Dr. Warren is a global strategist, innovator, author, philanthropist, and pastor, and has been identified as "America's most influential spiritual leader."

Dr. Warren advises leaders in the public, private, and faith sectors on, poverty, health, education, corruption, leadership development, and faith and ethics in culture. He founded Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. with one family in 1980. Today it may be America's most influential congregation with 83,000 names on the church roll, a 120 acre campus, and over 300 community ministries.

Dr. Warren built the Purpose Driven Network, a global alliance of over 400,000 pastors from in 162 countries and hundreds of denominations who have been trained by Warren. He also founded www.pastors.com, that provides sermons, forums, and resources for hundreds of thousands of church leaders. Dr. Warren wrote The Purpose Driven Life, the bestselling hardback in American history, according to Publisher's Weekly. It has sold 30 million copies in English and was the best-selling book in the world for 3 years, in over 50 languages. His previous book, The Purpose Driven Church, won the ECPA Gold Medallion and is listed in 100 Books that Changed the 20th Century.

Rick and Kay Warren give away 90% of their income through three charities: Acts of Mercy, which serves people with AIDS, Equipping Leaders, which trains leaders in developing countries, and The Global PEACE Fund, which fights poverty, disease, corruption, and illiteracy using local congregations.