"Pastor Craig Groeschel began lifechurch.tv in a two car garage with 40 people. In 2001 MetroChurch merged with lifechurch.tv and lifechurch.tv had its first permanent campus. Since then it has grown to 12 campuses plus a second life campus. Pastor Craig still preaches to all of them by broadcasting through satelites." Squidoo
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"Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv and is known for his creative and relevant Bible teaching..." [GJ - So that is why Ski's sermons are relevant.]
"Craig Groeschel (born December 2, 1967) is the founder and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a church with thirteen locations in six states. He is married with six children and lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, where LifeChurch.tv is based.
Groeschel was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in southern Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma City University, a private university in Oklahoma City affiliated with the United Methodist Church, on an athletic scholarship, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Marketing. Shortly thereafter, he met his wife Amy, and the two married in 1991. That same year, Groeschel entered the ministry as an associate pastor in the United Methodist Church. He attended Phillips Theological Seminary, which is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and secured a Master of Divinity degree. He was an associate pastor at First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City.
In 1996, Groeschel and a handful of people started Life Covenant Church in a two-car garage. Groeschel’s non-traditional style was successful and attendance of Life Covenant grew rapidly, eventually evolving into what is now the thirteen LifeChurch.tv campuses in six states (including Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Tennessee, and New York).
Craig was named the 5th most influential pastor in 2006 and LifeChurch.tv was named America’s Most Innovative Church in 2006 and 2007.[who?]
Groeschel has authored several books including Chazown: A Different Way to See Your Life and It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It." Wikipedia
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2. What is your biggest pet peeve as a leader?
Craig: "Small thinking." [GJ - Parlow says, "Dream big. Copy and paste."]
3. Who made the biggest influence in your life as a leader?
Craig: "My parents and wife made the biggest difference personally. Lyle Schaller has made the biggest difference in my life as a minister."
4. What books have changed your life?
Craig: "The Bible is the book that brought me to Christ. I am inspired by reading biographies of great Christian leaders and stories of martyrs. Business and leadership books that spoke to me were, "Good to Great,""The Purple Cow," "The E-Myth revisited." The Leadership Blog
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@iamdiddy Working on a sermon for Sunday - Painlkiller - The Pain of Loss - & answering emails.
about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to iamdiddy
Ski
Craig Groeschel (an Andy Stanley buddy)
Pain Killer
View this series. Series ID: 19
3 week series
Life can be full of pain sometimes. What do you do when life is really hard? How do you heal from hurt? Don't miss the "Painkiller". Pastor Craig will teach us Biblical ways to overcome the pain of loss and the pain of suffering and the pain of rejection.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Stay in WELS, Enjoy Groeschel's Sermons: At the Po...":
"Pride goeth before a fall" applies to WELS, too. WELS is just too full of itself as evidenced by C&C, arrogant leaders, assumed humility, etc. They do no wrong. They have it all just right.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Stay in WELS, Enjoy Groeschel's Sermons: At the Po...":
I remember years ago when you could go to any WELS church and other than a few cosmetic differences, every church preached the same message. Sadly that's just not true anymore. To change an old line...WELS is like a box of chocolates...You never know what you're going to get. Blame that on the leadership. They should have put a stop to the shenanigans many years ago. The genie is out of the bottle.
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GJ - If a turtle is sitting on a fencepost, someone put him there. The leadership of WELS, starting around 1977 (Ron Roth and TELL) began promoting Church Growth's name and theology. After 10 years of cancerous growth, the leadership was fully prepared to thwart, via Sisera counseling, any attempt to criticize the Church Growth Movement. For the first decade, pastors and laity passively allowed the initial growth. In the 1980s, pastors and laity were eager to shun anyone who doubted the direction of Holy Mother WELS. The Little Sect on the Prairie, when it was not praising itself for being confessional, was goose-stepping along the same path and shouting "Amen!" to all Church Growth proposals.
