Baptists Mike Huckabee, Rick Warren to speak at preaching conference
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and best-selling author Rick Warren, both ordained Southern Baptist pastors, will speak about how to use the pulpit to address political, social and cultural issues at a preaching conference in April.
The two men will be the main draw of a 19th annual national conference on preaching hosted by Preaching Magazine and preaching.com. The event will be April 7-9 in Washington, D.C.
Warren has set a precedent for using his pulpit to speak about global warming and HIV/AIDS and has invited several prominent political figures -- including presidential contenders Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) -- to speak in his church....