Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009

Rick Warren

AGE: 55
OCCUPATION: Evangelist
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: The pastor transformed himself into a higher-power broker with last year's election, drawing both candidates to his Saddleback Church. He's also apparently one of the few businessmen with any faith left in the media — he launched his own magazine earlier this year.

CON: His invocation at the Obama Inauguration became the first controversy of the new Administration, thanks in part to Warren's support of California's Proposition 8.