Why We Exist

GrowLeader is devoted to sharing ideas, tools and resources that will help grow your leadership. We believe the result is eternal as good leadership grows healthy churches.
 
With fresh, practical content, you can read any of our recommended best-selling books, listen to our monthly podcast, or attend a GrowLeader event– each designed to transform the way you lead. Our goal is to equip and encourage you because we believe in your calling!
 
GrowLeader is also committed to generosity by supporting organizations like Highlands College.
Our vision is to grow leaders who grow churches by helping them reach their full potential.

How We Started

When Pastor Chris Hodges heard a commission from the Lord in 2011 to help 1,000 churches break the 1,000 attendance barrier, he founded Grow with the mission to help equip church leaders.

Grow quickly multiplied year over year, and it became evident that church leaders are hungry to be trained and equipped in a very practical, hands-on way. In January 2021 we launched GrowLeader in order to better support pastors and leaders in their desire to personally grow in leadership so their churches can reach more people and make a greater impact.

Grow, now called Highlands Resources, continues to provide resources to over 16,500 churches globally at no cost.

CHRIS HODGES

FOUNDER

In 2001, Chris Hodges founded Church of the Highlands, now known as one of the largest churches in the U.S. with over 60,000 members and 26 campuses. Chris remains the Founding Pastor at Church of the Highlands and Chancellor of Highlands College, a biblical higher education institution that has trained and launched over a thousand graduates into ministry careers all over the world.

Chris has a deep passion for developing leaders and planting life-giving churches. He co-founded ARC (Association of Related Churches), which has launched over 1,000 churches across the United States and the world. He continues to serve these churches and leaders by making all of Highlands Resources available at no cost.

He speaks at conferences worldwide and is a New York Times best-selling author of Jesus the High Road Leader, Fresh Air, Four Cups, The Daniel Dilemma, What’s Next?, Out of the Cave, and Pray First.

Chris and his wife, Tammy, have five children and 9 grandchildren and live in Birmingham, Alabama, where they still root for the LSU Tigers.

LEE DOMINGUE

Lee Domingue is an entrepreneur of over 34 years, as well as a dad, grandparent, and avid LSU fan. After founding AppOne, a national financial tech company acquired by a multi-billion dollar company 10 years later, Lee served as CEO until retiring in 2011. During that time, Lee committed to help business leaders live out their legacy by partnering through their local church.

Lee brings inspiration and practical strategies for pastors and business leaders to understand their significant eternal return on investment, or what he calls "e-ROI®", that their relationship creates to build the Kingdom of God. 

Lee has authored several books: Stay In Your Lane, Pearls of the King, KB Gameplan, and The Family Meeting Guide. He resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife, Laura. They have 5 children and are “Boss” and “Lovey” to 8 beautiful grandchildren.

PARTNER WITH US

Highlands College

Highlands College is a biblical higher education institution that exists to supply the Church with leaders of competence, character, and spiritual maturity, holistically trained to lead lives of eternal impact by fulfilling the Great Commission.