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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Session 5 Friday, March 2, 20079 – 10:30 a.m. From the Fellowship Hall to Full Contact Faith: Description Today’s youth are activists. They’re aware of social justice issues. They’re passionate and idealistic. A growing number of Christian students are less interested in simply going to church than they are in being the church. Instead of [...]
Shift Happens
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Join Donald Miller, Efrem Smith, Greg Stier, Judah Smith, me and thousands of others at Shift, Willowcreek’s upcoming student ministries conference, February 28-March 2, 2007. Register today!
Willowcreek, Part 4
Friday, August 11th, 2006Hybels’ response to Bono: An appeal re. AIDS The church cannot sit idly by and rationalize nonengagement to the global AIDS pandemic. Every church MUST do something. We will give an account for how we respond to AIDS. What can a church do? 1. Educate selves. Creates urgency. 2. Engage in the efforts to alleviate [...]
Willowcreek, Part 3
Friday, August 11th, 2006Session 3, Bono: Jubilee, AIDS and Poverty Jesus begins his ministry with Jubilee (Luke 4). An era of grace. Most satisfying experience of 2006: Not just writing music, which is his gift. The most satisfying was his SERVICE, through the One campaign. ONE aims to represent the poor and vulnerable with honor. They deserve the [...]
Willowcreek, Part 2
Friday, August 11th, 2006Session 2, Jim Collins (Good to Great, Built to Last): “When Business Thinking Fails the Church” Published a monograph after Good to Great regarding social sector leadership (long form essay). Offers “penetrating insights” re. differences b/w business and social sector leadership. It’s a well-intentioned idea to say that churches should be run like a business, [...]
Live blogging from the Willowcreek Leadership Summit, Part 1
Friday, August 11th, 2006I’m crashing the Summit for a few hours this morning at the Brooklyn’s satellite site — Christian Cultural Center. Since CCC has WiFi, why not live blog my notes? Session 1, Dr. Ashish Nanda (Harvard MBA Professor): “The Risky Business of Hiring Stars” Willowcreek Case Study at Harvard controversial “Create disequelibrium to force people to [...]
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