CONWAY - Christ Community Church in Conway will be the satellite host of The Global Leadership Summit 2011 on Thursday, August 11 and Friday, August 12.
The Summit is an annual training event for Christ-following leaders and emerging leaders, including pastors, business and community leaders, board members, elders, church staff, ministry leaders, volunteer leaders and students, who would like to improve their leadership skills.
Presented by the Willow Creek Association, a worldwide interdenominational network of more than 11,000 churches worldwide, The Global Leadership Summit is expected to draw some 131,000 church and business leaders to conference sites in more than 350 locations around the world, where talks from world-class leadership experts will be beamed live via satellite.
Some of the speakers include Bill Hybels, Howard Schultz, Erwin McManus and Dr. Henry Cloud. In anticipation of the Summit, Christ Community Church also has scheduled several Summit previews and book studies in June and July, which are free and open to the public.
For additional information or to register visit www.willowcreek.com/summit or call Eileen Soisson at (843) 267-6404.
Upcoming Summit events include:
- June 29, 6:30-8:00pm - Summit Preview featuring Erwin McManus at Powers Court Enterprises, 739 Sandy Lane, Surfside Beach
- July 14, 6:30-7:30pm - Book Study - Tribes by Seth Godin at Barnes & Noble (Market Common)
- July 19, 6:30-8:00pm - Summit Preview featuring Dr. Henry Cloud at Christ Community Church, 1500 Highway 501 Business, Conway
- August 11 & 12 - WCA Global Leadership Summit at Christ Community Church, 1500 Highway 501 Business, Conway
- September 20, 6:30-7:30pm - Book Study - Necessary Endings by Dr. Henry Cloud at Barnes & Noble (Market Common)
- November 11, 6:30-7:30pm - Book Study - Margins by Richard Swenson at Barnes & Noble (Market Common)
Featured Summit leadership experts on August 11 and 12 include:
- BILL HYBELS - Founder and Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church South Barrington, Illinois
- Howard D. Schultz - Founder, Chairman, CEO and President, Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, Washington
- Erwin McManus - Activist, Filmmaker, Innovator and Cultural Architect, Mosaic Church, Los Angles, California
- Michelle Rhee - Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst.org, Former Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools, Washington, D.C.
- Seth Godin - Bestselling Author, Founder Squidoo, Renowned Marketing Blogger New York, New York
- Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil - Speaker, Thought-Leader, Founder, President, Salter McNeil & Associates, Chicago, Illinois
- Dr. Henry Cloud - Clinical Psychologist, Bestselling Author, Leadership Consultant, Los Angeles, California
- Len Schlesinger - President Babson College, Harvard Professor, Former Vice-Chair Limited Brands, Boston, Massachusetts
- Steven Furtick - Lead Pastor Elevation Church, Charlotte, North Carolina
- John Dickson - Sr. Minister, St. Andrews Anglican Church, Sr. Research Fellow Macquarie University, Roseville, Australia
- Mama Maggie Gobran - Founder & Director, Stephen's Children Ministries, Nobel Prize Nominee, Cairo, Egypt
When the Summit began in 1995, it was attended almost exclusively by church leaders. As its transferable principles spread outside the walls of the church, companies began sending teams to the Summit and many continue to use it as one of their core annual training events. For a complete list of speakers and for information about local satellite sites and registration for The Global Leadership Summit 2010, visit www.willowcreek.com/summit or call (800) 570-9812.
The Willow Creek Association (WCA), host of the annual Leadership Summit, is a growing multi-denominational worldwide network of 11,000 churches from 90 denominations and 45 countries. The not-for-profit WCA equips churches and church leaders with strategic vision, training, and resources.
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