Greg Wiens' Blog

Welcome

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:02:00 -0800

Welcome to Gregwiens.com. I am attempting to use the personal website to organize the many strands of my life. You may find more useful information on the kinds of work I do on www.flcog.org, www.HealthyGrowingChurches.com, www.GreatCommissionGroup.com and www.wienscoaching.com.

On this website you will find several resources like the DISC assessment and a Spiritual Gift assessment that I have developed over the years. They both are free, simply give credit when you use them. They are psychometrically sound and tested. There are a large number of other resources, videos and tools on the other three websites listed above.

Eventually, I will try to organize everything under one umbrella, but that will have to wait for another day.

Greg

Here is our family at Christmas 2009

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:40:00 -0800

This is the most recent picture of my family at Christmas 2009. MK's mother-Penny is now living with us. You can see our three grandchildren and each of our kids and their spouses. I couldn't be more content with my life or my impact thus far in it

Biography

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:32:00 -0800

Introducing:

Dr. Gregory A. Wiens

Greg currently serves as the Florida State Pastor for Florida Church of God Ministries (FLCOGM), founder and leadership strategiest of Healthy Growing Churches (HGC), and tribal instigator of The Great Commission Group (GCG). With FLCOGM, he works in a collaborative effort with a team of eight gifted staff members each leading their ministry focus of the ministry in Florida. FLOCGM is noted for their aggressive approach for building healthy churches that transform their communities through multiplying converts, disciples, leaders and churches.

Healthy Growing Churches is also committed to changing the spiritual landscape of our nation and world through a similar approach across multiple denominations and judicatories. Greg and the team have created a number of approaches to accomplishing this vision. Every church is unique and is approached from this perspective. HGC is about coaching judicatories and leaders in transforming their own organizations to be missionally focused and Kingdom oriented. The Great Commission Group is his most recent endeavor. It is an attempt to create a tribe of like minded and passionate leaders who see themselves and their organizations as keys to bringing about positive change in churches around the world.

Greg�s passion is helping leaders understand their role in turning organizations toward an outward focused mission. This passion is fueled by walking closely with God. Greg believes a leader must sense how God has wired and called him or her before he/she can lead where God wants his Body to be led. Greg has spoken at many large and small gatherings of leaders. Wherever he speaks it usually centers on being the leader you were uniquely created to be in the context of having a healthy relationship with God and those around the leader.

He also serves on the boards of several organizations, which emphasize growing and planting healthy churches around the nation and world. Over the past 20 years, he has served on the Personnel, Credentials, Evangelism, Business and Executive Committees as well as the Chairman of the Board for Kingdom Builders and Church Development in Florida. In addition Greg has served on several national committees of the Church of God that include Ministries Council, Area Administrators, Church Planting Bootcamps and the Lilly Grant -Implementation Program. He has been part of coaching or assessing over 150 church plants thus far in his ministry.

Greg founded the Hope Community Church in Florida, and was pastor of this church for almost 14 years. The church was located on eight acres in Oviedo, Florida.

In addition, from 1995 to 1999, Greg was a visiting Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Central Florida where he taught courses in educational ethics, quantitative and qualitative research, statistics, measurement and assessment. He also was an Associate Professor at Warner Southern College, teaching research and statistics, church growth and evangelism, and Bible courses. In addition, he has been a consultant to corporations, public schools and churches. Various denominations have benefited from his counsel on church planting, church growth and leadership assessment and development.

From 1985-1987, Greg was Senior Pastor at Pawnee Avenue Church of God in Wichita, Kansas. While in this position, he coached a launch team that became a daughter congregation in Andover, Kansas. From 1980-1985, he was Minister of Adult Discipleship and Singles at Salem Church in Dayton, Ohio. Greg also worked as an Indirect Cost Engineer for General Motors in Flint, Michigan from 1976 -1980.

Greg received his formal education at the University of Michigan where he received his BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering in 1976, and worked on an MBA in Corporate Finance. He also received his Master of Divinity at Anderson University School of Theology in 1984. In 1995, Greg was awarded his Doctorate of Education from the University of Central Florida in psychometrics (statistics in testing, measurement and assessment).

Greg has been married to his wonderful wife, Mary Kay for over 33 years and they have three children. The oldest two are married and have given us three grandchildren. Jordan and Jaime Wiens have two children (Jodie and Anderson), Erin and Steve Southards have one daughter (Payton) and Colin is close to marrying Cayla Cruickshank, but we don't know the date.

In summary, Greg likes to create chaos, challenge the status quo, communicate truth, closely relate to a few, critically think, coach leaders, and cast vision for change. These seven C's all find focus and fulfillment in living for God and following His lead.

Gregwiens.com

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 11:00:00 -0800

Welcome to my assessment page.

For each instrument, place the curser on the name below and click on it.

To take the SCID assessment, click:

SCID PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT,

On this page, you will find a number of resources. You will find several handouts which are helpful in understanding how to best use the SCID (DISC) assessment in your relationships and teams. You can also download a 60 minute session I gave at the University of Florida (GCL--a Church of Students on Campus), which explains in more detail some of the nuances of the results and how they apply to relationships.

To discover your Spiritual Gifts, click:

SPIRITUAL GIFTS,

You will not only find the gift assessment on this page, but several other resources. You will find a downloadable book explaining how to understand and use your gift(s).

This is my family is Summer of 2008

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:28:00 -0700

This is our family on our back porch in the summer of 2008. You see Colin Wiens (our son) standing on the left, then Steve and Erin Southards (our daughter) who will give us another Granddaughter this Christmas. And then, you see Jaime and Jordan Wiens (our son) with our Granddaughter, Jodie Mae. The lovely woman sitting on my lap is Mary Kay, my wife of over 33 years.

This is me on Pike's Peak. I like this picture of me because it describes me well. It tells you two things about me, 1) I am casual and not impressed with formality and 2) I have big dreams and like to challenge others to think big.

This is me on Pike's Peak. I like this picture of me because it describes me well. This is because I don't like pictures which make you look like someone you are not. It tells you two things about me, 1) I am casual and not impressed with formality and 2) I have big dreams and like to challenge others to think big