Global Pastors Network

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company_name = Global Pastors Network, Inc.
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company_type = Corporation
genre = Evangelical Christian
foundation = 2002
founder = Bill Bright
James O. Davis
location_city = Orlando, Florida
location_country = flagcountry|United States
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origins = Campus Crusade for Christ, Bill Bright Initiative
key_people = Mark Anderson, President
John C. Maxwell, Chairman
Elmer Towns, Dean
area_served = International
industry = church planting
products = various media
services = education, networking and strategic planning
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homepage = http://www.gpn.tv
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Global Pastors Network, Inc. (GPN) is an incorporated educational, networking and strategic resource for evangelical leadership, founded in 2002 by Bill Bright, the late Founder and Chairman of Campus Crusade for Christ, and James O. Davis, Founder of Cutting Edge International. Over the next decade GPN hopes to help five million churches to be planted and, in their own words, "win 1 billion people to Christ worldwide."cite web
title=About GPN
url=http://www.gpn.tv/about/
accessdate=2007-03-31 ] cite paper
author=Lillian Kwon
title=Billion Soul Brings Harvest Initiative to Chicago
publisher=The Christian Post
date=June 20, 2006
url=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20060620/14132.htm
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] cite paper
author=Lillian Kwon
title=Waking up Christians to the unsaved world
publisher=The Christian Post
date=October 11, 2006
url=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061011/22836_Waking_Up_Christians_to_the_Unsaved_World.htm
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] It is based in Orlando, Floridacite web
title=Billion Soul Tour
url=http://www.billionsoul.org/speakers/
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] cite web
title=Soul-million : Releasing soul-millionaires for God
url=http://www.soulmillionaire.org/speakers.html
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] and boasts 800,000 members worldwide.cite paper
author=Ebony Windom
title=Mountainous goal, mustard seed faith
publisher=The St. Petersburg Times
date=October 5 2005
url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/10/05/Pasco/Mountainous_goal__mus.shtml
accessdate=2007-04-01 ]

Mission and strategic approach

GPN's current mission is "Helping to network, train and focus the church for the fulfilment of the Great Commission." They have a goal of carrying out that vision to the extent that five million churches are planted around the world and a billion people are converted.

GPN offers curriculum to help church pastors develop ministry skills, Biblical knowledge, and spiritual maturity. It helps provide its members with information and networking on church planting issues, and provides resources for participatory churches.

Bishop Kenneth Ulmer of Faith Central said "We have been given the opportunity to reach, win and disciple a billion souls for Jesus Christ".cite web
title=Global Pastors Network draws 2,000 in evangelism focus
url=http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/5541.article.print
accessdate=2007-03-31 ]

Notable events

Billion Soul Pastors Conference

On January 31 2006, GPN made mention in Time Magazine when it met with presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani at the Global Pastors Network Billion Soul Pastors Conference. A surprise guest, he said he depended on his faith in God and people in the 9/11 events. “Strong beliefs guide countries – and churches,” he said. “I know many of the men who died on 9/11 came from religious homes where they were taught there is no greater principle than to lay down your life for another,” Giuliani later added.cite journal
author=Hilary Hylton
title=Rudy heads south
publisher=Time
date=January 31 2006
url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1154798,00.html
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] cite paper
author=Rhoda Tse
title=Billion Soul Pastors Conference Convenes All-Star Cast of Speakers
publisher=The Christian Post
url=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20060127/13957_Billion_Soul_Pastors_Conference_Convenes_All-Star_Cast_of_Speakers.htm
date=January 29 2006
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] Held on January 25-27 at Faith Assembly Church in Orlando, over 2,000 pastors and business leaders were in attendance. Bill Bright's widow Vonnette also spoke, reminding the assembly of her late husband's commitment to evangelism. Represented among the business sector speakers were Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for Disney, and S. Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A. The network made plans to organize a Billion Soul Sunday, a day of worldwide prayer for a billion souls to be saved.cite paper
author=Jody Brown
title=Commentary and News Briefs
publisher=Agape Press
date=January 27 2006
url=http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/272006h.asp
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] cite paper
author=Rhoda Tse
title=Business World Successfuls Share Secrets With Pastors to Evangelize
publisher=The Christian Post
date=January 16 2006
url=http://www.christianpost.com/article/20060116/13947_Business_World_Successfuls_Share_Secrets_With_Pastors_to_Evangelize.htm
accessdate=2007-04-01 ] cite web
title=Baptist Press - Global Pastors Network draws 2,000 in focus on evangelism
url=http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22592
accessdate=2007-04-01 ]

Billion Soul Sunday

On September 17 2006, the Billion Soul Sunday event was simulcast via the web. [ [http://www.gpn.tv/sunday/on_demand.html Billion Soul Sunday] [

oul Millionaires

'Soul Millionaires' is scheduled for January 29–31, 2008, also in Orlando. [http://www.soulmillionaire.org/]

Partners

GPN has a partner organization, Global Pastors Wives Network, that provides similar support to the wives of men in church planting and evangelical ministries.

Key people

*Mark Anderson, President
*John C. Maxwell, Chairman - leadership author and pastor, founder of INJOYcite web
title=Injoy - John Maxwell
url=http://www.injoy.com/AboutUs/
accessdate=2007-03-31 ] cite web
title=Global Pastors Network
url=https://www.gpn.tv/joingpn/
accessdate=2007-03-31 ]
* Elmer Towns, Dean - co-founder of Liberty University

References

ee also

*Campus Crusade for Christ
*Million Man March
*Promise Keepers

External links

* [http://www.gpn.tv/GPNtv.jhtml Official site]
* [http://www.bible.org Bible.org]