Last month, Saddleback saw 2,400 people become members and 800 become baptized. Meanwhile, the economic downturn has led a flood of newcomers to Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., which Warren founded. 'As you know, I've been heavily involved in Rwanda and helping rebuild that nation and I'm very concerned about that,' Warren, who has been working with pastors in Rwanda over the past four years, told King in the interview. Monday marked the 15th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide – a genocide that left some 800,000 dead. While still affirming traditional marriage, Warren told CNN's King that his agenda consists of two things: Rwanda and the spiritual climate of the nation in the midst of a recession. Moreover, the issue of homosexuality is not high on his agenda, he said as he declined to comment on the recent Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. In Monday's interview, Warren again stressed that he is neither anti-gay nor an anti-gay marriage activist and has never campaigned for Proposition 8. When Obama chose Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, his pick drew wide protest from gay rights activists who criticized Warren for supporting California's Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. You tell me the style you want and I'll tell you a good church in Washington, D.C.' 'I have a lot of pastor friends of all different styles. 'It's a good sense of humility and a declaration of dependence upon God,' he added, noting that he could recommend a dozen good churches in the Washington D.C. I think it expresses a sense of humility that says, 'I recognize that I'm not the end all, be all,'' Warren said. 'I think it's important for the public to see our leaders having faith. Obama is reportedly still searching for a home church. The evangelical pastor also said he believes it's important for Obama to find a church to attend. 'And it's not going to be solved overnight.' It is so complex,' Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life, said.

'I think that the deck of cards he was given, no president has been given this in a long, long time, in terms of the crises that he's having to deal with. Since the inauguration in January, Warren has not spoken with Obama but he believes the new president is doing 'the best he can' given the circumstance. I have helped a lot of leaders, both locally and globally, with issues about family and issues about personal stress. My role is to help people in their personal lives. 'I'm a friend and I'm a prayer partner, but I'm not a consultant,' Warren said on CNN's Larry King Live on Monday. Warren is known as an evangelical focused on fighting poverty and disease, including AIDS in Africa, but he also advocated California Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban passed by voters last month.In his first interview since delivering the invocation at President Obama's inauguration, Pastor Rick Warren made clear that he is not a consultant for the president but rather a friend. That’s part of the magic of this country is that we are diverse and noisy and opinionated,” he said. And that’s how it should be, because that’s what America is about. “During the course of the entire inaugural festivities, there are going to be a wide range of viewpoints that are presented.

The president-elect on Thursday said that he held views “absolutely contrary” to Warren on gay rights and abortion and described himself as “a fierce advocate for equality for gay and lesbian Americans.”

Obama chose Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor of the southern California megachurch Saddleback, to give the invocation when he takes office in January. Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren participates in a panel discussion during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in this Septemfile photo.

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