Listen to Rony’s story about the impact of the GLS in Guatemala:
Please join Rony as he prays for his country and the leaders attending the GLS this week. Also remember to keep the GLS in Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, Faroe Islands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana in your prayers this week as well. Thousands of leaders are coming together in unity, and being encouraged, equipped and challenged this week at the GLS. Thank you for your support!
FCF CHURCH MARYLAND / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Frederick Christian Fellowship has been involved in being the sole sponsor to bring world-class leadership development through The Global Leadership Summit to the Dominican Republic. They have even sent teams from their church to various mission projects in the DR. They now have very deep connections/relations with ten different churches in that country.
Senior Pastor, Randy Goldberg, says, “Essentially I have a fundamental belief that the WCA and Willow Creek Community Church are doing more for the Body of Christ globally than anyone else in our generation and that is why we are in partnership with them.”
COMMUNITY COVENANT MASS. / HAITI
Community Covenant Church is one of the smallest of WCA’s Summit Host Sites. In 2007, their leaders were challenged to make a diff erence in Haiti. Pastor Dennis Baril and three other church leaders flew to Chicago and presented their case to open up Haiti to TGLS. All of WCA’s resources had already been committed to other locations, but Community Covenant was told if they could raise the funds and produce the event, they had permission to go forward.
They developed the “Town Square Model” — taking the GLS to government and business leaders and bringing legitimacy to the event. At the end of the first Haitian GLS, Dennis connected with the country’ top Christian leaders. They all agreed to support the next Summit. In 2008 they had 250 leaders attend the conference, including prominent NGO leaders, pastors, business, and government leaders. Dennis says, “Haiti is now a part of our church life. People are thinking of ways to get involved and coming up with ideas to help all the time.” Also, Community Covenant is fundraising outside their congregation, spreading the vision of what they are doing to change a country.
