We had an amazing time at the Generations Conference with C. Peter Wagner who is only one of the greatest apostolic voices of our time. He has written 70 books and is the founder of Wagner Leadership Institute. Totally awesome!!
We got to hear speakers Tonny Barnett who Pastors a church of 25 000 people in Pheonix and his son Matthew who pastors the Dream Center in LA that reaches 35 000 people every week. Many of them are famous people that you would recognize as well as ministering to the poor in his city. He reaches gang members, pimps and prostitutes and pulls children off the streets to raise them in their facility. What a powerful testimony. You should check out his book "The Church That Never Sleeps."
If that was not cool enough we also saw Brian Houston. Maybe you have heard the song "Shout To The Lord." It was featured last week on American Idol by the way. He was there as well. He only has 25 000 people in his church and has changed the Australian culture. No big thing.
But the best was Peter Daniels. A Christian billionaire who makes Donald Trump look like a sissy. Corporations voluntarily pay Millions for 15 minutes of his advice. He taught us on success principals in four one hour sessions. You might want to listen to those on CD like yesterday. We have also ordered a exclusive package of all of his lifetime teachings for the use of our people in the coming months. It is like a 100 years of information on how to own a business, negotiate with the bank, make a business plan, and numerous other things that we only dream about in somebody else's brain. He was totaly WOW! I can't wait to see how these things will change the way we do church and the way we build up others to success. Blessed to be a blessing!
And lt us not forget our graduating members whom we are so proud of. Cherie Lynn Halvorson received her Master's Degree for practical ministry with WLI, and Edwin Wiggers received his Assoiciates Degree for practical ministry. Congratulations to both of you!
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