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It seems as though there are couples being called to do ministry together in a way that evangelicals haven't experienced before. But what does this mean for a marriage?

Rick's not the person I married, and I'm not the person he married. We are very different people than we were as college students. This constantly has to be a renegotiation as you change and as God does different things within your heart; you have to be very intentional about your relationship. I think if you're two very busy people and have very active ministries, if you're not careful, you can end up pretty far apart, and I don't think that brings glory to God.

What brings glory to God is the unity and harmony between us as we seek to fulfill that. And sometimes we do it well. Sometimes we don't. Sometimes we kind of look at each other and go: "Wow. Who are you and what are you up to?" We have to sit down and just really spend some time together in conversation and actual time alone and reconnecting. It's a constant battle to stay really connected.

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Kay Warren spoke further about her ministry in "HIV/AIDS: S.L.O.W. It Down, or S.T.O.P. It?," also posted today.

See our AIDS/HIV section for more.

Purpose Driven's AIDS section has more on Kay Warren and how to S.T.O.P. AIDS.

Dangerous Surrender is available from ChristianBook.com and other retailers.

Other articles on the Warrens and their ministry include:

Painful Decline | Saddleback Church assumes Purpose Driven, scales back programs. (November 21, 2006)

Close Encounters with HIV | Local churches should network in the war against the virus. A Christianity Today editorial. (February 1, 2006)

Speaking Out: Politically Driven Injustice | Fixing global poverty requires more than Rick Warren's PEACE plan. (February 1, 2006)

Hurricane Heroes | Government may have been tripped up by Katrina and Rita, but the Southern Baptists, among others, are standing tall. (November 1, 2007)

Warren, Hybels Urge Churches to Wage 'War on AIDS' | Hundreds of evangelicals attending Disturbing Voices conference repent, refocus on outreach to outcasts. (December 2005)

Purpose Driven in Rwanda | Rick Warren's sweeping plan to defeat poverty. (October 2005)

Forget Your Bliss | The success of The Purpose-Driven Life reveals a cultural opportunity. A Christianity Today editorial (March 9, 2004)

Saddleback's Social Capital | The author of Bowling Alone discovers Evangelicals can be trusted at the civic table. (March 2, 2004)

A Regular Purpose-Driven Guy | Rick Warren's genius is in helping pastors see the obvious. (Nov. 8, 2002)

PBS's Religion & Ethics Weeklyinterviewed the Warrens in 2006.

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