Recently Released
-
Learning to Become a Full-Brained Christ Follower Group #62 MON (1/6/25 - 3/17/25)
CourseJoin us for a three-month study on the book, The Other Half of Church! This course will provide you with tools to create a practical lifestyle of discipleship and transformation that equips you to love God and people well!
$159
-
Renovated Study Group #5 THURS (1/9/25 - 3/20/25)
CourseJoin us as we dive into the book Renovated! This book is a beautiful theological conversation between Dr. Jim Wilder and Dallas Willard about spiritual formation and salvation from an attachment perspective.
$159
-
Living From the Heart Study Group #3 (1/9/25 - 3/20/25)
Course$159
Instructors
Director of Relational Networks Michael Sullivant
Michael Sullivant is the Director of Relational Networks for Life Model Works. He is a church planter, pastor, author, poet, and speaker. He has ministered in over 25 countries through over 40 years of public ministry. Michael and his wife, Terri, have 5 adult and married children and a growing number of grandchildren. His latest book is Thinking Biblically About the Life Model. Terri, recently published her first book, The Divine Invitation – Entering the Dance of Becoming Fully Alive.
Michael is involved with ministry and church leaders and change agents who are seeking to integrate more relational approaches to helping people in their groups mature and experience deeper and lasting identity transformation into the image of Jesus Christ.
Course Instructor Ray Woolridge
Rev. Ray Woolridge (MDiv, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, and Master of Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College) became the Executive Director of Life Model Works on September 1, 2020. He is thrilled to serve in a role that combines his pastoral and leadership experience with his calling, giftings and walk with God. The principles behind the Life Model are transforming his life, work, and personal relationships every day.
Ray is a retired U.S. Army Chaplain (Brigadier General) with 43 years of service with the military, in uniform or as a civilian. A skilled public communicator, he also gets joy in coaching leaders to discover their uniqueness and unleash their potential. Ray has led in two congregations, as a church planting pastor and as pastor of adult ministries. Ray is thankful to partner with Life Model Works to come alongside existing networks to implement Life Model principles in their context.
Founder Jim Wilder
Dr. Jim Wilder (Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, and M.A. Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary) has been training leaders and counselors for over 27 years on five continents. He is the author of multiple books with a strong focus on maturing and relationship skills for leaders. His co-authored book Living From the Heart Jesus Gave You has sold over 100,000 copies and is printed in eleven languages. Wilder has published numerous articles and developed four sets of video and relational leadership training called THRIVE.
He is the founder and chief neurotheologian of Life Model Work, a nonprofit working at the intersection of brain science and theology that is building contagiously healthy Christian communities by equipping existing networks with the skills to thrive. Dr. Wilder has extensive counseling experience and has served as a guest lecturer at Fuller Seminary, Biola, Talbot Seminary, Point Loma University, Montreat College, Tyndale Seminary, and elsewhere.