Description
Gene is lead pastor for the South Barrington campus of Willow Creek Community Church, a multi-site church in the Chicago-land area. He has full responsibility for the South Barrington staff and congregation, bringing focused vision, leadership, and teaching to weekend and midweek services. Gene previously served for eighteen years as senior pastor of Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. He received his undergraduate degree from Lincoln Christian College and completed additional graduate work at Lincoln Christian Seminary and Pacific Christian College. Recognized by many as a gifted leader with a passion for following Christ and a sensitivity for hurting people, Gene has coached church leaders from around the world on how to lead churches through healthy change. He is co-author of How to Change Your Church without Killing It.
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