We are getting ready for the final two sessions of the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. I to say again a sincere “Thank You” to The Rocket Company for allowing me to attend.
The final session included a conversation on succession between Bill Hybels, outgoing WCA president Jim Mellado (quotes 2-7) and the organization’s incoming leader Gary Schwammlein (quotes 9-.
The following are the leadership comments from their session:
- When someone has lead well in a church, you should give them appropriate honor. – Bill Hybels
- There really aren’t words I just want to say “Thank You.”
- There were just a dozen employees when I joined the Summit.
- My kids came to Christ here. I got to baptize them in the lake.
- My kids grew up understanding community and service.
- I’ve got to thank my mentor Bill who gave me the gift of belief, the gift of opportunity, and gave me the gift of reprimands when I needed it.
- Bill, I love you.
- We’re going to do Kingdom mischief together for the rest of our lives. – Hybels
- I turned 70 this May.
- There are churches all over the world that are not the hope of the world. I grew up in one and left it as soon as I could.
- When I see churches operating at a low passion level it angers me.
- Leadership matters.
- The leadership gift enables all the other gifts to flourish.
- If you want your leadership to matter, lead in the things that matter to God.
- I’m a proponent of not putting an agent limit on who can contribute in a major way.
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