"From the Office of Rick Warren"

In a recent post I wrote about my curiosity when I discovered that Rick Warren was following my twitter feeds. My cynicism caused me to think that this was part of a marketing plan to get more followers to follow him. So in fairness to Pastor Warren I hand wrote a letter, simply asking why he was following my tweets. I received this email from his Chief of Staff David Chrzan:

Dear Dave,

Thanks so much for your note to Pastor Rick and for your question. Pastor Rick attempts to follow as many pastors, church leaders and church planters via Twitter as he can. Through listening to the tweets of other Christian leaders Pastor Rick is able to discern a little of the pulse of the church at large. He hears what is on the hearts of pastors and church planters; and as a result he is able to pray for the church and its’ leaders more specifically.

Rick teaches that every leader must be a life time learner and so this is one more way he seeks to learn from others in the Body of Christ. I’m not able to tell you specifically how Pastor Rick came to follow you on Twitter. He follows pastors and church planters on Twitter as they become known to him. There are many pastors and planters that Rick follows because they were recommended to him for their teaching, and inspiration.

Thanks again for writing to Pastor Rick. Our prayer team will be praying for you and Renovate Covenant Church of Muskegon, Michigan as you seek to fulfill God’s purposes by planting new churches.

God Bless,

David Chrzan

Chief of Staff

Well...still not sure why he is following my tweets or how he can comb through the 14,000+ people he follows, but the response is genuine and for that I'm thankful.

Now, I wonder what Rick Warren's favorite Garbage Pail Kid is?