I'm Krista Tippett, today the second in our series on a new generation of Evangelical

leadership.

This hour I'm with Rick and Kay Warren at their Saddleback Church in California.

After the phenomenal sales of Rick Warren's book The Purpose Driven Life, Kay Warren

became a bridge-building activist on AIDS, and at a tiny remote church in the African

bush, Rick Warren discovered an aspect of Christian purpose he'd been neglecting.

This has led to a new global chapter in their exploration of Christianity and public life.

All I had was a tent, and it was 75 people, 50 adults, and 25 kids orphaned by AIDS.

And I thought, this church is doing more to help the poor than my mega-church.

We're not helping one orphan, and they're helping 25 with all I've got as a tent.

And that was like a knife in my heart and said, that is going to change.

This is Speaking of Faith, stay with us.

I'm Krista Tippett.

This hour we continue our exploration of new guiding figures in what some are calling

the post-religious right era.

Rick Warren is best known as pastor of one of the largest churches in the U.S. and author

of one of the world's best-selling books, The Purpose Driven Life.

He's also increasingly watched by a new generation of Christian and secular leaders who want

to move beyond the partisan and cultural divides of recent years.

Most recently, Rick and Kay Warren have channeled their visibility and wealth into global

projects to fight AIDS and poverty.

From American public media, this is Speaking of Faith, public radio's conversation about

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