Greg Ogden is “retired” or better yet “redeployed” (as of March, 2012) from professional church leadership. He now lives in Monterey, CA and carries out his passion of speaking, teaching, and writing about the disciplemaking mission of the church.

PASTOR

From 2002-2012 Greg served as Executive Pastor of Discipleship at Christ Church of Oak Brook, IL in the Chicago western suburbs. From 1998-2002, Greg held the position of Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Fuller Theological Seminary and Associate Professor of Lay Equipping and Discipleship. Prior to coming to his time at Fuller, Greg enjoyed 24 years in pastoral ministry.

AUTHOR

He is the author of seven books:

• GO MICRO: A Guide to Transforming and Multiplying Disciples of Jesus Through MicroGroups (GDI, 2024)
• Essential Guide to Becoming a Disciple (Intervarsity Press, November, 2016)
• Transforming Discipleship: Making Disciples a Few at a Time (Intervarsity Press, 2016)
• The Essential Commandment: A Guide to Loving God and Others (InterVarsity Press, 2011)
• Discipleship Essentials: A Guide to Building Your Life in Christ (InterVarsity Press, 1998, expanded and revised 2019)
• Leadership Essentials: Shaping Vision, Multiplying Influence, Defining Character (InterVarsity Press, 2007, with co-author, Daniel Meyer)
• Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God (Zondervan, 2003)

Dr. Ogden is the CEO of GDI whose mission is to train, coach, and inspire pastors and Christian leaders to establish indigenous, multiplying, disciplemaking movements which pulsate with Holy Spirit energy.

It has been a joy to be married to Lily for 55 years (as of 2024), and we have one married daughter who, with her husband, are practicing pediatricians in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Ogdens have a 17-year-old granddaughter, Claire and an 15 year-old grandson, Dylan.

For future speaking invitations Greg can be reached at greg@globaldi.org or by his cell phone at 630.863.2772.