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• Planted a church in the heart of Chicago to reverse church flight from the inner city (1967-1977)

• Pioneered meaningful worship for contemporary believers, the integration of the arts, and the use of lay gifts

• Established a racially integrated staff and congregation and elevated the role of women

• Experimented with practical response tools for measurable growth

• Launched Step 2 to train pastors in renewal principles nationally

• Became director of the national radio broadcast "The Chapel of the Air" and immediately designed programs to support the local church (1977-1998)

• Received an honorary doctorate from Indiana Wesleyan University for his role in contributing to the life of the national church

• Began 50-Day Spiritual Adventures as a way to link religious media to the local church and to the local religious radio outlet

• Established the daily national television show "You Need to Know"

• Won Programmer of the Year Award from National Religious Broadcasters in 1995

• Formed Mainstay Church Resources to provide spiritual growth tools for the local church, which eventually was used by 15,000 churches and millions of laypeople

• Created the Advent Celebration, a Christmas series for busy pastors

• Developed the Mainstay Model, a sermon preparation tool to radically transform the effectiveness of preaching

• Created www.Sermon-Coach.com, a sermon and worship service Web site to provide tools for local pastors

• Planted a church in the heart of Chicago to reverse church flight from the inner city (1967-1977) • Pioneered meaningful worship for contemporary believers, the integration of the arts, and the use of lay gifts • Established a racially integrated staff and congregation and elevated the role of women • Experimented with practical response tools for measurable growth • Launched Step... More