Archive for August, 2008

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

It’s been a few days since the Willow Creek Association Leadership Summit and I’ve had some time to look over my Summit notes, reflect, and pray.  Here are some of my reflections on the Summit and what I plan to do as a result of my Summit experience.

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church and chairman of the board for the Willow Creek Association. He convened The Leadership Summit in 1995 following a God-given prompting to help develop the spiritual gift of leadership in the local church. A highly sought-after conference speaker on issues related to […]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Vice-chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Brad Anderson leads by creating a culture of accountability and unleashing the power of people. In 1973, after leaving seminary without a degree, Anderson joined a local stereo store as an entry-level sales person. Impressed by his customer-focused success, his supervisor partnered with Anderson to grow the chain into […]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

At age 30, Catherine Rohr is the CEO and founder of the nonprofit Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP). Under her leadership, the program recruits volunteer senior business executives who provide training, mentoring, and support to prison inmates. The participants in this one-of-a-kind program have achieved a 98 percent employment rate and have launched 40 entrepreneurial businesses. […]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Chuck Colson is the chairman and founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries, the world’s largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, crime victims, and their families. He has written more than 20 books including Born Again and his latest release, The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters. In addition, Colson is the […]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Craig Groeschel, Founding and Senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, has a passion for leading people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. From its modest beginning in a two-car garage in Oklahoma City, LifeChurch.tv is one of the country’s first multi-campus churches reaching more than 18,000 people with 40 weekly worship experiences in 12 locations including […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Senior Pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church, Efrem Smith serves close to 1,000 people with the vision to be an urban, multi-ethnic, relevant, holistic, and Christ-centered community. He is an internationally recognized leader, speaker, and consultant on diversity and multi-ethnic issues. Smith has held leadership positions in both church and parachurch organizations such as the […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Lead pastor at Gateway Community Church, John Burke and his congregation are dedicated to helping unchurched people become a unified community of growing Christ-followers, no matter what their background or past. He is the author of the book No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come-as-You-Are Culture and also author of the book, Soul Revolution, which […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Wendy Kopp is the founder and CEO of Teach for America, a nonprofit organization that recruits the nation’s most promising college graduates to teach in America’s most distressed urban and rural communities. Kopp’s long-term goal—to build a force of civic leaders with the insight and credibility to make fundamental changes in all sectors—exists to provide […]

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

As professor of management and ethics at Harvard Business School, Bill George teaches from personal experience on the topics of leadership and leadership development. He is the author of the best-selling books True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership and Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value. George is the former chairman and CEO […]

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Paul Steinbrueck serves as a husband, father of 3, church elder, small group coach, and CEO of OurChurch.Com.

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