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Waves of Worship Shared in an Email to Church Mem- the Haters Because, I Mean, Boy Oh Bers San Diego County Edition Vol. 31, No. 5 May 2013 www.christianexaminer.com Eric Metaxas Dancing in Heaven Entertainment Tiresome bias: Turning Carol Garlow loses Comedian walks away FREE a blind eye to evil cancer battle after from secular venues extended fi ght to foster Kingdom page 5 page 8 page 10 In the midst of tragedy, high-profi le pastors are the target of ‘haters’ By Lori Arnold LA MESA — Three days after announcing that his adult son had ended his protracted battle with mental illness by taking his own life, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church returned to social media to share other deeply troubling news. “Grieving is hard. Grieving as public fi gures, harder. Grieving while haters celebrate your pain, hardest,” the Lake Forest pastor wrote on his Facebook page. Matthew Warren, the 27-year-old son of Warren and his wife, Kay, Members of Church @ the Beach in Imperial Beach listen to the Sunday message. The congregation has traded pews died April 5 of a self-infl icted gun- and air conditioning for beach chairs and salt air. shot wound. “In spite of America’s best doc- Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren tors, meds, counselors and prayers has been the target of social media for healing, the torture of mental attacks since the death of his son by suicide on April 5. illness never subsided,” Warren Waves of Worship shared in an email to church mem- the haters because, I mean, boy oh bers. “Tonight, after a fun evening boy, these are people who are really together with Kay and me, in a in a dark place,” she said, adding Church @ the Beach makes a spiritual splash momentary wave of despair at his that many of the comments ap- Story by Lori Arnold really blessed us,” said Bell, who “The Church @ the Beach in home, he took his life.” peared to take issue with Warren’s Photos by Brittany Keener co-pastors the church with Eric IB is a fully functioning church,” After the incident, Warren con- stand opposing same-sex marriage. Maggio, senior pastor at Carlton he said. “We are a real church. We nected with his church family by Warren is not alone in becoming IMPERIAL BEACH — Bryan Hills Southern Baptist Church in are not affi liated with any other posting on his Facebook page, in- a target during times of tragedy. Jim Bell never quite knows what to ex- Santee. “The few of those instanc- churches per se but are loosely af- cluding the message he posted on Garlow, pastor of Skyline Church pect when it’s his turn to preach es have been snuffed out quickly, fi liated with the Southern Baptist April 8 acknowledging the hateful in La Mesa, hinted at his own ex- at Church @ the Beach. Several and I don’t think anyone’s been Convention and the North Ameri- comments. Warren’s post caught posure to such tactics on an April weeks ago, for instance, a young affected… You just have to laugh can Missions Board.” the attention of Fox News anchor 6 post on his Facebook page. In boy decided the open air church it off and roll with it. At the end The vision for the congrega- Megyn Kelly, who addressed the is- the extended post Garlow acknowl- service would be the prime time of the day, when you are serving tion came from Maggio, who en- sue on her April 9 show saying the edged Warren’s tragedy and then to display his prowess at bike Him, it’s all worth it.” visioned a Church Without Walls development was “shocking, it’s asked the public to pray for Skyline, tricks, so he took to the stage for a Bell, who makes his living as di- as early as 2004. The next year, in disgusting, and it’s hard to under- which has been besieged by a string few spins and turns before riding rector of operations for Chick-fi l- partnership with Rock Church, stand.” At one point she called the of tragedies among its staff. Gar- off into the crowd. A in San Diego, has been part of they launched Church Without people behind the comments “hat- low’s wife, Carol, who has under- “It can get comical at times, the Imperial Beach church since ers.” but you know what? The Lord has its 2009 founding. See BEACH CHURCH, page 7 “I’m not going to give a voice to See TRAGEDY, page 2 ‘Harvest America’ takes mobile approach for publicity By Lori Arnold pastor John Collins. The trailer den said. “But as we are able to is being used to promote Harvest message it properly and get out RIVERSIDE — When most farm- America, a national simulcast of and promote the mobile theater, ers cultivate their fi elds they take Harvest Crusade that was launched people understand