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Rick Warren's X Account Hacked By 'unscrupulous Criminals' Pushing Meme Coin

By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter

Rick Warren addresses thousands of delegates on the last day of the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 28, 2024. | The Christian Post/Hudson Tsuei

Rick Warren’s X legend promoted a meme coin when it was as soon as posthaste hacked Wednesday evening, and the hacker gave the affect to mock him for altering his views on girls in church leadership.

“Here is precisely why I determined to initiating the $LORD coin,” Warren’s legend tweeted quickly after 8 p.m. EDT. “I did now not want to gaze traditions and cultural interpretations override the fact to any extent further. The $LORD coin on Solana, correct love this plod, is an emblem of seeking truth, questioning assumptions, and embracing transformation.”

The horrifying tweet, which was as soon as deleted in now not up to an hour, went on to quote Warren’s June 2023 relate explaining why he changed his mind on girls in leadership, which within the destroy led to Saddleback Church’s ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention that yr. Warren based the California-based totally megachurch in 1980.

“My supreme feel sorry about in fifty three years of ministry is that I did now not to find my have inner most exegesis sooner on the four passages faded to restrict girls. Shame on me,” Warren had acknowledged at the outlet of his relate that was as soon as quoted within the hacked thread.

Before he regained protect watch over of his X legend, Warren explained on his different social media platforms that his legend had been hacked, warning his 2 million followers against investing in a meme coin.

“Dear Friends, my X legend has been hacked by a cryptocurrency SCAM claiming
that I’m supporting some to find-rich-mercurial scam. I’m keen since I have over 2 million followers on Twitter and I don’t need any of them to to find ripped off,” he wrote on Instagram.

“I have never promoted a industry and never requested for money on any of my social media accounts. Please wait on me to find the discover out that my Twitter has been hacked by unscrupulous criminals.”

“Thanks. I love you and can God bless you!” he added.

Warren did now not dispute who hacked his X legend, how they did so or why.

In February 2023, the SBC Executive Committee deemed Saddleback was as soon as now not in “friendly cooperation” with the convention. At issue was as soon as Pastor Andy Wood, who succeeded Saddleback founder Rick Warren as lead pastor of the megachurch last yr, list his spouse, Stacie, as the church’s teaching pastor.

Warren most these days made headlines when he deleted a tweet suggesting that Jesus would had been a political realistic at the fresh time because He was as soon as crucified within the guts between two thieves.

Following intense backlash on X, Warren deleted his tweet and later apologized.

“I philosophize sorry. I wrote poorly. I don’t imagine Jesus was as soon as a centrist. He stands some distance above all of it. ‘My kingdom is now not of this world…’ Jn.18:36 Jesus demands our total allegiance as the guts of our lives,” wrote Warren two days after he had deleted his outdated tweet.

Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news pointers to jon.brown@christianpost.com


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