Apprising Ministries has kept you apprised of the goings on concerning the dubious decision by Dr. John Piper to make Purpose Driven Pope Rick Warren the keynote speaker at the Desiring God Conference 2010. 

Despite taking some criticism Dr. Piper would defend his decision:

(Online source)

With this in mind I point you to the tweet below from the Twitter account for Aspire 2011 Pastor’s Conference, this year’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention:  

(Online source)

Baptist Press has more:

John Piper, preaching pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, has been added to the list of speakers for the 2011 SBC Pastors’ Conference, slated June 12-13 in Phoenix prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting…

The list of speakers posted at the Pastors’ Conference website, www.sbcpc.net, also includes Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.; Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Atlanta; Johnny Hunt of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Ga.; Ken Whitten of Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla.; Afshin Ziafat of Providence Church in Frisco, Texas; Bob Roberts of Northwood Church in Keller, Texas; Peter Ndhlovu of Bible Gospel Church in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia; Paul Gotthardt of Life Baptist Church in Las Vegas; Darrin Patrick of The Journey Church in St. Louis; Gregg Matte of First Baptist Church in Houston, Texas; and evangelist Bob Pitman of Muscle Shoals, Ala. (Online source)

See also:

RICK WARREN AND ROMAN CATHOLICS

IS THIS DOCTRINAL AND SOUND DR. JOHN PIPER?

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH DR. JOHN PIPER?