Leadership Summit Moves to New Location

For 16 years, the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit has been broadcast live across the country with the goal of transforming Christian leaders around the world with an injection of vision, skill development and inspiration for the sake of the local church.

For the last five years, local attendees could participate in the broadcast in Wyckoff, first at Cornerstone Church, then at Powerhouse Christian Church. This year, the host site has moved 30 minutes away to Gracepoint Gospel Fellowship in New City, N.Y. 

The two-day Summit, held Thursday, Aug. 11 and Friday, Aug. 12, is broadcast live from the Willow Creek Church Campus in South Barrington, Ill. to more than 180 host churches throughout the world. 

This year's speakers include: 

• Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor of Willow Creek Church
• Howard Schultz, Chairman, CEO and President of Starbucks Corportation
• Erwin McManus, Activist, Film Maker, Innovator and Cultural Architect Mossaic
• Michelle Rhee, Founder and CEO, StudentsFirst, Former Chancellor, D.C. Public Schools
• Henry Cloud, Clinical Psychologist, Bestselling Author, Leadership Consultant
• Cory Booker, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
• Seth Godin, Bestselling Author; Squidoo Founder; Renowned Marketing Blogger
• Rev. Brenda Salter McNeil, Founder and President Salter McNeil & Associates
• Len Schlesinger, President, Babson College; Harvard Professor; Former Vice-Chair, Limited Brands
• Steven Furtick, Lead Pastor, Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina
• John Dickson, Director, Centre for Public Christianity, Sr. Minister, St. Andrews Anglican Church, Sydney, Australia
• Mama Maggie Gobran, Founder and CEO, Stephens Children Ministry, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

Wallk-in tickets are available. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and tickets cost $269. With valid ID, student tickets cost $79 and the military rate is $99