Lee Strobel
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He was best friends with John.
No, I left in the year 2000 to become a teaching pastor with Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in California.
Oh, wow, you went to Saddleback.
Yes, I was out there.
Right, right.
Because I read stories about how— It was huge.
I mean, it broke my heart.
He's a friend.
I mean, it broke my heart.
I mean, if you ask me who are the five people in Christendom, leaders in Christendom, who are least likely to fall, Bill would be one of them.
I mean, he was a man, as far as the Bill Hybels I knew, was a man of integrity, a man of principle, a man of faith, a man of great leadership ability.
He gave me opportunities.
You know, the joke was, here I am.
I was an atheist.
I come to faith.
And I leave all that behind, take a 60% pay cut, and I joined his staff.
My role was to oversee 750 volunteers in a very second.
I had no aspirations to preach, to write books, any of that.
In a typical church, I would have risen to become chief usher.