Barnabas File

Bill Hybels, pastor of Willow Creek Tomorrow morning, I will make my way to a church in nearby community to participate in the 2015 Global Leadership Summit via live video streaming.   This will be one of some 300 sites across the country that will host this annual presentation by the Willow Creek Association.    I always feel that I have to provide a disclaimer for my friends who think “megachurch” is a dirty word when I tell them I am attending the Summit. L et me say that I attend for three reasons: First, Willow Creek Community Church, the “mother church” of the Willow Creek Association, does “big church” well, and they are transparent when they falter.   The same spirit infuses the Summit. Second, the worship is always different from what I usually experience and that is not bad.   I need to be “stretched” a bit.   Worship is always creative, participative, and sometimes a bit “weird.” Third, the Summit organizers enlist some ...