Warren Bird has had the privilege of collaborating on one or more books for each of these people. He has also done major projects (research, training video, magazine article, conference planning) for a number of other Christian leaders. Wayne Cordeiro is Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship O'ahu, a Foursquare church in Honolulu, Hawaii. New Hope began in 1995. More than 7,800 people received Christ for the first time during the church's first six years. The church has grown to over 10,000 weekend attendees. More than 50 churches have been pioneered under New Hope's church-planting ministry outreach. New Hope O'ahu is currently listed as one of the fastest growing churches in the nation. Culture Shift: Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out, by Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro with Warren Bird, Jossey-Bass, will be released in early 2005. Robert Lewis has served as Directional Leader and Teaching Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas since 1980. This church of 5,000 is a pioneer in connecting church with community through incarnational bridge building. Robert founded and developed Men's Fraternity in 1990, which is recommended by PromiseKeepers. Chapters have sprung up across the world. Robert also chairs the board of Fellowship Associates, a church consulting and leadership training organization. Culture Shift: Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out, by Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro with Warren Bird, Jossey-Bass, will be released in early 2005. Pete Scazzero has received widespread recognition for building a multi-racial, multi-cultural church with more than 55 nations represented in Queens, New York, one of America's most ethnically diverse neighborhoods. Founded in 1987, New Life Fellowship (affiliated with Christian and Missionary Alliance) is a flagship congregation for an association of churches representing a combined attendance of more than 2000 people. The Emotionally Healthy Church: A Strategy for Discipleship That Actually Changes Lives, by Pete Scazzero with Warren Bird, Zondervan, was released in 2003. Dale Galloway received international attention for building one of America's great churches, New Hope Community Church, Portland, Oregon. As this pacesetting and innovative congregation grew from 0 to 6,400 members, he developed hundreds of lay pastors who reached and discipled thousands of unchurched people. From 1995 to 2004 he served as Dean of the Beeson International Center for Biblical Preaching and Church Leadership. Starting a New Church: How to Plant a High-Impact Congregation, by Dale Galloway with Warren Bird, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, with accompanying DVD, was released in 2003. On-Purpose Leadership: Multiplying Your Ministry by Becoming a Leader of Leaders, by Dale Galloway with Warren Bird, Beacon Hill, was released in 2001. Mike Slaughter is Lead Pastor at Ginghamsburg Church (United Methodist) in Tipp City, Ohio, a small country church called to birth a huge global dream. Ginghamsburg is widely known for incorporating multisensory worship, telling God-stories through multimedia, and attracting a multicultural community through music. While over 4,000 people meet on Ginghamsburg's campus on any given weekend, Mike's greatest fulfillment is the radical Jesus-followers on mission locally and around the globe. UnLearning Church: Transforming Spiritual Leadership for the Emerging Church, by Michael Slaughter with Warren Bird, Group Publishing, was released in 2002. Real Followers: Beyond Virtual Christianity, Michael Slaughter with Warren Bird, Abingdon, was released in 1999. Tom Clegg is a sought after conference speaker, internationally recognized authority on missions and evangelism and vice president of Church Resource Ministries. He works with all kinds of leaders to strengthen and multiply churches worldwide. Tom has consulted with more than 500 churches and helped start many new churches through training, coaching, assessing, and resourcing church planters, missionaries, and denominational leaders. Lost in America: How Your Church Can Impact the World Next Door, by Tom Clegg and Warren Bird, Group Publishing, was released in 2001. Elmer Towns, best known as a college and seminary professor, is Dean of the School of Religion at the 5,000-plus student Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was one of the cofounders. He also holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He is widely known beyond university settings as a worldwide authority on the Sunday school movement and church growth. Into the Future: Turning Today's Church Trends into Tomorrow's Opportunities, by Elmer Towns and Warren Bird, Revell, was released in 2000. Johnny Berguson is founder and president of Kingdom Tapes & Electronics, which he founded in 1980. The company began as a home-based business with a single product: Johnny's recorded audiocassette course on horse training. Today Kingdom offers the world's largest selection of high-speed tape copiers. Inc. Magazine has recognized Kingdom as one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America. The Comprehensive Guide to Cassette Ministry, by Johnny Berguson with Warren Bird, Kingdom, was released in 1997. Carl George, an internationally recognized church consultant, has been called on by congregations and leaders in more than 100 denominations to help them increases their effectiveness in ministry. Through Consulting for Growth, he works with many of America's most innovative and pacesetting churches, and has served denominational leadership groups as well. A former pastor, Carl is also a popular conference keynoter known as a futurist thinker with unusual insight. Nine Keys to Effective Small-Group Leadership: How Lay Leaders Can Establish Healthy Cells, Classes and Teams, by Carl George with Warren Bird, Mansfield, PA: Kingdom, was released in 1997. The Coming Church Revolution, by Carl George with Warren Bird, Revell, was released in 1994. How to Break Growth Barriers, by Carl George with Warren Bird, Baker, was released in 1993. Prepare Your Church for the Future, by Carl George, edited Warren Bird, Revell, was released in 1991. www.warrenbird.com