Last Sunday, February 24, I had the unexpected privilege of spending some time during lunch with Dr. Greg Williams, the new president of Grace Communion International (GCI) who came to visit us. The invitation was something unplanned. After our morning worship service, the national director invited me for lunch with them along with my wife and daughter. It was really nice to have talked to Dr. Greg Williams on his first to the Philippines as the new GCI president.

First Visit: Seminar on Healthy Church

Two years ago last February 2017, when he was still the vice president, Dr. Greg Williams spoke to our pastors and leaders about the importance of having healthy churches. That was my first time to meet him in person in Tagaytay City. Although we haven’t met yet but he told me he knew me already. He said that his inbox usually had lots of emails coming from me. I used to send weekly email news and updates from GCI Philippines since the year 2001. I have now assigned this task to someone else.

Second Visit: Sermon on Healthy Church

During last Sunday’s morning worship service, Dr. Greg Williams spoke again about what a healthy church looks like. He gave three main points to explain what he meant. First, the church is a unified family that is mutually caring for one another. Secondly, each church member is actively participating with Jesus in the way that he has shaped us and called us. Thirdly, the Church is working together in its assigned tasks from Jesus, the Head of the Church, orchestrated by the Holy Spirit.

Getting to Know the GCI President

Talking with him over lunch was a great opportunity for me to get to know our new GCI president as a person, his mind and his heart. It was good to see and understand where he is leading us as a denomination under the Head of the Church, our Lord Jesus Christ.

It was great to have known our new GCI president a little bit more. My family had fun to have been blessed with such a rare opportunity.