Why Attend an ILI Regional Conference?
The great need in the American church is for action. In many ways we have adopted an entertainment model of church. You know what it looks like: a few people on the platform, lots of people in the pews.
We teach the right biblical doctrine, the “priesthood of all believers,” the “variety of spiritual gifts,” the “Great Commission.” But something is missing. People aren’t moving. Evil seems to win all too often.
The vision of the ILI Team is to accelerate the spread of the Gospel through leaders of leaders empowered by the Holy Spirit. If a leader is someone who knows how to get others moving, a “leader of leaders” is simply someone who has discovered the potential in moving the movers. This is the concept of multiplication. We don’t just need leaders. We need leaders who know how to transform followers into leaders and release them to change their world and transform others as well.
Two kinds of believers should attend an ILI Regional Conference in the USA.
Mentoring Leaders. The first is a leader who recognizes the potential of multiplication and is looking for tools to equip others to become the leaders the Lord has saved them to be. We call this person a “mentoring leader.” The mentoring leader has been validated by the fruits of faithfulness. ILI Regional Conference will give the mentoring leader the tools to empower others in leadership.
Emerging Leaders. The second is a believer who has come alive in Christ and has begun to see the pressing need for the Gospel close to home and far away. We call this person an “emerging leader.” The emerging leader is hearing Christ’s call to do something and is ready to move. He or she has a burden, but needs help to know what do. An ILI Regional Conference will introduce the emerging leader to basic leadership practices necessary to move out into a world desperate for Christ.
An ILI Regional Conference will give you:
1. Eight core values focusing the leader on foundational leadership practices. These core values come from the heart of scripture and have been proven in over fifty countries around the world. They provide the mentoring leader with a framework for sharing the critical “how-to” of effective leadership. They provide the emerging leader with an introduction to the seemingly mysterious world of Christian leadership. For both, it begins the conversation: “This is what works, and this is why.”
2. Resources to reproduce yourself in others. ILI doesn’t sell material to you. We give it away. We really do. We want you to take it and use it however the Lord may be leading you to impact others. As you grow in your leadership, you become the resource. Leadership is not taught in a book. It is caught in a life. If you are willing, as you begin to master the eight core values, your life will change and you will become a change agent in the lives of others.
3. A network of committed leaders to support and encourage you in your life and ministry. ILI is far more than just another training conference. It is a transformational encounter with God in the context of a global community of people committed to spreading the gospel around the world. ILI alumni are not “talking the talk,” they’re “walking the walk.” All over the world. They understand the battle. They get the need for encouragement. Through ILI you become part of a global community who get it because they’re doing it.
4. Mentoring relationships to accelerate leadership effectiveness. If you are an emerging leader you need someone to coach you in what works, to warn you of the pitfalls, to hear you when you’re struggling. If you’re a mentoring leader you need to share what you know with others who appreciate what you have and value your time and attention. The Holy Spirit uses the ILI community to connect people together to deepen, enrich, and empower.
5. Effective prayer to move your life and ministry along in your home, workplace, community and local church. Unless you’re in it, it is nearly impossible for others to appreciate the obstacles leaders face. It really is a battle. ILI people understand. When you seek prayer through the friendships you’ll build with ILI, you’ll have access to intercessors who will pray because they know.
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