A new Initiative has been launched.  Come join us and be blessed!
 
The Ministry Leaders Network goal is to create a community of pastors and ministry leaders that will encourage, equip, and empower one another.
The topics speakers will present will be God honoring, and forthright.  Not just a message to “tickle the ear”, but to bring hope, conviction and insight.
We meet on the first Thursday of each month. We gather at the Great News Media Center, located at Market Place Mall, Champaign, space 106, right between LensCrafters and Old Navy (east side of mall, enter through our outside entrance).  We will provide a delicious lunch and a special speaker.  We will begin at noon, and end promptly at 1:15 pm.
 
These gatherings are for pastors and ministry leaders.
 
Hi Ministry Leader . . .
I pray you sense God’s love and leading today, and may your ministry work in 2022 be your best year ever!
Here’s how I hope the Ministry Leaders Network can help.
As you may know, we’ve been in existence for about ten months. God has blessed our gatherings, and I believe has many more great things in store.
So, let’s look back and forward.
May/June, 2021 the Ministry Leaders Network was prayed up and started. The goal is to create a community of pastors and ministry leaders that will encourage, equip, and empower one another.

Our 2021 schedule included:
June 4, Pastor Mark Jordan: “The High Calling of Pastoring”
July 2, Mike Chrasta: “Prayer Is Everything”
August 6, Dr. David Webb: “The Great Spiritual War and the Power of the Throne”
September 3, Tom Richardson: “People Reaching People”
October 1, No meeting because of studio relocation
November 4, Bill Allison: “Equipping People to Follow Jesus”
December 2, Rick Stephens: “Making Faith the Bedrock of Your Career”

Current/ proposed schedule for 2022:
January 6, Pastor John McIntosh: “Leadership in a Quick Fix Society”
February 3, Snowed out, cancelled
March 3, Panel discussion: “Hearing God’s Community Call”
April 7, Dr. Tom Campion: “Ministry or Marriage, Which Came First?”
May 5, Stan Risinger, “No Man Left Behind: Model, Method, and Mindset”
June 2, Dean Hull: “Money, Ministry and Magnanimity”
July 7, Michael Hanson: “Is Worldly Wisdom Posing as a Friend to Your Flock?”
August 4, Brad Lovin: “Intentionality In Hospitality”
September 1, TBD
October 6, Champaign Police Chief Tim Tyler: “No Time To Waste”
***Other presenters are in the process of being contacted and scheduled.

We are currently praying and discussing what God may be up to locally. Is there some purpose of God in our area that would claim the involvement of all the churches in order for it to be accomplished? And, might God call us to do something special for Internationals? (As you may know, Urbana Missionary Conferences, hosting 18,000+ students from all over the world were held here from 1948-2003).

We desire the Ministry Leaders Network to not only be a safe haven for discussion, friendship, networking and growth, but also a place to spur one another to action. We hope our gatherings are a catalyst to sense God’s leading.
 
If you have questions, or plan to attend, please RSVP to info@ministryleadersnetwork.org or mark@greatnewsradio.org or call 217-367-7777.

Dear Ministry Leader,

Thanks for all that you do to proclaim the Gospel, and your work in God’s Kingdom.

Here are a few ways Great News Media and our Ministry Leaders Network hope to support and assist you:  

  1. Host monthly lunches that will encourage, equip, and empower you.
  2. Invite you to record a scripture verse that will be broadcast repeatedly with a mention of your church or ministry.  You will have 1:00 to cite the verse and share. 
  3. Include your various special events on our announcements and Community Calendar.
  4. An interview may be arranged during Mark & Friends where your testimony, calling and ministry work can be talked about.
  5. We are looking at a new program called Pastor at the Door where you’d have five minutes to share a devotional thought which would be broadcast during our lineup.
  6. Our Beloved PrimeLife Times publication has over 32,000 monthly readers, your 250 words or less submission may be published in a future edition.
  7. Our Theatre Troupe may be available to put on a skit or drama to help with your ministry’s message.
  8.  Our Singing Men of ‘GNN could sing at your gathering.

Please contact and let us know your thoughts on ways we might support you in your Kingdom work.

God is Good!
Mark Burns


General Manager
Great News Media