The GCLI will host four one-day Leadership Conferences at Beulah Camp in Excel, AL, featuring prominent keynote speakers, panel discussions, and breakout sessions for equipping and encouraging current and next generation church leaders.
Leadership Retreats are specialized two-day leadership training and equipping events that will periodically include wives, which will also be held in your local ministry context or at Beulah Camp in Excel, AL.
We have many links to published leadership materials here on our website, and we’re continually updating
The GCLI partners with Alabama State Board of Missions (ALSBOM), Alabama Baptist District 6 associations, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s Jim Henry Leadership Institute, and other ministry organizations to provide consultants upon request.
The GCLI partners with Alabama State Board of Missions (ALSBOM), Alabama Baptist District 6 associations, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s Jim Henry Leadership Institute, and other ministry organizations to provide resources.
The GCLI partners with Alabama State Board of Missions (ALSBOM), Alabama Baptist District 6 associations, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s Jim Henry Leadership Institute, and other ministry organizations to provide resources.
As an emerging academic discipline, it is easy to recognize, yet difficult to define or prescribe. From a biblical and spiritual perspective, leadership centers upon influence – moving people from where they are to where God wants them to be.
The dropout rate of pastors increases annually. Consider this quote from Brian Croft, executive director of Practical Shepherding:
“Pastors are leaving the ministry in droves. Recent statistics reveal that 50% of current pastors will not be in ministry in five years and 80% will not be pastors in ten years. But it doesn’t stop there. Many pastors admit having battled depression at some point in their ministry and 42% of pastors considered quitting just in the last year.”
(The Foreword of Strategic Church Revitalization, p. 13)
2026 marks our nation’s 250th birthday, and we are praying for revival! Celebration 250 Alabama is a powerful movement with a vision to reach our state and nation with the Gospel. As part of this statewide effort, churches and believers will unite in prayer, preparation and proclamation, lifting high the name of Jesus across Alabama and beyond.
Click here to learn more or call Keith Gambill at 256-507-2473.
Union with Christ
Featuring Keith Gambill of Butler Baptist Association
Beulah Camp, Excel, AL
**Cost of $25 if you choose to stay overnight**
For more information, call Keith Gambill at 256-507-2473.
Longtime pastor Morgan Bailey will be the featured speaker.
For more information, call Steve Dunn at 251-282-7132
Contact Covington Baptist Association AMS Tommy Fike at 334-300-2421 for more information.