Bill Lawrence Author

Bill Lawrence is the President of Leader Formation International and Senior Professor Emeritus at Dallas Theological Seminary where he served full-time for twenty-four years and also directed the Center for Christian Leadership. Bill was founding pastor of South Hills Community Church in San Jose, CA for 12 years before joining the faculty at Dallas Seminary. Throughout the past forty-five years his focus has been on the transformation of the hearts of leaders. Since founding Leader Formation International in 2002, Bill has spoken at international conferences, taught in seminaries, led seminars, and mentored leaders in Asia, Central Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. His goal is to engage leaders by guiding them to see God’s hand in their spiritual growth and encouraging them to integrate their character with their competence. Much of his ministry has occurred in closed countries where church leadership is just emerging. The author resides in Dallas, Texas.