Dear Visionary Leader: I can truly say that I have invested my life in seeking to see lost people reconciled to God and for the Church to build bridges instead of fences between its leaders. We so often want ourselves to be forgiven before the Lord, but forget that real forgiveness is demonstrated by how we treat our brothers and sisters. It is my opinion that real revival is not just getting the roof off and getting right with God. Real revival is getting the walls down and getting right with one another. Many years ago, Dr. Bill Bright and I wrote a book entitled, Beyond All Limits: The Synergistic Church For…

Dear Visionary Leader: There are two problems that do great psychological, emotional, and spiritual damage to anyone: One is guilt, and the other is bitterness. Guilt imprisons us; bitterness poisons us. Forgiveness is the answer both to bitterness and to guilt. Guilt is the result of something we have done wrong; bitterness is our reaction to someone else’s wrong, or our perception that someone else has wronged us. They both have us in a prison, and it is forgiveness that sets the prisoner free from guilt or from bitterness. God’s forgiveness of us sets us free from the prison of guilt, and our forgiveness of others sets us free from the prison…

Dear Visionary Leader: We were fortunate to partner with Rev. Guy Sottile, Founder of Italy for Christ in The Italy Leadership Summit. Plans are being enacted for the launch of the Rome Global Hub in the fall of 2020. For two days, seventy significant leaders from Sicily to Switzerland joined us as we focused on the themes of The Rise of the Global Church Network, Life’s Greatest Challenge, Beginning With The End In Mind and The Top Five Laws of Communication. I was deeply honored to have Rev. Ejaz Nabie, Lead Pastor of Faith Assembly, Queens, New York with us. He brought the powerful presentation on, Begin With The End In Mind. The history of Italy is characterized by two periods of unity-the Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) and the modern democratic republic formed after the…

Dear Visionary Leader: More than 100 Global Church Network (GCN) international core leaders assembled in Orlando, Florida, for its annual Global Leadership Meeting to strategize God’s work in fulfilling the Great Commission worldwide. The leadership meeting occurred prior to the start of the Synergize Pastors & Leaders Conference, the 10th biennial conference of GCN that took place January 28-30, 2020. During the Global Church Leadership meeting, we recognized and honored four individuals who have modeled exemplary collaborative leadership. These included presentations of two annual Synergize Awards given to: Dr. David Mohan, co-founder of New Life Assembly in Chennai, India, which averages more than 50,000 weekly attendance and is a “spiritual father of…

Dear Visionary Leader: I am grateful to share with you that nearly 850 international attendees representing more than 100 denominations and 60 countries gathered at the Synergize 2020 Pastors & Leaders Conference last week. Additionally, more than $2 million were committed to complete phase one of FINISH 2030, an initiative aimed at finishing the Great Commission on the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the global Church. FINISH 2030 specifically seeks to find the remaining unreached people groups around the world, translate the Bible into every language, plant churches within walking distance of all individuals, including more than 57 million people without a church living in 20,000 villages high in the Himalaya Mountains, and create disciples for Christ….

Dear Visionary Leader: When Michel Gorbechev was President of the former Soviet Union in the late 1980s, a good friend of his became an astronaut and was sent into space for a short, routine mission. The trip was supposed to last for only a few days, but while he was away from planet earth, the government of his country began to fall apart. Gorbechev was relieved of his national duties. Because of all the incidents, it was decided that the astronaut should stay in orbit for several months. By the time he returned home his world was very different. He had a new country, a new president, and a new system of…

Dear Visionary Leader: I would like to begin this important new decade message by sharing with you about the Top Ten Things you will not have to worry about from 2020 to 2030: a. The Bible will still have the answers. b. Prayer will still work. c. The Holy Spirit will still move. d. God will still inhabit the praises of His people. e. There will still be God-anointed preaching. f. There will still singing of praise. g. God will still pour out blessings upon His people. h. There will still be room at the cross. i. Jesus will still love you. j. Jesus will still save the lost. In this Genesis 24,…

I am fortunate to release The Billion Soul Story: Finding Your Role In God’s Goal in December, 2015. The Billion Soul Story is comprised of visionary leaders and history makers, from every world region, who have chosen to double the size of the Global Church in this generation. When you read this powerful book, you will be encouraged in your heart, enlarged in your mind and empowered in your spirit. By the time you finish reading this exciting story, you will see the hand of God at work in our world from a new powerful vantage point like never before!

There are basically two kinds of people in life. There are those who make deposits and those who make withdrawals. We need the kind of friends in our life who make deposits. I realize that there are exceptions to this statement. There are instances where our friends cannot make a deposit into us due to what they may be going through for a period of time. What kind of friends do you have? What kind of friend are you? We attract who we are; not what we want in life. Have you ever seen someone walking toward you and you prayed, “Lord, please come and take us to heaven!” Have…