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…

The Global Church continues to make enormous strides toward the planting of five million new churches for a Billion Soul harvest by the year 2020. The Billion Soul Initiative began in September, 2015, Dallas, Texas. At this global launch were 500 key leaders from 80 nations. All of us were focused on synergizing our efforts together to help double the size of the global Church in our generation. As of last weekend, the global Church has collectively passed 3.3 million new church plants and 700 million coming to Christ. With this pace of growth, it is anticipated that the goal of 5 million new churches for a Billion Soul harvest…