Global Leadership Summit

Tyler Perry, Jeffrey Immelt, Susan Cain, Wilfredo De Jesús, Patrick Lencioni, and Willow Creek's Bill Hybels to Challenge Leaders at The Global Leadership Summit

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED LEADERS PROVIDE VALUABLE LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS TO 75,000+ AT AUGUST 14-15 CONFERENCE

BIRMINGHAM, MI, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014: Willow Creek Association, an organization that has equipped pastors and church leaders for more than 20 years, turns to world-class, forward-thinking leaders in business, education, social justice arenas, churches, and the arts to impart hard-hitting leadership development to more than 75,000 leaders in the US on August 14 and 15. Originating at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., The Global Leadership Summit will be transmitted live via satellite to First United Methodist Church of Birmingham as well as 230+ locations throughout the US, and videocast to more than 300 international host sites in 90 countries and 42 languages before the end of 2014.

Faculty members at The Global Leadership Summit 2014 include Tyler Perry, Filmmaker, Actor and Philanthropist, Jeffrey Immelt, President and CEO, GE, Susan Cain, Author; Viral TED Speaker on The Power of Introverts, Wilfredo De Jesús, Pastor; Time’s 100 Most Influential People 2013, Patrick Lencioni, Best-selling Business Author; Founder, The Table Group and Bill Hybels, Founder and Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church.Great leaders never stop learning and are determined to join with team members to get better every year. “When leaders get better, everyone wins,” says Hybels. “It’s your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up.” The Global Leadership Summit, best experienced in a team setting, allows leaders and their teams to build into each other, hold each other accountable, and in that environment, everyone has influence and the potential to spark positive change.

Leaders consistently turn to Willow Creek's annual leadership conference to build and restore vitality to their organizations and teams. This year's powerful, seasoned faculty will challenge leaders across all spectrums of leadership. And it all takes places inside churches throughout North America.

Other speakers include:
• Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
• Ivan Satyavrata, Senior Pastor, Assembly of God Church, Kolkata, India
• Bryan Loritts, Founder and Lead Pastor, Fellowship Memphis Church
• Joseph Grenny, Social Scientist for Business Performance
• Allen Catherine Kagina, Commissioner General, Uganda Revenue Authority
• Louie Giglio, Pastor, Passion City Church; Founder of the Passion Movement
• Erica Ariel Fox, New York Times Best-selling Author; President, Mobius Executive Leadership
• Don Flow, Chairman and CEO, Flow Companies Inc. 

For more information or to register to attend the Global Leadership Summit live via satellite to First United Methodist Church of Birmingham, go to www.fumcbirmimgham.org or call 248-646-1200.

The church is located at 1589 W. Maple Road (between Southfield and Cranbrook) in Birmingham.