Named by TIME as one of the “25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America” and featured as a guest on the “Larry King Live Show,” Dr. Brian McLaren will bring to Lakeside his thoughts about what he calls a new kind of Christianity and simple ways to help people deepen their faiths.
He will serve as Preacher of the Week from July 2-6 and preach at the 10:30 a.m. Hoover Community Worship Service on Sunday, July 2 in Hoover Auditorium. His sermon, “A Religion will be…,” is based on Matthew 5:13-20. This week is supported by the Knobel Family Endowment.
McLaren has been an active mentor and networker for church planters and pastors since the 1980s.
In 1986, he left higher education to serve as the founding pastor for the innovative and non-denominational Cedar Ridge Community Church, which, under his leadership, earned a reputation as a leading emergent missional congregation.