“AIDS is not just another problem on the world’s to-do list. This crisis calls for the church of Jesus Christ to rise to the occasion. The question hangs in the air, ‘What are we going to do about it?’ This could be the Church’s finest hour. Whether it is or not is up to us.”

Richard Stearns, President of World Vision

The 2007 Courageous Leadership Award

3 Winners

Fish Hoek Baptist Church (Winner)
Cape Town, South Africa

Rockland Community Church (Runner-Up)
Golden, CO

West Angeles Church of God in Christ (Runner-Up)
Los Angeles


Honorable Mention and Special Recognition

Honorable Mentions are the churches that placed in the top 15 churches that applied for the award.

Because a gracious donor came forward and offered additional funds to be disbursed, The Courageous Leadership Award 2007 is able to recognize 6 additional churches doing outstanding work addressing the AIDS pandemic. Each church in the Special Recognition category is doing something unusual or extraordinary that the Working Committee felt was worthy of being acknowledged.

Gateway Community Church
Houston, TX

Wheaton Bible Church
Wheaton, IL

Good News Community Church
Atlanta, GA

Life Center
Tacoma, WC

Crossroads Community Church
Cincinnati, OH

Mars Hill Bible Church
Grandville, Michigan

Calvary Chapel Sawgrass
Davie, FL

Word of Grace Ministries, Inc.
Mesa, AZ

Menlo Park Pres.
Menlo Park, CA

Swaziland Reformed Church
Piet Retief, South Africa

Makerere Community Church
Kampala, Uganda