Bob Gilliam grew up in Texas and became a Christian in 1970 through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of Texas . Earning a BA in church history, Bob went on to Dallas Theological Seminary, graduating in 1978 with a Th.M. Bob's first ministry was as an unpaid associate pastor planting a church in Dallas, TX. He then directed the Church Data Services ministry, surveying local church congregations. In 1985, Bob moved to Denver, Colorado to start the church consulting ministry of Denver Seminary.
By 1989, Bob had consulted hundreds of churches in over 35 different denominations and associations and was one of the five most experienced church consultants in America . In 1989 Bob joined Lay Renewal Ministries to train their leaders in Church |
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consulting. That same year, he became the national church consultant for the Evangelical Free Church of America, the group with which he is ordained. In 1991, Bob, along with Bill Hull, created the ministry of T-Net International, a ministry that trains churches, world wide, to become intentional disciplemaking churches. In 1998, Bob became president of this international organization. During his ministry Bob has done church consultations with well over 1000 churches. His organization has trained over 2000 churches (in 17 countries) to return to their disciplemaking roots. He has taught doctoral courses at Trinity International University (Trinity Seminary) Columbia International University ( Columbia Seminary) Grace Seminary, and Biblical Seminary. He has designed and overseen placement services for three major denominations, trains church consultants, and still leads his own church consulting service. Bob is co-director of Ministry Placement Network. Bob lives in Aurora Colorado with his wife, Terryl. He has two daughters and one grand daughter. |
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Stan grew up in Colorado. He became a Christian at the University of Northern Colorado through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. Upon graduation he joined the staff of Campus Crusade where he met his wife, Nancy, and they served for 12 years. Nancy and Stan opened the Ministry of CCC at New Mexico State University and spent five years there, seeing over 20 students enter full time ministry. During his time at NMSU, Stan directed several of the Billy Graham films as well as other city wide events. Stan then became the show director |
director for World Thrust, a traveling missions conference. He traveled the US and Canada with a team of 20 staff challenging audiences to commit their entire lives to Christ. He then moved to Dallas to work with Josh McDowell as his television coordinator. In 1981 Stan left Campus Crusade staff and has been self-employed since then. He leads a non-profit organization called Outreach Adventures that takes church groups to Jamaica on missions trips and is actively involved in his church. He is the computer programmer behind the Ministry Placement Network. He lives with his wife in Dallas, TX. He has three daughters, one in full time ministry with Ambassadors in Sport, one owns a volleyball club, and the third also works in sports. |
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