CHURCH PLANTING CONGRESSES
Billion
Souls Campaign
INCEPTION
Dr. Bill Bright, the late cofounder of the Global
Pastors Network and founder of Campus Crusade for Christ International (CCCI),
cast the vision of reaching one billion souls for Christ and planting five
million new churches. After his homegoing in 2003, a leadership team determined
to commemorate the legacy of this remarkable man, who used written, spoken and
filmed words to help lead more people to Christ than anyone since the Apostle
Paul, and who grew a simple campus evangelistic effort into the largest
ministry in the world.
On August 19, 2004, a global conference call brought world
leaders to agree to work together toward fulfilling Dr. Bright’s remarkable
vision. On December 7-8, 2004, 65 world leaders including Avery Willis came
together for the Bill Bright Initiative held at CCCI in Orlando, and adopted
the vision of Five Million New Churches for a One Billion Soul Harvest as a
worthy goal.
When the meetings concluded, Global Pastors Network Chairman
John Maxwell remarked, "This is the largest global thrust in Church
history." This global Initiative later took on the name, the “Billion Soul
Campaign.”
GLOBAL CHURCH
PLANTING CONGRESS
The Billion Soul Campaign steering committee leadership, working
in tandem with task forces and their own global networks, have determined that
the next step are twelve Global Church Planting Congresses. Avery will be
speaking at all these conferences on Finishing the Task and Orality.
November 8-10, 2006
Johannesburg, South Africa
November 29-Dec, 1 2006 Suva, Fiji
March 14-16, 2007
Kuala
Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur
July 3-5, 2007
Lausanne,
Switzerland
September 4-6, 2007
Sao Paulo, Brazil
November 6-8, 2007
Hong Kong
November 13-15,
2007 Eastern China
January 28-29,
2008 Orlando
May 5-8,
2008
Cairo, Egypt
August 12-14, 2008
St. Petersburg, Russia
September 23-25, 2008 Madras, India
October 1-3, 2008
Calcutta, India