Louie Giglio is an American pastor, author, father, and public speaker; he founded the Passion Movement and is the lead pastor of The Passion City Church, which is located in Atlanta, Georgia.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO AGE
Louie Giglio was born on the 30th June 1958, which makes him 64 years old in 2022; he celebrates his birthday on the 30th June yearly.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO BIRTH PLACE
Louie Giglio was born to his lovely family in Atlanta, Georgia
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO PARENTS
Louie Giglio was born to his parents Louie F. Giglio jr. his father and his mother Martha Giglio.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO EDUCATION
Louie Giglio had his High school Education at Campbell High School, after his graduation from High School; he got his Bsc. degree from Georgia State University. Louie Giglio obtained his Masters Degree in Theology from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He also obtained a Doctor of Ministry Degree from the Grace Theological School, Indiana.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO WIFE
Louie Giglio got married to his lovely and supportive wife Shelley Giglio in 1986; they have been married for over 36 year.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO CHILDREN
Louie and shelley his lovely wife have three amazing adult children, their names are Louie F. Giglio, Jr., Gina Shaw and Martha Giglio
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO MINISTRY
Louie Giglio’s Started his ministry after he graduated from the seminary he started his ministry with his wife Shelley; they started at Baylor University with a weekly bible study program called choice.
Louie and his wife were also members of the North Point Community Church for a long time, and then one fine day, Louie firmly decided that he wanted to move forward with his journey as a pastor.
In 1997, after moving from Texas to Atlanta, he started the Passion Conferences, which is a national gathering of College Students. The first conference was held in 1997 at Austin, Texas with about 2000 college students in attendance and has been hosted around the country ever since. According to Wikipedia, Passion’s annual conferences attract around 50,000 participants. Every year, the conference invites prominent Christian speakers and musical artists.
A lot of famous and blessed preachers are a huge part of passion conferences, they are normally involved in speaking, they include, Louie Giglio, the founder of Passion, John Piper, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley, Judah Smith, Christine Caine, Carl Lentz, Beth Moore, Lecrae, Gary Haugen, Ravi Zacharias, Matt Chandler, Levi Lusko, Jay and Katherine Wolf, authors of the book “Hope Heals” and Ben Stuart.
The passion conferences also have The Passion Band; it is a worship branch of the Passion Conferences. They make contemporary Music and have a record of about 28 albums in over twenty years; most of the albums are live albums that were recorded during live performances and tours.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO CHARITY WORKS
Another branch of the Passion Conference is the “Do Something Now Fundraising Campaign”. The fundraising was later renamed 72 For Freedom; the objective of this campaign is to encourage participants in the Passion Conferences to donate to Charity.
In the year 2013 the passion Conferences launched a new campaign, called “End It Now Movement.” The end it now movement is a campaign for anti-human trafficking and $3.6 million was raised and donated to different charity organizations fighting the cause.
In the year 2008, Louie Giglio built the Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. The first service of the church was held on February 15, 2009.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO BOOKS
Louie Giglio is a national best selling author, below are some books by Pastor Louie Giglio:
- Worship As A Way of Life
- Indescribable
- I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story of God
- Never Too Far: Come Back from Defeat and Disappointment to Purpose and Power.
- Not Forsaken
- Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It’s Time to Win the Battle of Your M
- The air I Breathe
- Goliath Must Fall
- The Comeback: it’s not too late and you’re never too far.
- 100 Devotions about God and Science
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO CONTROVERSIES
There are some controversies that are associated with Pastor Louie Giglio
- In 2013, Louie Giglio withdrew from giving the benediction during Obama’s second Inauguration because it became known that he had in a sermon in the 1990s urged Christians to oppose the Gay Rights movement.
- In 2020, in an interview with Dan Cathy Chick-fil-A CEO and rapper Lecrae on racism, Pastor Giglio made the suggestion that Americans replace the phrase “white privilege” with “white blessing”. According to him “blessing of slavery” had built up the framework for the world that white people live in. However Pastor Louie Giglio tearfully apologised after replacing the term “white privilege” with “white blessing” during a roundtable discussion on racism Sunday.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO SERMONS
Below are some of Louie Giglio’s popular sermons:
- Because We Can
- May I Have Your Attention
- The Sparrow’s Song
- Divinity In The Dust
- Seek First The King
- Defiant Worship in the Midnight Hour
- The Joy That Defies Every Condition
- God’s Plan Includes You
- Searching For Happiness
- The Most Powerful + Painful Truth of All
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO NET WORTH
Pastor Louie Giglio net worth is estimated to be around $10 million, he makes his money from various sources, they include the sales of his books, his church salary and public speaking engagements among others.
PASTOR LOUIE GIGLIO SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: @louiegiglio
Instagram: @louiegiglio