the atoning work of the cross.

Service Times and Location

The saddle back church has over 20 campuses in the USA which includes:

There are campuses internationally which are in:

Berlin, Germany
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hong Kong, China
Santa Rosa, Philippines

Pastors

Rick Warren is the senior pastor of Saddleback Church. He was born in San Jose, California and earned a Bachelor of Arts from California Baptist University, a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary.

He and his wife Kay founded Saddleback Church when he was just 26 years old and he continues to serve as the senior pastor. To many, he is Pastor Rick, but to his church, he is Papa Rick—a voice of wisdom, hope, encouragement, and vision.

Since founding Saddleback Valley Community Church in 1980, Pastor Rick has become one of the nation’s leading pastors. He mentors young leaders, and many of today’s leading pastors credit him and his book The Purpose Driven Church for inspiring them to pursue their own callings to ministry. He built the Purpose Driven Network, a global alliance of pastors from more than 160 countries and hundreds of denominations who have been trained to be purpose driven churches. Pastor Rick also founded Pastors.com—an online interactive community that provides sermons, forums, and other practice resources for pastors.

Pastor Andy Wood will be installed as the senior pastor of Saddleback Church come September 2022. He is married to Stacie Wood.