Global Leadership Summit: Profiles 10 & 11/12

[notice]It is just over a week to the launch of the 2011 Global Leadership Summit (GLS) in South Africa. Today we profile the 10th and 11th profiles of the 12 expert speakers who will challenge and inspire summit delegates around the world with the end goal of empowering local churches to transform communities. The first GLS events in South Africa this year will be in Port Elizabeth and Pretoria on October 7 and 8.[/notice]

Steven Furtick
Lead Pastor, Elevation Church — Charlotte, North Carolina

At 31, Steven Furtick is living proof that youth is not a barrier for God. Five years ago, Furtick recruited a team of friends and planted Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today, Elevation is one of the fastest-growing churches in America, with more than 8 000 in attendance. His new book, Sun Stand Still, inspires believers toward audacious faith, rooted in prayer and unbound by circumstances. “God revels in doing the impossible through those willing to dream big—and ask,” he says. What audacious dream has God planted in your soul? And what kind of leadership does it require? Take the plunge toward leadership marked by deeper faith and riskier audacity.

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtLOveF0a9s

Michelle Rhee
Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst — Former Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools — Washington, D.C.

Leaders know that change isn’t easy—and it doesn’t come overnight. That’s why, for the past 18 years, Michelle Rhee has stayed the course with a single objective: to give children the needed skills to compete in a changing world. Rhee, who served with Teach for America, founded The New Teacher Project, equipping school districts to transform how they recruit and train qualified teachers. During her three years as Chancellor of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools, students’ scores and graduation rates rose dramatically. Today, Rhee is CEO of StudentsFirst, a movement to transform public education. She holds firm to her conviction that teachers are the most powerful driving force behind student achievement.

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPsqO17f6Lw&feature=player_embedded

The GLS was started by Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Church, Illinois, USA in 1995 as an annual training event for church, ministry and other leaders to sharpen their skills. The Summit telecasts LIVE from the campus of Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago reaching more than 185 premier host sites across the United States. In the months following, the Summit moves into more than 200 cities in 70+ countries across the globe, via videocast.

Global Leadership Summit Dates in South Africa

7-8 October Pretoria

7-8 October Port Elizabeth

14-15 October Durban

14-15 October Vanderbijlpark

21-22 October Cape Town

28-29 October Durban

28-29 October East London

28-29 October Jefrrey’s Bay

4-5 November Johannesburg

4-5 November Windhoek

11-12 November Walvis Bay

18-19 November Oshakati

Registration forms are available here: