In August of 2006, Fox News featured a television special titled, "Can Rick Warren Change the World?" Throughout the show, reporters interviewed Warren concerning The Purpose Driven Life, his ministry at Saddleback Church, and his leadership in the church growth movement.

They also spotlighted his attempts to move beyond the boundaries of this country and use a global network of churches to revolutionize the way we tackle what he believes are the five biggest problems facing the world today: poverty, disease, illiteracy, spiritual emptiness, and egocentric leadership. At the time of the interview, Warren was getting ready to implement his P.E.A.C.E. plan in the war-torn nation of Rwanda.

As the interview progressed, a nagging question seemed to taint the ambitious pastor's hopes and plans: Can it really work? Can one man—or one church, or one network, or one nation—really heal all of the hurts of the world?

Warren was not ignorant of the presence of this question, however, nor did he shy away from answering it. At the very end of the interview, he identified the four words that he would like written on his tombstone: "At least he tried."