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NOVEMBER 29, 2007 ARCHIVED STORIES:
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--After too long a silence, the worldwide church has realized its responsibility as a leader in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, said Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, during the opening session of the third-annual Global Summit on AIDS and the Church.
"The church was nowhere to be found in the 1980s, and we had to repent. I had to repent. But I want to tell you that the church has come to the table, and the church is not going to flake out. The church is here to stay. This is not a flavor of the week, a flavor or the month or a flavor of the year for us."
Warren and his wife Kay described their own wakeup call to the HIV/AIDS crisis. In 2002, Kay was confronted by the problem through a news report on HIV/AIDS and could no longer ignore her responsibility in the struggle. Through the Saddleback HIV/AIDS Initiative, created in 2003, the Warrens are challenging leaders to increase their own awareness and knowledge of HIV/AIDS so that, through their influence, the communities and churches they lead will be dedicated to solving the global problem. Because it is such an overwhelming problem, the first step is awaking to the challenge.
"I challenge you as you sit in your chair today: You are a leader. You have a voice. You can lift it on behalf of someone who has no voice. You can learn to focus it so that it makes a difference," Kay Warren said Nov. 28. Read More
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