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Infobox person| name = Louie Giglio| honorific_prefix =| honorific_suffix =| image = Giglio.jpg| image_size = 200px| alt =| caption = Louie Giglio in Tokyo, 2008| birth_name =| birth_date = birth date and age|1958|06|30| birth_place =| death_date =| death_place =| body_discovered =| death_cause =| resting_place =| resting_place_coordinates = | monuments =| residence = Roswell, Georgia | nationality =| ethnicity =| citizenship =| other_names =| known_for =| television =| education = Georgia State University Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary — Master of Divinity Grace Theological Seminary — Doctor of Ministry | alma_mater =| employer =| organization =| notable_works =| occupation = Pastor , Passion City Church Speaker/Founder, Passion Movement Author | years_active =| home_town = Atlanta, Georgia | salary =| net_worth =| religion = Christian| spouse = Shelley Giglio| children =| parents =| relations =| callsign =| awards =| signature =| signature_alt =| website = | footnotes =cleanup-reorganize|date=November 2010 Louie Giglio (born 30 June 1958Birthday wish. (2010) " http://twitter.com/shelleygiglio/status/17411131251 Shelley Giglio" Accessed: June 30, 2010. http://www.newreleasetuesday.com/artistdetail.php? artist_id=1609 NewReleaseTuesday, Accessed: July 22, 2010.) is a pastor (Passion City Church, Atlanta), speaker and founder of the Passion Movement.
Biography
Giglio graduated from Georgia State University and earned a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.Christ Notes. (2007) http://www.christnotes.org/_louie-giglio.asp Louie Giglio Books and Ministry Accessed: September 29, 2007. Later he went to Grace Theological Seminary to pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree. After finishing seminary, Giglio and his wife Shelley began a weekly Bible study called Choice at Baylor University where he was doing graduate studies. After several years, over 10 percent of the Baylor student body was attending the weekly gathering and Giglio's heart for the significance of the "university moment" was set.Farias, Andree. (April 25, 2005) Christianity Today . http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/2005/louiegiglio-0405.html A Passion for the Christ - Thousands of college students attend Passion worship conferences annually. We talked to the guy behind it all, Louie Giglio, a former campus pastor with a heart on fire for God.
In 1995, the Giglios moved from their home in Waco, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia due to Louie's father's failing health.Givens, Joshua. (August 13, 2008) Associated Content . Louie Giglio - A Brief Biography on the Renowned Christian Author and Speaker.
In the same season (summer 1995), along with Bill Willits, Giglio was instrumental in starting 7:22|7|22 , a weekly Bible study. Giglio ended his teaching/leading tenure with 7|22 in 2006 after 11 years.
Louie is the author of The Air I Breathe: Worship as a Way of Life and I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story Of God. As well, his talks "Indescribable" and "How Great Is Our God" have been viewed by churches and individuals around the world. The "Laminin" clip from his message "How Great Is Our God" has been viewed over 3 million times on YouTube alone. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_e4zgJXPpI4
Passion Conferences
From its beginnings in 1995, the Passion Movement has hosted close to 1 million university students at events ranging from the first Passion Conference in Austin, TX (January '97) where 2,000 people attended to OneDay 2000 (a gathering of 40,000 students for prayer and worship outside Memphis, TN) to the 2008 17-city Passion World Tour.Hansen, Collin. (March 23, 2007) Christianity Today . http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/april/20.29.html Passion Takes It Higher - The most influential annual gathering of young evangelicals plans to go global. In between, Passion has hosted local campus events at the leading universities across the nation, as well as larger regional and national events in cities like Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C.
As a part of the Passion movement, Louie and Shelley also head up sixstepsrecords , a partnership with Sparrow Records . Distinctly spelled with a lower-case "s" and all one word, sixstepsrecords, the small label family is home to artists Chris Tomlin , The David Crowder*Band , Charlie Hall (musician)|Charlie Hall , Matt Redman , Kristian Stanfill , Christy Nockels and Passion.Geil, Mark. (November 17, 2008) Christianity Today . '' http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/music/news/2008/sixsteprecords.html What's in a Label? : sixstepsrecords - Learn how a tiny homespun record label focused solely on worship became one of the most successful in the music business today, fueled by music from the likes of Chris Tomlin and David Crowder.
In June, 2008, while speaking for his good friend Andy Stanley, it was announced that Giglio was planting a new church in Atlanta, Georgia. Chris Tomlin announced he was joining Giglio in Atlanta for the Passion City Church launch. http://human3rror.com/2008/05/11/chris-tomlin-leaving-austin-stone/ Tomlin, Chris (May 11, 2008) http://modernmarch.com/2008/10/10/giglio-and-tomlin-to-plant-church/ Louie, and his wife Shelley, were members of North Point Community Church for 13 years until the founding of Passion City Church. Two years later, the church has built a home for PCC.
Along with Tomlin, Matt and Beth Redman and a small core team, Passion City Church officially gathered in Fall 2008. Passion City Church held its first service on February 15, 2009, in Atlanta, Georgia at The Tabernacle .Zylstra, Sarah Eekhoff. (February 24, 2009) Christianity Today . http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/february/28.17.html Q& A: Louie Giglio - The Passion Conference founder talks about his overseas tour and the new church he has started with Matt Redman and Chris Tomlin.
Passion Conferences most recently hosted Passion 2012 in Atlanta, GA, on January 2-5, 2012. Over 44,000 university students from around the United States and over 30 other countries attended, and more than 170,000 people from more than 130 countries watched part of the conference online. And as a collective whole took a stand for freedom and raised over 3,000,000 dollars to help end human slavery.
Books written
Wired: For a Life of Worship (Multnomah, 2006).
I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story of God (Multnomah, 2005).
http://www.passioncitychurch.com Passion City Church
http://www.268generation.com 268generation - Web site for Passion Conferences/Choice Ministries
http://www.sixstepsrecords.com sixstepsrecords - Home of Chris Tomlin, David Crowder*Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Kristian Stanfill, and Christy Nockels.
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