{"id":5891,"date":"2017-03-11T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T18:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastorbrad.blog\/?p=984"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T19:02:35","slug":"a-special-interview-with-kay-warren-cofounder-of-saddleback-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freshhope.us\/es\/a-special-interview-with-kay-warren-cofounder-of-saddleback-church\/","title":{"rendered":"A Special Interview with Kay Warren, Co-Founder of Saddleback Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pictured is Kay Warren and Donna Hoefs at the Noche de Esperanza Inspiradora<\/a>, April 2016<\/i><\/h4>\n

In this special edition of Fresh Hope para la Salud Mental<\/a>, Pastor Brad interviews Kay Warren<\/a> from Saddleback Church<\/a>. Kay and her husband, Pastor Rick Warren<\/a>, cofounded Saddleback church. Rick is the author of New York bestseller, Purpose Driven Life.<\/p>\n

Four years ago the Warrens youngest son, Matthew, lost his battle with a mental illness. And in the three years that have followed the Warrens have become advocates for hope for mental health. \u00a0I had the privilege of being on a panel for their first Gathering on Mental Health and the Church. \u00a0At Fresh Hope we are thankful for the encouragement of the Warrens regarding our ministry. The Warrens are the real deal. \u00a0They have had pain and have suffered deep pain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We apologize in advance for the poor quality of the audio of this podcast post. It is the backup audio of the original online live video interview.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After listening to this podcast we encourage you to email us at info@FreshHope.us with a comment or question that we will share on our next podcast. Or you can leave a voice message for us on the site: www.FreshHope4MentalHealth.com<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/pastorbraddotblog.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/a-special-interview-with-kay-warren-from-saddleback-church-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Pastor Brad Hoefs, host of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, is the founder of Fresh Hope Ministries,<\/strong><\/a> a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental health support group.<\/p>\n

Brad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger for www.bphope.com<\/a> (Bipolar Magazine). He is also a certified peer specialist and has been doing pastoral counseling since 1985.<\/p>\n

Brad is also the author of Fresh Hope: Living Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis, which is a available on Amazon<\/a><\/strong> or at: www.FreshHopeBook.com<\/a><\/p>\n

If you are interested in more information about Fresh Hope go to: www.FreshHope.us<\/a> or email info@FreshHope.us or call 402.932.3089.<\/p>\n

For a complete list of where Fresh Hope groups are presently meeting go to: www.FreshHope.us<\/a> and click on \u201cfind a group\u201c.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in starting a Fresh Hope group within you faith-community setting contact Julie at: Julie@FreshHope.us<\/p>\n

Fresh Hope for Mental Health is a production of Fresh Hope Ministries. Fresh Hope Ministries is a non-profit ministry. The copyrights of this program belong to Fresh Hope Ministries and may not be duplicated with out written permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fresh Hope Today is also available on iTunes and Stitcher Radio, iTunes and iHeartRadio.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a9 2016 Fresh Hope for Mental Health, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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