Willow Creek Association
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| Willow Creek Association | |
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| Abbreviation | WCA |
| Formation | 1992 |
| Headquarters | South Barrington, Illinois |
| Membership | 9,000 |
| President | Santiago (Jim) Mellado |
| Website | willowcreek.com |
The Willow Creek Association (WCA), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit ministry, is an international, evangelical Christian association of more than 9,000 member churches from 90 denominations and 45 countries.[1]
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[edit] Mission
The WCA, Led by President, Jim Mellado and Chairman of the Board, Bill Hybels, believes the effectiveness of a local church is largely dependent upon the sold-out, Christ-centered devotion of its leadership core. Whether staff or volunteers, the whole church benefits when leaders develop themselves spiritually and personally. The WCA exists to maximize the transformative power of the local church. "I am passionate about what can happen when God captures the heart of a faith community and it becomes a life-transforming agent to its community and the world—as He intended." - Jim Mellado
While The Global Leadership Summit is certainly Willow Creek Association's anchor event each year, it's just one of the many developmental tools and resources available to your staff and church through the WCA.
WCA serves Christ-following leaders fuels by a holy discontent for their church's effectiveness in impacting lives. As an aggregator of leaders, ideas, and innovations- and by investing in new research and resources- WCA is committed to give church leaders access to best-practice strategies for effective discipleship at every stage of the faith journey.
WCA President Jim Mellado describes WCA as follows: "Since 1992, the Willow Creek Association has been linking like-minded, action-oriented churches with each other and with strategic vision, training, and resources. Our desire is to serve local church leaders in building biblically functioning churches that reach increasing numbers of lost people, not just with innovations from Willow Creek, but with God-given breakthroughs with widespread potential from any church in the world." The WCA had revenues of $22 million in 2009.[2] Since its inception, the WCA has been a member is good standing of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
[edit] The Global Leadership Summit
The Willow Creek Association along with Bill Hybels started the Global Leadership Summit in 1995 as an annual training event for church, ministry and other leaders to sharpen their skills. The Global Leadership Summit exists to transform Christian leaders around the world with an injection of vision, skill development, and inspiration for the sake of the local Church. The Summit telecasts LIVE from the campus of WIllow Creek Community Church near Chicago reaching more than 185 premier host sites across the United States. In the months following, the Summit moves into more than 200 cities in 70+ countries across the globe, via videocast.
Each year this two day event features experts in the arena of leadership in lecture and interview formats, plus worship singing and dramatic skits. Past speakers have included Bono (former Time Magazine Co-Man of the Year and U2 lead singer), Ken Blanchard ("One Minute Manager"), Marcus Buckingham ("StrengthFinders"), Jim Collins ("Good to Great" and "Built to Last"), and Mike Singletary (NFL Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears). Speakers at the Leadership Summit have included Presidents Bill Clinton[3] and Jimmy Carter, Karen Hughes, Special Advisor to President George W. Bush, Lady Vols' women's college Basketball coach Pat Summitt, Dallas, Texas pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes, University of Southern California president Steven Sample, Yahoo!'s Tim Sanders, business author and leadership consultant Marcus Buckingham, Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life and former United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell.
The 2005 Leadership Summit had over 53,000 attendees in over 100 locations across North America.[4] and over 80,000 attended in 2006.[5] The 2006 and 2009 Leadership Summit featured Bill Hybels interviewing U2 frontman Bono. In addition, the 2009 lineup included former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Gary Hammel, Tim Keller, Jessica Jackley, Dan and Chip Heath, David Gergen and many others. The Summit 2010 attracted 122,000 leaders—representing more than 12,000 organizations and churches that serve more than five million individuals.
It's more than a 2-day event. Increasingly, the Summit is an organic leadership movement that unites hundreds of thousands of leaders across the globe seeking to maximize the impact of their churches or organizations to bring the hope of Christ to our broken world.
