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shouldered, dressed in jeans, a black

polo shirt, and black flip-flops. With his

short brown hair, reddish goatee, and

sideburns, McHugh looks like a typical

Gen Xer, but he speaks in the soothing,

considered tones of a college professor.

McHugh doesn’t preach or worship at

Saddleback, but we’ve chosen to meet

here because it’s such an important

symbol of evangelical culture.

Since services are just about to start,

there’s little time to chat. Saddleback

offers six different “worship venues,”

each housed in its own building or tent

and set to its own beat: Worship

Center, Traditional, OverDrive Rock,

Gospel, Family, and something called

Ohana Island Style Worship. We head

to the main Worship Center, where

Pastor Warren is about to preach. With

its sky-high ceiling crisscrossed with

klieg lights, the auditorium looks like a

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