Willow Creek Opens 16th Global Leadership Summit

Posted on: 08-06-2010
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On August 5, Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, opened the 16th Global Leadership Summit with a fervent message to leaders on building teams of fantastic people. Speaking to more than 7,000 people at the South Barrington campus near Chicago, Illinois, Hybels also addressed 57,000 additional people watching via satellite in 220 cities in North America.

Hybels opened the two-day conference with a faculty including former NFL coach Tony Dungy, business leader and author Jim Collins, former CEO of General Electric Jack Welch, Andy Stanley, senior pastor of North Point Community Church near Atlanta, evangelist T.D. Jakes, and leading Chinese economist Zhao Xiao.

The Global Leadership Summit is held by the Willow Creek Association and will be taken to areas worldwide at a later date.

Read complete coverage in The Daily Herald.

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Tony Dungy Addressed Coaches and Athletes at Willow Creek

Posted on: 08-04-2010
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Tony Dungy, best-selling author, 2007 Super Bowl-winning head coach, and NBC’s Football Night in America analyst spoke to local coaches and athletes at Willow Creek Community Church on Thursday evening. August 5. In conjuction with The Chicagoland Youth Football League (TCYFL), the country’s largest independent youth tackle football league, athletes had the opportunity to hear from Dungy on the importance of mentoring and being mentored.

“Coaches aren’t just football instructors,” says TCYFL president Geoff Meyer. “They are role models for their players and in their communities, so the TCYFL supports ongoing character development initiatives.”

Dungy is on a nine-day media tour to mark the release of his new book, The Mentor Leader: Secrets to Building People and Teams that Win Consistently. His book urges the importance of mentoring as a transformational tool in individuals or teams, and offers practical advice on becoming a mentor leader whether you’re a coach, business person, teacher, pastor, or parent.

Earlier in the day, Craig Groeschel, pastor of LifeChurch.tv interviewed Dungy as part of the Willow Creek Association’s annual Global Leadership Summit.

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