Ten years ago, 15 years ago, I think the church would have been asleep at the switch. This level of activism and engagement with the needs of society by local churches I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime.

Brenda Salter McNeil (Speaker; Thought Leader; Founder & President of Salter McNeil & Assoc. One hundred and twenty-five people attended the service. Hybels and the Willow Creek Association
In 1992 Hybels launched the Willow Creek Association (WCA) to link like-minded action-oriented churches with each other and with strategic vision training and resources.

He is the founder of the Willow Creek Association and creator of the Global Leadership Summit. The church has been listed as the most influential church in America for the last several years in a national poll of pastors. Hybels is also an author of a number of Christian books especially on the subject of Christian leadership.