Pastor Rick Warren's X account has been hacked, and hackers are promoting a meme coin.

Warren, who founded Saddleback Church in Southern California, retired in 2022 after four decades of pastoring the multisite megachurch.

Pastoral icon Rick Warren’s X account has been hacked, with hackers promoting a meme coin in several posts to his followers.

The account, which has the username @RickWarren and is verified by X, is still displaying several posts written by the hackers. In one post, which is currently pinned to the top of the page, the hackers have added to a previous post Warren made regarding his change of heart on the issue of women pastors.

“My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the four passages used to restrict women. Shame on me,” Warren wrote during the run-up to an unsuccessful appeal of his church being disfellowshipped from the SBC.

“I wasted those four years of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper ‘due diligence,’ laying aside 50 years of bias, I was shocked, chagrined, and embarrassed,” Warren went on to say. “Then reading over 100 books on the early church and the history of the Great Commission…demanded my repentance. That journey was both painful and humbling.”

The hackers have now added to the top of that post, saying, “This is exactly why I decided to launch the $LORD coin.”

“I didn’t want to watch traditions and cultural interpretations override the truth any longer,” the post continues. “The $LORD coin on Solana, just like this journey, is a symbol of seeking truth, questioning assumptions, and embracing transformation.”

Several other posts on Warren’s X profile dating back to Wednesday (March 12) also promote the $LORD coin, as well as another meme coin called $CHRIST.

Out of concern for his followers on X, Warren is seeking to get the word out via other social media platforms.

This is exactly why I decided to launch the $LORD coin. I didn’t want to see traditions and cultural interpretations override the truth any longer. The $LORD coin on Solana, just like this journey, is a symbol of seeking truth,questioning assumptions, and embracing transformation.

After four decades as pastor of Saddleback Church, and a lifetime of ministry, I am retiring from full-time staff at the church to focus on global ministry through the Harvest Foundation. Through the years, the Lord has given my family and me the privilege of helping to plant or support over 50,000 churches in 200 countries around the world.

In a statement released on Wednesday, a spokesperson for Saddleback confirmed that the church is no longer part of the Southern Baptist Convention.

“Saddleback Church has withdrawn from membership in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and will no longer be assessed by the California Southern Baptist Convention,” the spokesperson said.

Earlier this year, Saddleback was disfellowshipped from the SBC after a lengthy process that began in 2021, when the California Southern Baptist Convention voted to recommend Saddleback’s removal from the denomination over the church’s practice of ordaining women pastors.

Saddleback Church is a multisite megachurch founded by Pastor Rick Warren in 1980. The church has an average Sunday attendance of over 20,000 and operates 10 campuses in California and Hawaii, as well as online. Saddleback is also known for its ministry programs, such as the P.E.A.C.E. Plan for peace and reconciliation, and WaterMark, a 40-week study of the Christian faith.

The spokesperson added that Harvest Ministries will continue to work with the SBC in areas of cooperation and common vision.

“We are grateful for the partnership we’ve shared with the Southern Baptist Convention over the past 52 years and will continue to work together in areas of cooperation and common vision,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson noted that Harvest Ministries will be launching several new initiatives in 2024 to reach people for Christ and serve the community.

“We are excited to see what God has in store for the next chapter of Harvest Ministries as we strive to make a difference in the world for His glory,” the spokesperson said.

Harvest Ministries is a non-profit organization that carries out the ministry of Pastor Rick Warren and his wife, Kay. The ministry's vision is to see people from all nations reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and transformed into disciples who multiply other disciples. Harvest Ministries also works to serve the poor and needy, and to promote peace and reconciliation in the world.

In a post on X, Pastor Warren expressed his sadness over the church's departure from the SBC, but said that he had no regrets about his decision to ordain women pastors.

“This is a sad day for our family as we say goodbye to the Southern Baptist Convention after 52 years of involvement in some of the greatest ministry endeavors of our generation,” Pastor Warren