As a freshman at Wheaton College, I’d heard about this church that was doing creative things to reach lost people. We attended…The service opened with a Beatles song… I don’t know of a pastor or leader in America that has not in some way been shaped by the ministry of Willow Creek. Dave Dummitt (1:…
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Nancy Ortberg Speaks at Willow Creek: Bill Hybels’ Women Unveil Deep Ecumenism
By Mary Fairchild Update: Summer Notes: Dave Dummitt Picks Up Bill Hybels’ Mantle at Willow Creek Community Church to Promote Peter Drucker’s “Next Society” (July 2022) Mother’s Day at Willow Creek Church, South Barrington, Illinois. 2013. Willow Creek/Faith/Politics Mystical writings and spiritual exercises from the fourth to fifteenth century were listed in the womens’ ministries…
Willow Creek Community Church: Vision Night
By Mary Fairchild “Jesus used to say every once in awhile you have to change the wineskins.” Bill Hybels, Vision Night 2003 Completion of the 7,200-seat, $73 million, auditorium keeps Willow Creek in the ‘top ten’ largest church auditoriums in the country. The lobby includes a water wall, escalators, 12 kiosks connecting the church’s website,…
Globalism and Willow Creek Church
By Mary Fairchild Willow Creek/Politics Bill Hybels at Willow Creek (above), spring of 2013; Pictures on Flickr. Updated 7/10/22. See the latest Willow Creek Report: Summer Notes: Dave Dummitt Picks Up Bill Hybels’ Mantle at Willow Creek Community Church to Promote Peter Drucker’s “Next Society” The Willow Creek Association, now the Global Leadership Network,…
Human Potential Movement and Willow Creek
By Mary Fairchild Updated 7/10/22. See the latest Willow Creek Report: Summer Notes: Dave Dummitt Picks Up Bill Hybels’ Mantle at Willow Creek Community Church to Promote Peter Drucker’s “Next Society” There is abundant evidence that in many forms of modern thought – especially the so-called “prosperity” psychology, “willpower-building” metaphysics, and systems of “high-pressure” salesmanship –…