it.” to tractors and plows. The folks at last year after being developed by In addition to the extensive pub- Harvest America have taken to an Collins. licity the standout trailer provides, 18-wheeler. The one-night event, held at the presentations serve as a catalyst A semi to reap the harvest? Angel Stadium of Anaheim, was to get churches and other organiza- “It’s been fun,” said Scot Cam- broadcast live to more than 2,200 tions to host simulcast sites. den, a ministry spokesman for Har- locations. In addition to host “One of the strong suits that we vest Ministries. “We’ve never done churches, two television and 600 ra- are fi nding is that we are able to anything like this before. We never dio stations picked up the feed. partner with radio stations across really even considered getting a This year’s event has expanded the nation who are wanting to com- big rig and wrapping it in Harvest to two nights and will be held Sept. bine efforts,” Camden said. America or Harvest art and driving 28 and 29 in Philadelphia. Those stations are not only pub- it around to bring people out.” Now in its 24th year, the crusade licizing the theater’s stops, but they It certainly draws attention. The The Harvest America Mobile Theater, contained inside a 53-foot tractor trailer, and its fl edgling Harvest America, are also sharing their pastoral and rig, dubbed the “Harvest America is traveling the United States promoting the national live streaming of the have registered 391,000 decisions community networks with the Har- Mobile Theater,” is a 53-foot travel- Philadelphia crusade on Sept. 28 and 29. Here the 18-wheeler is parked outside of faith. A key to that success has vest America team. Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon. ing billboard of sorts. It is equipped been pre-crusade pledges by local As part of its six-month tour with 27 seats and sound and video wall sconces and a 16- by 9-screen at Guests are treated to free pop- churches and Christian organiza- across the country, the theater is equipment, used for a 45-minute the end of what would be the back corn. tions to help support the work of stopping at the National Worship presentation that includes a video. of the theater. It’s great. It’s all in- The mobile theater is the brain- the crusade teams. Leader Conference, the Southern “It’s fully kitted out,” Camden sulated and air conditioned. It’s a child of evangelist Greg Laurie, the “For the last 23 years we’ve gone California Catalyst Conference, said. “It literally looks like you are great environment to hold a meet- founder of both the Harvest Cru- out to communities and held meet- Church Growth Conference, the walking into a stadium-seated mov- ing in. It’s a great way to set up a sades and Harvest Christian Fellow- ings in local churches and invited ie theater (with) fold down chairs, cool vibe.” ship in Riverside, and his executive church leaders out to that,” Cam- See HARVEST, page 8 For information about advertising, subscriptions, or bulk delivery, please call 1-800-326-0795 2 • CHRISTIAN EXAMINER • May 2013 SD www.christianexaminer.com TRAGEDY… Continued from page 1 gone cancer treatments for nearly six years, died April 21 after enter- ing hospice care a few days earlier. In his transparent and heart- felt note posted before her death, Garlow praised God for all of the wonderful ministry at Skyline but then added, “Our staff has taken some strong hits,” he continued. “I have hesitated posting this info as some of the ‘secularists’ have great delight in the hurt of people of bib- Pastor Rick Warren, right, speaks with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair lical values (as witnessed by their about Faith and Reconciliation at a March 2010 Civil Forum at Saddleback Church. viscous blogging attacks regarding But as their infl uence expands, that, and we have to confess our sin my wife). And, I realize, some infor- so does the opportunity for critics. when we do that.” mation is best kept unspoken. “People go online and fi nd things Pastors, he said, can help reign that you have written or said that they in some of the vitriol by educating Two sides of social media disagree with, and because of social believers on the importance of con- Scott Daniels, dean of theology at media they are able to say things, trolling the tongue. Azusa Pacifi c University and senior and often times pretty hurtful things, “All of us are trying to catch up without substantiation and without pastor of First Church of the Naza- with the implications of social me- rene in Pasadena, said he believes accountability,” Daniels said.
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