Speakers
Greg Hawkins
Greg Hawkins is Executive Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. Like many ministry leaders, Greg often wondered, “How do we know if what we are doing is really helping people become more like Christ?”
Working with an expert research team, using a breakthrough tool to correlate behaviors and attitudes, they set about the task of ‘measuring hearts’ at Willow Creek Community Church. To verify the results, the Willow Creek association then expanded REVEAL to include 150,000 congregants in 500 churches, uncovering some very specific things churches haven’t been able to measure in the past. Greg has shared these findings in two books co-written with Cally Parkinson: REVEAL: Where Are You?, Follow Me: What’s Next for You?, and upcoming release FOCUS: The Top Ten Things People Want and Need From You and Your Church. Greg now divides his time between the church and the ministry of the Willow Creek Association, talking about REVEAL with church leaders across the country.
Cally Parkinson
Cally Parkinson is managing director for REVEAL, a Willow Creek Association ministry that utilizes research tools and discoveries to help churches better understand spiritual growth in their congregations. She is also REVEAL: Where Are You?, Follow Me: What’s Next for You?, and upcoming release FOCUS: The Top Ten Things People Want and Need From You and Your Church. She previously served as the director of communication services at Willow Creek Community Church, a role she took following a 25-year career at Allstate Insurance Company. At Allstate, Cally held a number of different director—and officer—level positions in strategic planning, research, finance, and communications. She has a B.A. in languages from DePaul University and a master’s degree from the American Graduate School of International Management.
On Wednesday, August 5, 2009, come unpack the very latest discoveries from the groundbreaking REVEAL research with a growing database of 250,000 churchgoers and 1,000 churches. Find out what really drives spiritual growth!