[edit] Summit speaker roster
- 2011: Bill Hybels (Founder & Sr. Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church), Howard Schultz (CEO of Starbucks), Erwin McManus (Activist; Filmmaker; Cultural Architect of Mosiac), Michelle Rhee (Founder and CEO of StudentsFirst.org), Dr. Henry Cloud (Clinical Psychologist; Bestselling Author), Seth Godin (Bestselling Author; Squidoo Founder; Marketing Blogger), Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil (Speaker; Thought Leader; Founder & President of Salter McNeil & Assoc.), Len Schlesinger (President of Babson College), Steven Furtick (Lead Pastor of Elevation Church), John Dickson (Sr. Minister, St. Andrews Anglican Church in Sydney, Australia), Cory Booker (Mayor of Newark, NJ), Mama Maggie Gobran (Founder & CEO, Stephen's Children MInistry; Nobel Peace Prize Nominee), and Rev. Stephen Sundar (Founder, Tribal Revival Movement)
- 2010: Bill Hybels, Jim Collins, T.D. Jakes, Jack Welch, Andy Stanley, Christine Caine, Tony Dungy, Zhao Xiao, Blake Mycoskie, Terri Kelly, Daniel Pink, Adam Hamilton and Jeff Manion
- 2009: Bill Hybels, Henry Cloud, Carly Fiorina, David Ireland, Patrick Lencioni, Gary Hamel, Tim Keller, Jessica Jackley, Harvey Carey, Tony Blair, Dave Gibbons, David Gergen, Bono, Dan Heath, Chip Heath, Wess Stafford and Andrew Rugasira
- 2008: Bill Hybels, John Burke, Craig Groeschel, Gary Haugen, Wendy Kopp, Efrem Smith, Brad Anderson, Chuck Colson, Bill George and Catherine Rohr [6]
- 2007: Bill Hybels, Carly Fiorina, Floyd H. Flake, Marcus Buckingham, Michael E. Porter, Colin Powell, John Ortberg, Richard Curtis, President Jimmy Carter[7]
- 2006: Bill Hybels, James Meeks, Andy Stanley, Peg Neuhauser, Ashish Nanda, Jim Collins, Patrick Lencioni, Wayne Cordeiro[8]
- 2005: Bill Hybels, Rick Warren, Mosa Sono, Eleanor Josaitis and Curtis Sliwa, John C. Maxwell and Ken Blanchard, Colleen Barrett, Jack Groppel, Henry Cloud, Kenneth Ulmer[9]
- 2004: Bill Hybels, Pat Summitt, T. D. Jakes, Sr., Steven Sample, Tim Sanders, Marcus Buckingham, A. R. Bernard, Sr.[10]
- 2003: Bill Hybels, Jim Collins, Andy Stanley, Erwin McManus, Karen Hughes, Patrick Lencioni[11]
- 2002: Bill Hybels, Warren Bennis, John Ortberg, Bill Hybels, Kirbyjon Caldwell, Dan Allender,[12][13]
- 2001: Chuck Colson, leaders from World Vision, John Ortberg, Bill Hybels[14]
- 2000: Ken Blanchard, Bill Hybels, Ken Blanchard, Bill Clinton, Rob Bell, Rich DeVos, Gary Smalley[14]
- 1999: Noel Tichy, Wayne Cordeiro, Bill Hybels, John Maxwell, Larry Crabb[14]
- 1998: Bill Hybels, Mike Singletary, Bill Hybels[14]
- 1997: Bill Hybels, Nancy Beach, Jim Collins, Rick Warren[14]
- 1996: John Maxwell[14]
- 1995: Bill Hybels, Pat MacMillan[14]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Willow Creek Association - about us
- ^ Earthly Empires
- ^ Cutrer, Corrie (2000-08-25). "Clinton Visit Provokes Church Members". Christianity Today. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/134/54.0.html.
- ^ "Leadership conference overview". http://www.willowcreek.com/events/leadership.
- ^ News at Willow Creek Community Church
- ^ Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008 | Speakers
- ^ Willow Creek Association Leadership Summit 2007
- ^ Leadership Summit 2006 Team Edition
- ^ Leadership Summit 2005 Team Edition
- ^ THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2004 - Resources
- ^ 2003 Leadership Summit - Resources
- ^ Leadership Summit DVD Library
- ^ Dan Allender - The Path Less Chosen
- ^ a b c d e f g "The Leadership Summit DVD library". http://www.willowcreek.com/events/leadership/2005/promotion/dvdlibrary.html. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
