GoStrategic Newsletter

2018 Dallas Statesmen Event Five years of work was revealed at the annual gathering of The Statesman Project in Dallas, Texas this September 6th-8th. The theme of the event was “Generational Momentum.” Many attendees came with sons and daughters who are working in ministry with them. It was wonderful to see such a broad representation…

2018 Asia Transforum “Chasing God’s Dream” As the 2018 Asia Transforum meetings opened in Singapore earlier this summer, there was an excited atmosphere as both new and old friends connected and reconnected. The relational energy and friendship among participants was palpable. Dennis Peacocke delivered the first plenary, a very personal and powerful message about God’s…

Transforum Report The theme of GoStrategic’s Transforum 2018 in Austin, Texas was LAUNCH! This year’s messages had a foundational recognition that as the church picks up the Kingdom of God reality and moves into today’s social and cultural milieu, each member of the Body must prepare for launch by being deeply rooted in their personal…

Dennis & Jan’s Travel Update: Europe On our recent trip to Europe, we had three visits that were overwhelmingly encouraging for Dennis and me. Dennis shares, “The time over more than twenty years spent in Switzerland teaching worldview and its practical applications to each life is among the most gratifying of our ministry. Seeing the…

2017 Statesmen Event 2017 marked the fourth annual Statesmen Event as leaders assembled again this September in Dallas, Texas. Over these past four years, we have made significant progress in defining our goals, developing our infrastructure, and establishing Focus Groups and their leadership. We are equipping to more completely fulfill the charge in Matthew 28…

2017 Asia Transforum The first Transforum in Asia took place in 2014. Since that inaugural event, Asia has seen 270 of their students come through the schools. They began with the Business Leadership School which now has four years under its belt and a total of 206 BLS graduates. Strategic Life Training was subsequently launched…

Transforum 2017 Finding Common Ground -Bridging the Gap in a Divided Country- Adam Peacocke speaks at Transforum 2017   Are we at the point of another reformation as we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation? Are we at the beginning of a very significant change in Christ’s church that will change the world?…

Growing Possibilities in Madagascar By Marc Stettler, Director of BLS Madagascar Rivo from Madagascar and his wife, Morgane from France, were students in the Business Leadership School (BLS) which I led in Switzerland from 2013-15. A wonderful friendship developed, and in the second year, Rivo approached me with a big idea for his BLS Service…

2016 Dallas Statesmen Conference This conference exceeded expectations of those attending. It was the first meeting of the Statesmen Project open to the public. The fruit was very evident, both in terms of the quality of the plenaries and the energetic “buy in” for activism that came out of the focus groups. The principles upon…

2016 Asia Transforum “Worldview: In Pursuit of Truth” Returning from his recent visit to Singapore for the 2016 Asia Transforum, Dennis Peacocke reflected:   It was very clear to me on this trip that Singapore really is the “Switzerland of Asia”; that is, it is an economic hub, and it is politically aligned with democratic…

Transforum 2016 in Dallas, Texas Practical Studies for Daniels, Deborahs & Pioneers “Utterly astounding” was Dennis Peacocke’s reaction to Dr. Paul Jehle’s keynote teaching on Daniel. The ability of Scripture and Truth to minister to body, soul, and spirit is one of the most precious realities God creates. The Transforum event gives an excellent opportunity…

Florida, USA to Alberta, Canada  The Statesmen Project continues to progress in Tampa, Florida with another ecclesia prayer convocation and in Canada with a strategic leadership event centered around principle-based public policy; these two are closely linked, all a part of the Lord’s seamless garment. Informed prayer and informed action are indeed necessary partners. The…

Ministry Update from Jan Peacocke Recent meetings in Switzerland were tremendously encouraging for the progress of the Kingdom of God. They provided Dennis and me with perspective on the fruitfulness of the work done there over the last 20 years. It is marvelous to see the Lord, as always, has been preparing in the field…

Dennis and Jan Peacocke in Canada   SUMMER 2015 ASIA INTENSIVE Calgary, Alberta, Canada recently hosted the second of a series of three equipping seminars to help launch a Statesmen Project initiative to groups of churches. The goal is for individual communities to establish City Action Councils that include civic, church, and business representatives from…

SUMMER 2015 ASIA INTENSIVE The Summer 2015 Asia Intensive was recently held in Singapore. School Director, Dorcas Li, remarked, “At the graduation dinner, two students, Chen Yu and Miranda, shared their experience of walking through BLS in the past two years. All agreed that the course is life changing and even though it was hard…

TRANSFORUM 2015 Dennis Peacocke opened the 2015 Transforum with two teachings on Transcendent Values. He focused on 10 biblical values that are axioms and the real life corollaries they are to govern. This was to give the knowledge from which understanding grows and the ability to make righteous judgments in life decisions. Four additional plenary…