Karen Hurston brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in so many areas that are critical to the life and health of a growing church. I have been privileged to know Karen for many years. She has a heart that is passionate for the health and growth of the church, and a mind that can has been used by God to see many churches achieve that health and growth. If you ever have the opportunity to listen and learn from Karen Hurston...grab it! I guarantee you'll be a better church leader because of it.

Dr. Charles Arn
President and Author
Church Growth, Inc.
Monrovia, CA

http://www.churchgrowth.net

The mission of Karen Hurston's life is to work with eternity's values in view. Her father and late mother were our precious friends for more than 50 years, venturing into the most formidable circumstances to spread the Gospel all over the world. Then, in 2004, Karen became my campaign manager, a vital part of my successful campaign for the Santa Rosa County Commission. She was there day after day, guiding the workers and inspiring the candidate with support, prayer and encouraging words. As a former Sheriff, State Representative and State Senator in Florida, I heartily commend Karen and pray that God will continue to grant her an abundant harvest of souls for God's Kingdom. What a joy to work for God and to do His will!

John Broxson
County Commissioner
District 5, Santa Rosa County
Gulf Breeze, Florida

jcbroxson1@mchsi.com

Hurston Ministries are true church growth specialists! Not only in the area of cell groups, their specialty, but in other areas their teaching is filled with insight and inspiration and loaded with firm principles and techniques for growing people into Kingdom citizens. Their course highlighting the growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea, is dynamite!

Dr. Ronald E. Cottle
Founder and President Emeritus
Beacon University

http://www.beacon.edu

Karen has been a friend, mentor, encourager and strategic thinker in my life and many others. Any church that ventures into group life without reading her work or applying her expertise will take needless detours and miss the heart of small group ministry. I have found Karen particularly helpful in pointing groups toward diligent, meaningful and creative prayer experiences. This is the true power behind her work and the measure of her success in ministry. We are grateful for all she has done to inspire leaders here at Willow and around the globe!

Dr. Bill Donahue
Director of Small Group Life
Willow Creek Association
Barrington, Illinois

http://www.willowcreek.com

We have been blessed by Karen Hurston's teaching, both in our training institute and at a conference organized by the Ministerial Alliance of Matamoros, Mexico. In a time when “quick fixes” for church growth are promoted, Karen will not compromise. Her experience and clarity of understanding about discipleship makes the Gospel easy to understand, and to apply in care for one another. We have implemented the principles Dr. Karen Hurston taught in our school of missions, and several pastors in Matamoros are also applying the same. One pastor, Victor Barrientos, has seen his attendance grow from 350 to 500 since applying the principles and practices Karen taught in the conference.

Jacques and Flor Goy
Directors
Missions Training Institute
Matamoros, Mexico

We have had the privilege of having Karen Hurston as a speaker at our annual Living Free International Training Conference. She always comes with a servant attitude and provides our attendees with effective ministry tools that they take to their churches and put into action. People feel comfortable with Karen—she is real. Her rich heritage in missions and small groups, along with her unique presentations, will bless your ministry with inspiration, direction and passion.

Jimmy R. Lee, D.Min.
President
Living Free
Chattanooga, Tennessee

http://livingfree.org

Karen Hurston is a person of God. When we invited her as a lecturer at our University, we were blessed with her outstanding knowledge of church growth and spirit-filled messages. She did not learn her church growth principles only from books and the class room, she actually attended and worked at Yoido Full Gospel Church where she met and interviewed many home cell leaders and staff of Dr. Cho. Her research data and resources are reliable. She is an expert of church growth.

Dong Hwan Lim, D. Min.
Chief Academic Officer
Bethesda Christian University
Anaheim, California

http://www.bcu.edu

Thank you Karen for a wonderful course on Cell Groups. Our students have enjoyed it very much. They said that they received a great amount of useful and practical information. Most of all they enjoyed the small group interactions. Your PowerPoint presentation was terrific and your handouts were great as they were full of illustrations. Thanks again for the time spent with Ukrainian leaders.

Anatoliy Musiyenko
Director of Studies
International Center for Christian Leadership
Kiev, Ukraine

http://www.iccl-kiev.com/index-e.php

Karen's depth of knowledge and excellent consulting skills in the area of small groups and cell groups is only surpassed by her gifted way of relating to people. Karen just makes everyone she meets feel special! She's not only one of the church's best resources for growth through groups, but the kind of person we all look for in a life-long, close friend. Her ministry to you and your church or denomination will be transformational.

Randall Neighbour
Director
TOUCH Outreach Ministries

http://www.cellgrouppeople.com

Why waste precious time looking for answers in all the wrong places? When you put my friend of 25 years, Dr. Karen Hurston, on your consulting and planning team, you just maximized ministry. God has gifted her with information because God has allowed her to see more in her lifetime than almost all church leaders have ever seen and will ever see in two lifetimes. Do yourself and your church a Kingdom favor, be Kingdom surprised and help the church you lead be all that God intends you to be in this lifetime. Time is too brief to waste it chasing good dreams rather than God's best for you and your people. Be blessed!

Dr. John Vaughan
Church Growth Consultant & Author
Church Growth Today

www.churchgrowthtoday.org