loved following them; the one

They have their own conference? This is no longer a thing being sponsored by a church -- it's its own business now, with its own website, its own staff, its own conference. They have staffers writing curricula and guides for churches. And like the Jabez debacle, they have purpose-driven niches for everything: smallgroups, youth ministries, even children.

I can't pre-judge them -- well, I could, but I'll refrain. The only thing I'm wondering is whether or not cults can exist at some meta-level. What if movements like these are for churches as cults are for people? The devil can quote Scripture, so it is no small thing to take what was meant for good and twist it for evil.

On one hand, helping pastors lead churches by holding their hand is a good thing. On the other, all that hand-holding should be done by the Lord Almighty and not by Rick Warren.