Category Archives: Ezines

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,…