Leadership Summit: Bill Hybels
I respect and appreciate so many things about Bill Hybels. A few I want to mention are…his love for God, his passion, his love for those outside the church and his heart to help dying churches. Another quality he has that is like a breath air is his lack of pretense. Bill is honest and transparent in the pulpit and out. I love that.
Yesterday Bill Hylels launched the Leadership Summit at Willow Creek by teaching a session titled “Leading in a New Reality.” Here are some of the highlights of his talk …
- “The normal we all knew and loved has left the building.”
- “Do we still believe that the local church is the hope of the world?”
- “There’s nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.”
- Leaders need to “call the church to be the church.”
- “I don’t think anyone is coming to church anymore who isn’t looking for a full dose of God.”
- Jack Welch: “In a crisis, cash is king.”
- “Healthy cash reserves gives leaders what they need in a crisis: time.”
- “At Willow Creek, we have 25% of our annual revenues in cash reserves.”
- Financial plan at Willow:
- no more than 50% to staffing (including benefits)
- 10% given away
- 10% for whatever God is blessing at Willow (or cash reserves)
- 15% to ministry budgets
- 15% for facilities, utilities, debt service, etc.
- “Don’t lose heart in a downturn.”
- “I’m looking for God to do great things in our day.”
- “God usually does his great work through people who are totally yielded to him.”
- “Are we building backup positions for key leaders in our organization?”
- Bill admitted recently, “My life is unsustainable right now.”
- “The pace at which I’m doing the work of God is destroying the work of God in me.”
- “When I listen to God slowly, he speaks more frequently.”
- “What do your colleagues and followers see when they look at you today?”
