Willow Creek Association
| Abbreviation | WCA |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1992 |
| Headquarters | South Barrington, Illinois |
Membership | 7,000+ |
President | Gary Schwammlein |
| Website |
The Willow Creek Association (WCA), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit ministry, is an international Christian association of more than 7,000+ member churches from 90+ denominations and 90 countries.[1]
About Willow Creek Association
Willow Creek Association (WCA) is committed to the singular idea that inspired, encouraged and equipped Christian leaders transform their communities. The leaders we serve are not just full-time ministry staff, but leaders in all sectors of society committed to pursuing their grander visions—whatever they might be. Since 1992, WCA has served Christians through events like The Global Leadership Summit.
WCA Membership is a community of innovative churches sharing a common vision of supporting the building of biblically functioning churches globally, representing members from diverse churches, denominations, regions, cultures and ethnicities who want to learn from each other and see the Church thrive around the world.
The Global Leadership Summit
The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event telecast LIVE in HD from Willow’s campus near Chicago every August to 550+ locations in the United States. Throughout the fall, the Summit takes place via videocast at an additional 675+ sites in 125 countries and 59 languages. In 2016, more than 305,000 leaders attended worldwide.
More than an event, the Summit is a resource to be leveraged for community transformation. Leaders are discovering that by attending the Summit and utilizing its content and tools, their teams are increasing their impact. In fact, independent research shows that 83% of leaders who attended the Summit in consecutive years feel improved teamwork, increased job satisfaction and productivity.
Each year, this event features experts in the arena of leadership in lecture and interview formats. Past speakers have included Bono (former Time Magazine Co-Man of the Year and U2 lead singer), Ken Blanchard ("The One Minute Manager"), Marcus Buckingham ("StrengthFinders"), Jim Collins ("Good to Great" and "Built to Last"), and Mike Singletary (NFL Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears). The 2007 event featured live and taped sessions with Colin Powell, Carly Fiorina, Floyd Flake, Marcus Buckingham, John Ortberg, Michael E. Porter (Harvard), Richard Curtis (film producer) and Former president Jimmy Carter.
Summit Speaker Roster
| Year | Name | Credentials | Speaking Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bill Hybels | - | Passing the Leadership Test |
| 2003 | Bill Hybels | - | The Leader's Edge |
| 2003 | Andy Stanley | - | Making Vision Stick |
| 2003 | Erwin McManus | - | The Barbarian Way Out Of Civilization |
| 2003 | Patrick Lencioni | - | The Five Dysfunctions of a Team |
| 2003 | Erwin McManus | - | The Character Matrix |
| 2003 | Bill Hybels | - | Creating a Leadership Revolution |
| 2004 | Bill Hybels | - | The Leader's Finest Hour |
| 2004 | Bill Hybels | - | The Leaders' Edge |
| 2004 | T.D. Jakes | - | Exceptional Leadership at Every Level |
| 2004 | Steven Sample | - | The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership |
| 2004 | Tim Sanders | - | The Lovecat Way |
| 2004 | Marcus Buckingham | - | One Thing You Need to Know |
| 2004 | A.R. Bernard | - | Leading Between Two Kingdoms |
| 2004 | Bill Hybels | - | When the Laws of Leadership and Discipleship Collide |
| 2005 | Bill Hybels | - | The Leader's State of Mind |
| 2005 | Rick Warren | - | Leadership is Stewardship |
| 2005 | Mosa Sono | - | Seeing the Unseen |
| 2005 | Eleanor Josaitis | - | and Curtis Sliwa Putting Yourself at Risk: The Price of Leadership |
| 2005 | John Maxwell | - | The Story of Two Leaders: When Your Calling Changes |
| 2005 | Ken Blanchard | - | The Story of Two Leaders: When Your Calling Changes |
| 2005 | Colleen Barrett | - | Making a Great Idea Fly: An Interview with Southwest Airlines’ President |
| 2005 | Jack Groppel | - | The Mental Toughness of a Leader |
| 2005 | Henry Cloud | - | Action Steps for Monday |
| 2005 | Kenneth Ulmer | - | A Leader’s Unshakeable Resolve |
| 2005 | Bill Hybels | - | These Things We Must Do |
| 2006 | Bill Hybels | - | Life Cycle of a Leader & The Power of Inspiration |
| 2006 | James Meeks | - | Enemies of a Growing Church |
| 2006 | Andy Stanley | - | Focused on Leadership |
| 2006 | Peg Neuhauser | - | Tribal Warfare |
