Dean Trune, life coach, teacher, and author, gave a talk at Sheridan Christian Church over the weekend. He had a simple message for members -- prayer drives everything else, including church growth. He told the Express that God had called him to his vocation. He is coaching 10 people and is working on his fourth book. He travels a lot speaking to interesting churches and organizations. He is from Okemos, Michigan, near East Lansing. That town is named after an Indian chief from that area.
Trune graduated from the University of Michigan, after which he worked for General Motors for 12 years. After that, he received a calling to go into ministry; he was a campus minister at Michigan State for many years.
He encouraged people to pursue God passionately and to be obedient to God and to let God take care of the consequences. He met current minister Jeff Blaine at a workshop at Ozark Christian College. Among topics of discussion were spiritual warfare as well as the church's greatest need. There was also a concert of prayer. Trune said that the difference between a praying church and a church that doesn't pray is simple -- in one, God is honored; in the other, people are trying to get themselves honored. "It all has to be about God," he said.
He is married to wife Bonnie. They have two children and two grandchildren. He said that he was planning to retire and move to Phoenix, where he can be closer to his children and grandchildren.
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