July 2025
Dear friends,
On July 1, I officially began my role as IGSL President and Dr. Peter Tanchi as the Chairman of the Board. Thank you very much for covering us in prayers throughout the selection process. We praise God for His guidance, as well as your constant encouragement to the selection committee, the Board of Trustees, and indeed to the whole IGSL community. Leadership transition is a crucial time for any organization, and we ask for your continued prayers that we be faithful to God’s calling in building leaders for transformation.
As a graduate-level seminary and a community where life-on-life discipleship happens, we are continuing with what we have started well, while also seeking to embark on new ventures that strategically help fulfill the Great Commission. And in doing so, we are guided by five principles (three of which are in line with Cru Philippines’ theme for this year).
Dear friends,
On July 1, I officially began my role as IGSL President and Dr. Peter Tanchi as the Chairman of the Board. Thank you very much for covering us in prayers throughout the selection process. We praise God for His guidance, as well as your constant encouragement to the selection committee, the Board of Trustees, and indeed to the whole IGSL community. Leadership transition is a crucial time for any organization, and we ask for your continued prayers that we be faithful to God’s calling in building leaders for transformation.
As a graduate-level seminary and a community where life-on-life discipleship happens, we are continuing with what we have started well, while also seeking to embark on new ventures that strategically help fulfill the Great Commission. And in doing so, we are guided by five principles (three of which are in line with Cru Philippines’ theme for this year).
Students seeking guidance from the Leadership Programs Director, Rev. Craig Thompson, during the Majors Fair, where students decide the focus of their studies at IGSL (e.g., Leadership, Biblical, Intercultural, or Theological Studies)
First, strengthening the core. We want to focus on strengthening our values, practices, and ways of thinking, and how we apply them in leadership. We desire that there be touchpoints of leadership development for all stakeholders—students, employees, faculty, alumni, ministry partners, and the board.
Secondly, keeping things simple. We want to make sure that we don’t complicate what we are called to do: building leaders for transformation. Our procedures, systems, protocols, and policies should be simple. Simplicity paves the way to efficiency and effectiveness.
Thirdly, being sustainable. As we focus on the main stuff, fulfilling our calling well will not just be sustained throughout the school year but in the years to come. We want to keep healthy rhythms that enable our faculty, students, and employees to flourish and thrive.
Fourthly, scalable. We want the Win-Build-Send (WBS) model to be evident in personal lives, as well as on a larger scale in many areas and aspects of life and society. As we build leaders for transformation together as a community, we also want to see WBS in everyone who is part of the IGSL community, much like how fractals (infinitely repeating geometrical patterns) are evident in nature, where the whole is a replica of the minute units.
Secondly, keeping things simple. We want to make sure that we don’t complicate what we are called to do: building leaders for transformation. Our procedures, systems, protocols, and policies should be simple. Simplicity paves the way to efficiency and effectiveness.
Thirdly, being sustainable. As we focus on the main stuff, fulfilling our calling well will not just be sustained throughout the school year but in the years to come. We want to keep healthy rhythms that enable our faculty, students, and employees to flourish and thrive.
Fourthly, scalable. We want the Win-Build-Send (WBS) model to be evident in personal lives, as well as on a larger scale in many areas and aspects of life and society. As we build leaders for transformation together as a community, we also want to see WBS in everyone who is part of the IGSL community, much like how fractals (infinitely repeating geometrical patterns) are evident in nature, where the whole is a replica of the minute units.
The scalability of fractals as seen in nature (e.g., upturned coiling leaves of the spiral aloe)
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And finally, strategic. We want to keep things strategic by doing the main thing, helping fulfill the Great Commission, excellently well. We do this by focusing on developing servant-steward leaders who, in turn, bring transformation and equip more leaders wherever they are called to serve.
In conclusion, we want to become better before growing bigger. God has been faithful throughout the years, enabling us to grow into the community that we are now. And we want to make room for further growth by faithfully fulfilling our mission, so that more leaders could be sent out into God’s harvest field.
I sincerely thank Dr. Cris Uy for serving as president for five years. And I’m grateful that we will continue to serve together still. As IGSL President, I will be reporting to him as the Cru Global VP for Southeast and South Asia (SESA). I’m also grateful that Dr. Andrew Liuson remains as part of the Advisory Board to the Board of Trustees, as Dr. Peter Tanchi has taken on the chairmanship.
In conclusion, we want to become better before growing bigger. God has been faithful throughout the years, enabling us to grow into the community that we are now. And we want to make room for further growth by faithfully fulfilling our mission, so that more leaders could be sent out into God’s harvest field.
I sincerely thank Dr. Cris Uy for serving as president for five years. And I’m grateful that we will continue to serve together still. As IGSL President, I will be reporting to him as the Cru Global VP for Southeast and South Asia (SESA). I’m also grateful that Dr. Andrew Liuson remains as part of the Advisory Board to the Board of Trustees, as Dr. Peter Tanchi has taken on the chairmanship.
