When PLI first began, the initials stood for Pastoral Leadership Institute. However, as times have changed and PLI has adapted with the changing culture, it seemed as though Pastoral Leadership Institute didn’t fully capture what PLI was about. PLI trains and invests in multiplying missional leaders – pastors for sure, but also spouses and leaders from congregations – so Pastoral wasn’t quite capturing the essence of PLI. And, PLI offers learning communities with a focus on not only leadership, but also mission and discipleship – so Leadership didn’t fully explain PLI either. And, finally Institute – PLI is more of a movement to equip today’s pastors, spouses and key church leaders to reach people for Jesus. But even though Pastoral Leadership Institute wasn’t helping to name PLI anymore, many people remember the name PLI and SO… all of that said, after a lot of praying and thinking and searching for how God was leading PLI, the decision was made to keep the name as the initials. PLI used to mean Pastoral Leadership Institute but now it stands for so much more that we are simply PLI.