Report: Rick Warren's Africa missions do harm

Qnews  Jan 07 09

Source: Daily Beast The invitation to California mega-church pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony has prompted thousands of words both criticizing and praising the choice. Many of Warren's defenders have pointed to the preacher's work in Africa combating the effects of the AIDS epidemic there as a reason he should be honored. There has been little explanation, however, on what Warren's work in Africa entailed. Max Blumenthal seeks to fill in some of the blanks in a report on the news website, Daily Beast . What he found does. Full story...

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