CSLI-Dallas & HOPE International present

A Panel Discussion on Lead with Prayer

Please be our guest for lunch and to hear the author Peter Greer, one of the three authors of Lead With Prayer, share the spiritual habits, techniques, and practices of world-changing leaders. Peter Greer, President and CEO of Hope International, set out to investigate leaders who pray. Along with Ryan Skoog and Cameron Doolittle, he spent three years researching leaders and logging over one hundred hours of interviews with global entrepreneurs, business executives of Fortune 500 companies, and some of the most influential pastors and ministry leaders. Join us as Peter shares not only how to pray, but also how to build a culture of prayer wherever we lead!

Date:  Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Panelists:  Peter Greer & Dustin Messer | Moderator: Kathleen Durham
Time:  11:30am – 1:00pm Central Time
Location:  Dallas Country Club | 4155 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75205
Cost: Free but registration is required!

Peter’s favorite part of his job is spending time with the entrepreneurs HOPE serves—whether harvesting coffee with farmers in Rwanda, dancing alongside savings groups in Haiti, or visiting the greenhouses of entrepreneurs in Ukraine. An advocate for the Church’s role in alleviating poverty, he’s co-authored over 10 books, including Mission Drift, Created to Flourish, The Gift of Disillusionment, and Lead with Prayer. He and his wife, Laurel, live with their four children in Lancaster, PA.

Dustin Messer serves as vicar of All Saints Dallas where he enjoys connecting people to God's Word and Spirit. After graduating from Boyce College and Covenant Theological Seminary, Dustin earned a doctorate in theology at La Salle University and completed a fellowship at The Center for the Study of Statesmanship at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Before coming to ASD, Dustin served as a chaplain at Christian prep school and taught at The King's College in New York City. Dustin continues to teach courses relating to theology and ethics at reformed Theological Seminary-Dallas. Dustin has been married to his college sweetheart, Whitney, since 2008, and together they have two kids.

Kathleen Durham serves as the Director of development and administration for the C.S. Lewis Institute – Dallas. She is passionate about people, literature, languages, and above all about helping people have a deeper understanding and experience of God’s goodness and love through Scripture. She is also deeply committed to social justice as essential to the Gospel and the fullness of the faith. She is a graduate of Belmont University (Spanish, minor in Italian), Georgetown University (master's and A.B.D. in Spanish and Portuguese literature and cultural studies), and the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics, Oxford University.