Louie Giglio
| Date of Birth | : | 30 Jun, 1958 |
| Place of Birth | : | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Profession | : | Author |
| Nationality | : | American |
| Social Profiles | : |
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
|
Louie Giglio is an American Christian pastor. He is the leader of Passion City Church in Atlanta. The founder of the Passion Movement, he is an author and public speaker.
Biography
Giglio was born in Atlanta on June 30, 1958, and is of Italian descent. He grew up in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna and graduated from Campbell High School. He studied at Georgia State University and earned a Bachelor of Arts, then he studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and earned a Master of Theology. Later he went to Grace Theological Seminary to pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree.
Ministry
After finishing seminary, Giglio and his wife Shelley began a weekly Bible study called Choice at Baylor University where he was doing graduate studies in 1985. After several years over ten percent of the Baylor student body was attending the weekly gathering, and Giglio's heart for the significance of what he refers to as the "university moment" was set.
In 1995, Giglio decided to move from his home in Waco to Atlanta because of his father's failing health, although his father died from a brain infection and a heart attack prior to their arrival in Atlanta. Around that time during a flight from Texas to Georgia, Louie was inspired to start a national gathering of college students, which would later become Passion Conferences. The first Passion Conference was held in 1997 in Austin, Texas with about 2,000 university students in attendance. Since then Passion continues to host annual gatherings in the United States and around the world for college students. Until the founding of Passion City Church, Giglio was a longtime member of North Point Community Church.
Controversies
On January 11, 2013, Giglio withdrew from the second Obama inauguration at which he was due to deliver a benediction after it became known in a sermon he delivered in the 1990s he urged Christians to oppose the "aggressive agenda" of the gay rights movement. He described homosexuality as a "sin in the eyes of God, and it is sin in the word of God".
In a conversation about racism with Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy and rapper Lecrae in June 2020, Giglio suggested that Americans replace the phrase "white privilege" with "white blessing". He said that the "blessing of slavery" had built up the framework for the world that white people live in. Giglio issued an apology on Twitter for his comments.
Quotes
God is always seeking you. Every sunset. Every clear blue sky. Each ocean wave. The starry hosts of night. He blankets each new day with the invitation, ‘I am here.
If only we knew what was happening when we pray, we would never cease to pray.
Worry and worship cannot exist in the same space. One always displaces the other. Choose worship.
God's plans for your life far exceed the circumstances of your day.
It’s at the heart of everything we struggle with in life: longing to be valuable, to be accepted, to be prized, to be worth something to somebody, to have a life that matters, and God’s saying ‘You matter! I didn’t make anyone else like you. You’re not a reprint or a lithograph. You’re a one-of-a-kind, original creation of God.
God calls each and every star by name. It’s not likely He has forgotten yours.
When the enemy comes with shame and blame, tell him to go measure the distance from east to west and get back to you.
You don't have to know everything about the mountain in front of you to take the next step
The Father doesn't give life directions in one big bundle because the goal is knowing Him, not the plan.
It’s easy: You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your allegiance. At the end of that trail you’ll find a throne; and whatever, or whoever, is on that throne is what’s of highest value to you. On that throne is what you worship.
