Bill Hybels
Bill Hybels
William Hybelsis the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, one of the most attended churches in North America, with an average attendance of nearly 24,000 as of 2011. He is the founder of the Willow Creek Association and creator of the Global Leadership Summit. Hybels is also an author of a number of Christian books, especially on the subject of Christian leadership...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth12 December 1951
CountryUnited States of America
Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.
Simplified living is about more than doing less. It’s being who God called us to be, with a wholehearted, single-minded focus.
Humility enables us to learn from each other.
Develop your reflective will and gain better insight before you say or do something.
If I've learned anything about prayer, it's that desperation drives discipline.
More than anything, people want the reality of the discussion at hand. If what is going on in that building is the real thing, if the transforming love and power of Jesus Christ is being experienced, you can sit on a metal folding chair or in a plush theater seat.
If you are anything like me you'll have to fight tooth-and-nail to stay in the game (evangelism). Because although the home runs have been invigorating, my batting average over the years is abysmally low.
If there is ever a time crying out for courageous leadership, its now.
The nature of human beings is such that we tend not to drift into better behaviors. We usually have to be asked by someone to consider taking it up a level.
Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.
The Christian life is one of faith, where we find ourselves routinely overdriving our headlights but knowing it's okay because God is in control and has a purpose behind it.
Your energy and the ability to energize others is more valuable than your time.
I can write about prayer, you can read about prayer...but sooner or later you have to fall to your knees and just plain pray. Then, and only then, will you begin to operate in the vein of God's miracle-working ways.
Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it!