The Church is key to stopping HIV/AIDS

Rick and I attended the XVI International AIDS Conference last month in Toronto. Two years ago, I left the XV International AIDS Conference in a heap of confusion and depression, questioning my call to get involved in HIV/AIDS ministry because it just was too hard. This year, I went to Toronto confident in the Church’s mission to stop HIV/AIDS.

In this edition, you will see some of what we experienced in Toronto. You'll also learn more about Saddleback Church’s 2006 Global Summit on AIDS and the Church, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. At the summit, you will learn strategies for caring for people infected with or affected by HIV. Please join us. It will change your life and ministry in a profound way. Learn more >>

Kay Warren, co-founder, Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, Calif., and executive director of Saddleback Church's HIV/AIDS Initiative

Graham, Rainey, Blake, Ortberg, among others, help churches learn how to fight AIDS at upcoming summit

Physicians, pastors, and politicians will be among the speakers at the 2006 Global Summit on AIDS and the Church, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, at Saddleback Church. The summit – the second hosted by the Saddleback Church HIV/AIDS Initiative – will focus on the theme Race Against Time.

Along with Rick and Kay Warren, planned plenary session speakers include Franklin Graham, president and C.E.O. of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Dennis Rainey, president of FamilyLife; John Ortberg, author and teaching pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church; Bishop Charles E. Blake, pastor, West Angeles Church of God in Christ; Wess Stafford, president of Compassion International; and Calvin O. Butts, III, pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, and president of SUNY College at Old Westbury. Read more >> | View complete list of speakers >>

Rick Warren: Slowing vs. stopping HIV/AIDS

Though many popular strategies slow HIV/AIDS, they won’t stop it, Rick Warren told a multi-faith group gathered in Toronto before the XVI International AIDS Conference.

To stop AIDS, people need to work together to address four areas. Read more >>

Question & Answer

Q: Our church is late in caring for those with HIV/AIDS, but we intend to care now. Some people in our church are critical of the effort. They say that AIDS is no more important than malaria, church planting, or other activities our church is involved in. How can I justify a focused effort on HIV?

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