Glenn Love – GHLove Inc. (Business Consulting)   Personal Name: Glenn Love (www.ghlove.com, www.leaderslighthouse.com) Education: BS Economics Family: wife Pamela, 4 children Business: GHLove Inc, Business Consulting Firm Hobbies: Family, Composing songs, reading leadership and faith-based books Home church: Evangel Worship Center in Concord   How it started:  Glenn spend the first 10 years of his career in business banking and realized it wasn’t his calling.  He spent the next 6 years in marketing consulting.  In 1995 he began management consulting.  After 9/11/01 his business stalled and he spent about 5 months “alone with God” reading his Bible.  The Lord spoke to him to restart his business but, “Do it my way this time!”  Glenn found businessmen looking for a better way to become ethical, sustainable, and transferable.  The Lord began to resurrect Glenn’s business around Biblical principles for leadership in business.  Glenn began to the organization he previously analyzed as “organisms.”  That was the beginning of “Leadership Lighthouse” and special forums to disciple businessmen   Personal Passion: Glenn’s personal passion is be a mentor/pastor to businessmen.  His heart is to encourage, equip, and partner with Christian leaders to live at a Godly standard.  He imparts the stewardship of a leader’s time, talent, and treasure.   Personal Benefit:  The personal benefit for Glenn has been the alignment of four areas of his life; 1) his  purpose, 2) his vocation, 3) his avocation, and 4) God’s purpose for advancing the kingdom.  We all simply want to do what God called us to do.  The feeling is that of being part of something beyond your self; a purpose bigger than yourself.  “Freedom” in the knowledge it’s not about you.   Value to others:  Glenn imparts the same alignment to those he consults with in the business community… helping others connect the same four areas in their lives too.  The “Leadership Lighthouse Forum” currently operates primarily in Charlotte NC (a regional banking center).  Membership in the Forum consists of bi-monthly luncheons for businessmen.  There are also small group executive forums consisting of 6-8 business leaders that meet for half days once a month.  These small groups represent a Christian board of advisors that consists of peers from the business community.  These small groups are where executive can be discipled in an environment they are familiar with by people they trust.  This powerful impartation is both natural and spiritual and has the remarkable affect of increasing the bottom line.  The cost to the business is $675 per month – fraction of the financial fruit that results from the forum.  To date, Glenn has served family business leaders and organizations in 17 states and the Bahamas, and it continues to grow.   Business Potential (upside):  Glenn has the opportunity to redefine leadership in a way that really redefines discipleship.  He sees leadership as a means of small group discipleship and the opportunity to make more disciples in the marketplace.  His goal is to use business to create wealth for kingdom reinvestment (e.g. growing the business, to create more jobs, and mentor more disciples.  There is an open door in 3rd world countries because they are hungry to learn American business principles (which are really resting on a Godly and scriptural foundation).    Complexities, failures (downside):  The marketplace can be a tough mission field.  People are not always hungry for God or willing to connect with spiritual realities.   Vision for the Kingdom:  Leadership lighthouse is a “for profit” company; a real business.  Glenn has three goals for three generations of business leadership (2 Tim 2:2) Establishing a Foundation – a financial pool of start-up capital for businesses Mentoring businessmen Raise up more mentors and consultants that do what he does.  Glenn’s vision to obtain these three goals is to teach business owners how to increase their profitability in exchange for a tithe of a few percent on the “increase” in revenue which would be used to support the foundation for start-up capital for other new businesses. Glenn wants to build a bridge between kings in the business community and local church pastors.  Lastly, he sees God about to release finances through business for the sake of the great commission.   Impact from Releasing Kings:  Releasing Kings helped Glenn understand his calling to mentor Kings (a pastor to businessmen).  The book articulates the God’s current move to “release Kings” that will really bring ministry into the marketplace.  The Lord showed him that the “qualification” for ministry in business is spending time with Jesus. When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13 (from New International Version)