This network is a partnership between Church Communication Network and the IGRC Office of Congregational Development. For more information, contact IGRC.
Growing Your Church's Capacity (GYCC)
Tuesday, January 9, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Mike Slaughter
GYCC: Leading Your Church to Reach Your Community and Change the World!
How can your church more effectively reach the community and the world? When Mike Slaughter was appointed to serve Ginghamsburg Church in 1979, it was a small congregation. Today over 4,000 people can be found on the campus in Tipp City, Ohio, on any given week. The church not only reaches the community, but carries out a vision with a global impact. Join Mike Slaughter, chief dreamer, global thinker and lead pastor of Ginghamsburg Church, as he challenges pastors and church leaders to live out their threefold purpose of Maturity, Mission, and Multiplication.
Mike Slaughter Mike Slaughter is the three-decade dreamer of Ginghamsburg Church and Spiritual Entrepreneur of ministry marketplace innovations. His life-long passion to reach the lost and set the oppressed free has recently turned towards the great needs of displaced children, women and men in the Sudan. This initiative, along with Mike’s recently released resources of Momentum for Life and Money Matters, mark the turn of Mike’s ministry towards his best season yet in “afflicting the comfortable and comforting the afflicted.” For more information about Mike, visit www.mikeslaughter.com.
Thursday, February 15, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Roger Ross
GYCC: Growing Leaders for Significant Ministry
How do you discern who is best equipped to serve as leaders in your congregation? As a volunteer-intensive organization, the church must have effective leaders if it is to have significant ministry. As the founding pastor of New Horizon UMC in Champaign, IL, Roger Ross knows the value of empowering leaders. In less than 10 years after launch, New Horizon grew to be one of the 10 largest churches in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, while also giving birth to Quest UMC. Discover what New Horizon has learned about "Sailing the 7 C's of Leadership."
Roger Ross is Lead Pastor of New Horizon UMC in Champaign, IL. Roger has also served churches in Texas, the British Channel Island of Guernsey, and Illinois. His two great passions in ministry are connecting the spiritually unconnected with Jesus and planting new congregations.
Tuesday, March 13, 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Jim Griffith
GYCC: Coaching Leaders for Greater Effectiveness
How can you help the leaders in your congregation grow to the next level and empower them for more fruitful ministry? Effective coaching is one key. In the first 20 years of his ministry, Jim Griffith started five different congregations. Over the past eleven years, he has engaged in a full-time coaching ministry. In this seminar, Jim will explore the basics of utilizing effective coaching for leadership development.
Rev. Jim Griffith is the Founder of Griffith Coaching Network, a network of coaches committed to helping church leaders develop more fruitful ministries. Jim has trained over 5000 church leaders, 500 church coaches, and conducted over 400 assessments of pastoral candidates. Additionally, he coaches 15-20 churches each year. His vast experiences and intuitive skills help leaders discern the directions they need to take.