| 2006 | Jim Collins | - | When Business Thinking Fails the Church |
| 2006 | Bono | - | Interview with Bill Hybels |
| 2006 | Patrick Lencioni | - | Silos, Politics and Turf Wars |
| 2006 | Wayne Cordeiro | - | Dead Leader Running |
| 2007 | Bill Hybels | - | Vision to Die For |
| 2007 | Carly Fiorina | - | Tough Choices: An Interview |
| 2007 | Floyd H. Flake | - | The Heat of Responsibility |
| 2007 | Marcus Buckingham | - | Go Put Your Strengths to Work |
| 2007 | Michael E. Porter | - | Strategy and Leadership |
| 2007 | John Ortberg | - | A Leader's Greatest Fear |
| 2007 | Richard Curtis | - | Living for the Greater Good: An Interview |
| 2007 | Jimmy Carter | - | Building Humanity: An Interview |
| 2007 | Bill Hybels | - | Whatever You Do, Inspire Me! |
| 2008 | Bill Hybels | Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church | The High Drama of Decision Making |
| 2008 | Bill George | Professor, Harvard Business School, Former CEO, Medtronics | Finding Your True North |
| 2008 | Wendy Kopp | CEO and Founder, Teach for America | Stand Up and Lead |
| 2008 | Gary Haugen | CEO and Founder, International Justice Mission | Just Courage: Charging the Darkness |
| 2008 | John Burke | Lead Pastor, Gateway Community Church | Leading in New Cultural Realities |
| 2008 | Efrem Smith | Senior Pastor, The Sanctuary Covenant Church | Leading in New Cultural Realities |
| 2008 | Craig Groeschel | Senior Pastor, LifeChurch.tv | IT: How Leaders Can Get IT and Keep IT |
| 2008 | Chuck Colson | Chairman and Founder, Prison Fellowship Ministries | Defending the Faith |
| 2008 | Brad Anderson | Vice Chairman and CEO, Best Buy, Inc. | An Uncompromising Focus on People |
| 2008 | Bill Hybels | Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church | Relentless |
| 2009 | Bill Hybels | Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church | Leading in a New Reality |
| 2009 | Gary Hamel | - | Manage Differently NOW |
| 2009 | Tim Keller | - | Leading People to the Prodigal God |
| 2009 | Jessica Jackley | - | A Leadership Case Study: Jessica Jackley and the KIVA Story |
| 2009 | Harvey Carey | - | Against All Odds |
| 2009 | Dave Gibbons | - | Third Culture Leadership |
| 2009 | Andrew Rugasira | - | Aid vs. Trade |
| 2009 | Wess Stafford | - | Levering Your Past |
| 2009 | David Gergen | - | Eyewitness to Power |
| 2009 | Chip Heath and Dan Heath | - | Switch |
| 2009 | Tony Blair | - | An Interview with Tony Blair |
| 2010 | Bill Hybels | Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church | From Here to There |
| 2010 | Jim Collins | - | Never, Ever, Give Up |
| 2010 | Christine Caine | - | Leading on the Edge of Hope |
| 2010 | Tony Dungy | - | The Mentor Leader |
| 2010 | Craig Groeschel | - | The Mentor Leader |
| 2010 | Adam Hamilton | - | When Leaders Fall |
| 2010 | Dr. Zhao | - | Beyond Economy: China's Transformation with the Cross |
| 2010 | Jeff Manion | - | The Land Between |
| 2010 | Terri Kelly | - | When Leaders Emerge: The Story of W.L. Gore & Associates |
| 2010 | Jim Mellado | - | When Leaders Emerge: The Story of W.L. Gore & Associates |
| 2010 | Daniel H. Pink | - | What Motivates Us: Not What You Think |
| 2010 | Blake Mycoskie | - | Making Conscious Capitalism Work: The TOMS Shoes Story |
| 2010 | Darren Whitehead | - | Making Conscious Capitalism Work: The TOMS Shoes Story |
| 2010 | Jack Welch | - | Leader to Leader |
| 2010 | T. D. Jakes | - | Combustible Passion |
| 2010 | Bill Hybels | Senior Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church | Closing Remarks |
| 2011 | Erwin McManus | Activist; Filmmaker; Cultural Architect of Mosiac | |
| 2011 | Michelle Rhee | Founder and CEO of StudentsFirst.org | |
| 2011 | Dr. Henry Cloud | Clinical Psychologist; Bestselling Author | |
| 2011 | Seth Godin | Bestselling Author; Squidoo Founder; Marketing Blogger | |
| 2011 | Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil | Speaker; Thought Leader; Founder & President of Salter McNeil & Assoc. | |
| 2011 | Len Schlesinger | President of Babson College | |
| 2011 | Steven Furtick | Lead Pastor of Elevation Church | |
| 2011 | John Dickson Sr. | Minister, St. Andrews Anglican Church in Sydney, Australia | |
| 2011 | Cory Booker | Mayor of Newark, NJ | |
| 2011 | Mama Maggie Gobran | Founder & CEO, Stephen's Children Ministry; Nobel Peace Prize Nominee | |
| 2012 | Condoleezza Rice | Former U.S. Secretary of State | |
| 2012 | Jim Collins | Nationally Acclaimed Business Thinker and Author | |
| 2012 | Geoffrey Canada | President & CEO, Harlem Children's Zone | |
