GREAT NEWS! RLI Introduces it's newest staff member - Carolyn Phillips

Carolyn is retiring from Christian Family Chapel at the end of the year and is now joining Redemptive Leadership International.


Carolyn worked at CFC for 31 years and started the womens ministry there. Besides leading the womens ministry at CFC, Carolyn has played a significant role in the SALTS ministry, a healing programs for abused adults. She has traveled all over the globe, counseling and teaching others how to counsel people who have been sexual abused.

We are so excited that she is becoming a part of RLI. She brings a huge amount of knowledge and experience as well as being a strong believer and a really great friend.

A now to introduce Carolyn to you, here are some pictures of her retirement gathering at CFC last Sunday:

Welcome to RLI Carolyn - we love you!

"TO KNOW HIM AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN"

Hey RLI Friends....i've been thinking....many ministries use this slogan as a purpose statement for their organization: "TO KNOW HIM AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN". Have you ever thought about the implications of this idea? First, "TO KNOW HIM"....the thought that the eternal God of this universe has invited us to know HIM personally....can you even imagine it? What an amazing thought! God wants to to know us and be known by us....how can this be? In fact, this is so important to Him that He allowed His own Son to be brutally murdered so that we could have access to such a relationship....it seems incredible, but it is true! What does this say about our personal pursuit of lesser things? If this is true, then shouldn't our personal pursuit of God through Christ be our absolutely most passionate pursuit? Can you say that this is true about you? As you look at your day today, where has your energy gone? How have you invested the direction and passion of your soul? If you attained deep, vital personal connection with Christ would you be surprised? Or....would you say "Of course, that's what i've been investing my soul in....i'm not surprised that He has met me on the path....".Let's work hard at the "TO KNOW HIM" part today, ok? Let's do whatever it takes to make this a reality....pray for me today as I pray for you...so that togwther we can begin to know Him more deeply. Then we will be able to understand more of what means to "MAKE HIM KNOWN"....mo on that later,,,,,grace, Tim

What is a Redemptive Leader?

What’s so special about a “Redemptive Leader”? A regular leader asks, “How are you doing?”…..a Redemptive leader asks, “How is your soul?. A regular leader asks, “How is the battle going?”…..a Redemptive Leader asks, “How are you surviving in the battle?”. A Redemptive Leader asks the kinds of questions that allow access to the deeper questions in life….not just “doing” questions, but also “being” questions. Such questions offer the leader the opportunity to have a redemptive impact on the people being led.

What a joy it has been for us in the last few months to be able to ask some of the “being” questions to a whole series of individuals and groups, and to see God begin to do the most wonderfully deep work in the souls of those leaders. In October we had the privilege of being in Voronezh, Russia to launch the newest training effort with a new group of Russian church planters. It was exciting to see these new students and their eagerness to get started with their training process. It was also an opportunity to get together with our graduated students and check in on how each of them is doing in the battle for the Black Soil Region of Russia.

Never forget, dear friends, that it is your prayers and financial support that allow us to engage in the battle for the souls of these pastors and their wives. Your faithfulness makes us able to continue on….asking the questions that really matter, and staying engaged until answers are found.

God bless you for your love and faithfulness,

Tim and Allison

Hey RLI Friends....here's a prayer alert for you....I will be meeting with the Buffalo Bills NFL squad at 6:30 tonight as the guest speaker for their pre-game chapel service. This will be my second time being with the Bills team. They have several very committed believers on their team as well as some good coaches. Please pray for my time with them, they have had a difficult week with their coach being fired.

Thanks so much....Tim

PS First grandbaby watch: 39 days!!

Hey RLI friends....what a magnificent weekend we have had! It began on Thursday as Allison and I went to Orlando for the annual Evangelical Free Church of America pastors/wives retreat. This retreat is for the pastors of this wonderful denomination who minister in the Southeastern US. I was given the privilege of being the speaker at this year's event. What a great time we had! The teaching time was fun (great people to work with), as well as the meals together, etc.

Thanks to those of you who prayed for us....lots of fruit and new contacts for the future.

We are currently in West Palm Beach, staying with our son Ben...we got to see him perform in his last theater production before he graduates in December from Palm Beach Atlantic U. A really powerful production of Shakespeare's A WINTER TALE.

By for now...first grandbaby launch countdown: 45 days

Grace, Tim

Hey, here's what I'll be doing this weekend

Pastor & Wives’ Retreat, Orlando, FL

EFCA Southeast Pastor & Wives’ Retreat

Date: November 12-14

Speaker: Tim Lusk….Tim and Allison live in Jacksonville Florida, where for years, they were part of the ministry team of Christian Family Chapel. They have three children, James, Ben and Mary. (four actually, if you count Jesi who just married James). They serve with Redemptive Leadership International - Equipping, nurturing, and restoring transformational leaders to fulfill Christ’s redemptive purposes in the world.

You can read more about this event at: retreat

Champions 1800 Results

Not only did we have a wonderful day on the golf course with wonderful food and fellowship at the end BUT look at how much was raised for RLI.

AND the really great news is that you can still contribute to the event. Just send an email to RLI-INC@gmail.com and we will walk you through the process of contributing.

Normally we would direct you to the RLI website to make your donation but it was hacked last week and was destroyed. It will take some time for us to recover it so for now we are walking donors through the process.

You can always donate by check by sending it to our post office box at:

Redemptive Leadership International

PO Box 551297

Jacksonville, FL. 32255-1297

THANK YOU to everyone who supported the golf outing.

WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY IT WAS!!!

9 teams showed up to play with the winning team shooting a 65. At the end of the day, we saw a video from two Russian pastors thanking the golfers and then ate some wonderful BBQ.

Best of all we raised over $27k for Redemptive Leadership International. Check out the event pictures. And HEY, go ahead and put it on your calendar for next year.

RLI 2009 Champions Golf Classic

The Redemptive Leadership International Champions 1800 will be held on November 3rd, 2009 at The Golf Club at South Hampton, Jacksonville Fl. Our financial goal is to raise $30,000 to help train the next class of 20 men and to assist those graduating in starting churches. AS OF TODAY 22 NEW CHURCHES HAVE BEEN STARTED. I will be golfing 18 holes and would like to secure sponsors for each hole at $100.00 per hole.

I have sponsored myself for $100 and am asking you to consider sponsoring me for one of the remaining 17 holes. You can make a pledge now to be paid after the event, or you can make a payment today by sending me an email at rli.inc@gmail.com. Your gift is tax deductible.