But Matthew Warren took his life Saturday after “a momentary wave of despair at his home. Warren, the author of the multimillion-selling book “The Purpose Driven Life,” said in an email to church staff that he and his wife had enjoyed a fun Friday evening with their son. Despite the best health care available, this was an illness that was never fully controlled and the emotional pain resulted in his decision to take his life.” “Unfortunately, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts. “Matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many,” the church’s statement said. Warren’s Saddleback Valley Community Church near Los Angeles said in a statement that Matthew Warren had struggled with mental illness and deep depression. The Southern California church headed by popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren said his 27-year-old son committed suicide on Saturday. Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in California in an Easter message video posted on March 13, 2016. In a separate statement, his church asked for prayers and that “God’s comfort and peace” be with the Warren family.ĬNN’s Janet DiGiacomo and Eric Marrapodi contributed to this report.LAKE FOREST, Calif. Why can’t I just die and end this pain?’ but he kept going for another decade,” Rick Warren wrote in the e-mail. “I’ll never forget how, many years ago, after another approach had failed to give relief, Matthew said ‘Dad, I know I’m going to heaven.
The pastor gave the invocation at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and penned “The Purpose-Driven Life,” a Christian self-help guide that became a mainstream best-seller. “We’re going to be real together about our hurts, and we’re going to be real together about the thing that only He can give us: Hope in the face of anything and everything,” Holladay said.Īs a pioneer of the megachurch movement, Rick Warren looked to translate traditional evangelical messages to a wider audience. He thanked members for coming and said that “we’re facing it as a family.” Matthew Warren’s uncle, Tom Holladay, preached at the church Saturday night. Warren’s Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest. An autopsy will be conducted early next week, Aikin told CNN on Saturday.Īccording to a spokesman for Rick Warren, Matthew Warren worked in the Saddleback Resources Warehouse, which distributes books and DVDs. The youngest son of the popular pastor and author, 27-year-old Matthew Warren committed suicide last Friday.
The coroner’s office is investigating the death. He put the estimated time of death at around 10 a.m. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided.”Īccording to Aikin, Matthew Warren’s body was found at his home in Mission Viejo, California, late Friday afternoon. “But only those closest knew that he struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. He’d then make a bee-line to that person to engage and encourage them. He had a brilliant intellect and a gift for sensing who was most in pain or most uncomfortable in a room. “You who watched Matthew grow up knew he was an incredibly kind, gentle, and compassionate man. The last time he had stood the pulpit at his.
Rick Warren has preached thousands upon thousands of sermons, but this message was different. “No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now,” the pastor wrote in the note, a copy of which was sent to CNN. Almost four months after their son committed suicide, Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay addressed their congregation for the first time, promising to remove the stigma of mental illness from the church. Rick Warren and his wife founded Saddleback Valley Community Church, a megachurch in Southern California. The family shared news of his death in an e-mail to church staff. Matthew Warren, 27, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, said Deputy Daniel Aikin, with the Orange County Coroner’s Office. The evangelical megachurch announced the. After a lifelong battle with mental illness, the youngest son of Pastor Rick Warren has committed suicide, his family said. LAKE FOREST () Pastor Rick and Kay Warren's youngest son has committed suicide, Saddleback Valley Community Church announced Saturday.
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