| 2012 | Sheryl WuDunn | Best-Selling Author; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Business Executive | |
| 2012 | Craig Groeschel | Founder and Senior Pastor, LifeChurch.tv | |
| 2012 | John Ortberg | Senior Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and Author | |
| 2012 | Mario Vega | Senior Pastor, Mision Christiana Elim, El Salvador | |
| 2012 | Marc Kielburger | Co-Founder, Free The Children; Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Me to We, Toronto, Ontario | |
| 2012 | Pranitha Timothy | Director of Aftercare, International Justice Mission, Chennai, India | |
| 2012 | William L. Ury | Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Harvard University's Program on Negotiation | |
| 2012 | Patrick Lencioni | Founder and President, The Table Group; Best-Selling Author | |
| 2013 | Gen. Colin Powell | Former U.S. Secretary of State | |
| 2013 | Dr. Brene Brown | Research Professor University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work | |
| 2013 | Mark Burnett | Executive Producer Four-time Emmy Award Winner; Executive Producer, Survivor, The Voice, and The Bible | |
| 2013 | Patrick Lencioni | Founder and President, The Table Group; Best-selling Author | |
| 2013 | Vijay Govindarajan | Top 50 Management Thinker; Professor, Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business | |
| 2013 | Liz Wiseman | Executive Strategy & Leadership Consultant; Best-selling Author | |
| 2013 | Oscar Muriu | Senior Pastor, Nairobi Chapel, Kenya | |
| 2013 | Chris Brown | Co-Senior Pastor and Teaching Pastor, North Coast Church | |
| 2013 | Dr. Henry Cloud | Clinical Psychologist; Leadership Consultant; Best-selling Author | |
| 2013 | Joseph Grenny | Co-Founder, VitalSmarts; Best-selling Business Author | |
| 2013 | Bob Goff | Founder and CEO, Restore International; Attorney | |
| 2013 | Andy Stanley | Founder and Senior Pastor, North Point Ministries | |
| 2014 | Tyler Perry | Filmmaker, Actor and Philanthropist | |
| 2014 | Jeffrey R. Immelt | President and CEO, General Electric | |
| 2014 | Susan Cain | Best-selling Author; Viral TED Speaker on The Power of Introverts | |
| 2014 | Wilfredo De Jesus | Senior Pastor, New Life Covenant Church | |
| 2014 | Patrick Lencioni | Best-selling Business Author; Founder and President, The Table Group | |
| 2014 | Carly Fiorina | Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard; Opportunity Intl. Global Board Chair | |
| 2014 | Ivan Satyavrata | Senior Pastor, Assembly of God Church, Kolkata, India | |
| 2014 | Bryan Loritts | Founder and Lead Pastor, Fellowship Memphis | |
| 2014 | Joseph Greeny | Co-Founder, VitalSmarts; Social Scientist for Business Performance | |
| 2014 | Allen Catherine Kagina | Commissioner General, Uganda Revenue Authority | |
| 2014 | Louie Giglio | Pastor, Passion City Church; Founder of the Passion Movement | |
| 2014 | Erica Ariel Fox | New York Times Best-selling Author; President of Mobius Executive Leadership | |
| 2014 | Don Flow | Chairman and CEO, Flow Companies Inc. | |
| 2015 | Liz Wiseman | President, The Wiseman Group; Best-selling Author | |
| 2015 | Craig Groeschel | Founder and Senior Pastor, LifeChurch.tv | |
| 2015 | Brian Houston | Founder and Global Senior Pastor, Hillsong Church | |
| 2015 | Jim Collins | Nationally Acclaimed Business Thinker, Best-selling Author Good to Great | |
| 2015 | Sheila Heen | Founder, Triad Consulting Group; Faculty, Harvard Law School | |
| 2015 | Adam Grant | Professor, Wharton School of Business; Best-selling Author | |
| 2015 | Sallie Krawcheck | Chair, Ellevate Network; Former President, Bank of America’s Global Wealth & Investment Management | |
| 2015 | Sam Adeyemi | Founder and Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre in Nigeria | |
| 2015 | Ed Catmull | Co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios; President of Walt Disney Animation Studios | |
| 2015 | Dr. Brene Brown | Research Professor, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; Best-selling Author | |
| 2015 | Albert Tate | Founder and Senior Pastor, Fellowship Monrovia in Southern California | |
| 2015 | Horst Schulze | Chairman and CEO, Capella Hotel Group; Founding President and COO, The Ritz-Carlton Group | |
| 2016 | Bill Hybels | ||
| 2016 | Melinda Gates | ||
| 2016 | John Maxwell | ||
| 2016 | Jossy Chacko | ||
| 2016 | Chris Mcchesney | ||
| 2016 | Erin Meyer | ||
| 2016 | T.D. Jakes | ||
| 2016 | Danielle Strickland | ||
| 2016 | Travis Badberry | ||
| 2016 | Patrick Lencioni | ||
| 2016 | Wilfredo De Jesus |
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