The Lionshare Leadership Group was launched by Dave & Cheryl Buehring in 2001 as a Franklin, Tennessee based 501(c)3 non-profit organization aimed at discipling and developing godly leaders within church life and culture via relationship, equipping experiences, and strategic resources.

Lionshare’s first decade (2001-2010) included:

• Hosting one-week intensives over a span of five years for youth groups and youth pastors, Acts Alive
• Hosting five 9-12 month intensives for godly leaders  serving within the Dozen Domains of culture – A Leadership Journey
• Hosting two five-day Leaders GetAways enabling leaders to be refreshed and realigned
• Bringing together six ‘fathers of the faith’ – Jack Hayford, Henry Blackaby, John Perkins, Loren Cunningham, Lloyd Ogilvie and Winkie Pratney – for a historic gathering and taping at The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove.
• Release in 2009 of our Leadership Kit, Conversations with Fathers of the Faith
• Release in 2010 of our Small Group Kit, Fathers of the Faith: Wisdom for Difficult Times
• Launching a growing global network of disciple-makers focused together on a decade-long ‘2020 Vision’ – NetDMC
• Holding multiple one-day disciple-making workshops and ‘fathers of the faith’ gatherings throughout the country
• Prototyping and launching a one-year disciple-making journey for local churches that will equip them to make disciples – via A Discipleship Journey