5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im discuss and share a talk from Bob Russell, author of After 50 Years of Ministry, from Pipeline 2017 in which Russell shares the lessons he learned from the mistakes he made in ministry.

BEST QUOTES

“I feel like I have done some things the way God would have me do them, but I’ve also made some serious mistakes along the way and I’ve learned some valuable lessons from those mistakes.”

“Sometimes we learn our best lessons from our worst mistakes.”

“The worst single mistake I ever made in ministry was I forgot a wedding.”

“I acknowledged that this was an area where I was weak and I need to surround myself with people who have strengths in administration and let them do it.”

“A lot of our problems we have in ministry and in leadership come from ego.”

“Delegate even if it hurts your ego.”

“The reason people burn out in ministry isn’t because they work too hard, the reason they burn out in ministry is they work too hard in areas they are not gifted.”

“I learned to give my family priority even when the church needs attention.”

“Long after the elders and deacons in your church forget your name, your wife is going to be there.”

“The best thing a preacher can do for his church is to model marriage in front of them.”

“I learned to be content in ministry regardless of statistics.”

“Why we are discontent in this ministry is because we compare all the time.”

“God does not value your worth in ministry by your statistics.”

“Seventy-five years from now when somebody looks at a picture of your church, what are they going to say about your influence?”

“Don’t grow weary in doing good in ministry, in due season you reap a harvest if you just don’t give up.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

When God Builds a Church by Bob Russell

The Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren

Watch this video and all the talks from Pipeline 2017 at MinistryGrid.com

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Carey Nieuwhof, author of Didn't See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. During their conversation, they continue their discussion on the challenges that everyone faces.

* Will you give us an overview of irrelevance?

* How do we keep from sliding into pride and narcissism as we continue to grow?

* What will only humility get you out of that pride got you into?

* Let's move on to the next challenge no one expects to face: emptiness.

* How do we see burnout coming?

BEST QUOTES

“It’s inevitable that you become irrelevant unless you decide not to.”

“You think you are cutting edge because you used to be cool, you used to be great, and nobody 15 years younger than you believes that anymore, but you are the last guy to know.”

“The antidote to irrelevance is change.”

“Relevance simply gains you permission to speak into the culture.”

“I think you can communicate understanding without communicating agreement.”

“If I can understand their world I have a better chance of speaking into it.”

“Our crisis is not a crisis of information it’s a crisis of meaning.”

“The gap between how quickly you change and how quickly the culture changes is called irrelevance.”

“You want to make sure you are imparting meaning to a culture that is changing rapidly in a way that that culture can understand.”

“Most leaders pride comes not from narcissism, but from insecurity.”

“Push other people into the spotlight.”

“I think as you get older, your job is not to hog the spotlight, it is to push younger leaders into the spotlight. It’s to give them the opportunity.”

“Only humility will get you out of what pride got you into.”

“Humiliation is involuntary humility.”

“When you have to confess it, you have to address it.”

“There is a whole in the middle of your heart that really only Christ can fill.”

“I’ve got to live in a way today, that will help me thrive tomorrow.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Didn't See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences by Carey Nieuwhof

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Carey Nieuwhof, author of Didn’t See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. During their conversation, they continue their discussion on the challenges that everyone faces.

* Will you give us an overview of irrelevance?

* How do we keep from sliding into pride and narcissism as we continue to grow?

* What will only humility get you out of that pride got you into?

* Let’s move on to the next challenge no one expects to face: emptiness.

* How do we see burnout coming?

BEST QUOTES

“It’s inevitable that you become irrelevant unless you decide not to.”

“You think you are cutting edge because you used to be cool, you used to be great, and nobody 15 years younger than you believes that anymore, but you are the last guy to know.”

“The antidote to irrelevance is change.”

“Relevance simply gains you permission to speak into the culture.”

“I think you can communicate understanding without communicating agreement.”

“If I can understand their world I have a better chance of speaking into it.”

“Our crisis is not a crisis of information it’s a crisis of meaning.”

“The gap between how quickly you change and how quickly the culture changes is called irrelevance.”

“You want to make sure you are imparting meaning to a culture that is changing rapidly in a way that that culture can understand.”

“Most leaders pride comes not from narcissism, but from insecurity.”

“Push other people into the spotlight.”

“I think as you get older, your job is not to hog the spotlight, it is to push younger leaders into the spotlight. It’s to give them the opportunity.”

“Only humility will get you out of what pride got you into.”

“Humiliation is involuntary humility.”

“When you have to confess it, you have to address it.”

“There is a whole in the middle of your heart that really only Christ can fill.”

“I’ve got to live in a way today, that will help me thrive tomorrow.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Didn’t See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences by Carey Nieuwhof

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger discuss Eric's transition from Senior Vice President at Lifeway Christian Resources to senior pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, California.

BEST QUOTES

“The Lord has made it clear that He wants me back in the local church. I’m grateful for the clarity and I’m really grateful that He made it clear where He wants me. I’m going to be the senior pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, California.”

“Part of me thought the Lord wasn’t even giving me an answer because He loved how much time I was spending with Him.”

“I asked the Lord to give my children a desire as He was giving me a desire for the place that He wanted us to be.”

“Holding two emotions together at the same time has been really challenging. In my right hand is a deep excitement for going to Mariners. … In the left hand, I’ve held a sense of loss. The death of a dream of a team that I’ve worked alongside for a long time.”

“To me that’s ending well, affirming great people on the way out.”

“Because I love this team so much and I love what we do, I didn’t have the temptation to coast.”

“What’s our family impact going to be for the Kingdom?”

“Do not jet for a list of pushes, because you will go to another context and there will be a new list of pushes. You only go if there is a super strong pull.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Leadership Pipeline

Ministry Grid

Mariners Church

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger discuss Eric’s transition from Senior Vice President at LifeWay Christian Resources to senior pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, California.

BEST QUOTES

“The Lord has made it clear that He wants me back in the local church. I’m grateful for the clarity and I’m really grateful that He made it clear where He wants me. I’m going to be the senior pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, California.”

“Part of me thought the Lord wasn’t even giving me an answer because He loved how much time I was spending with Him.”

“I asked the Lord to give my children a desire as He was giving me a desire for the place that He wanted us to be.”

“Holding two emotions together at the same time has been really challenging. In my right hand is a deep excitement for going to Mariners. … In the left hand, I’ve held a sense of loss. The death of a dream of a team that I’ve worked alongside for a long time.”

“To me that’s ending well, affirming great people on the way out.”

“Because I love this team so much and I love what we do, I didn’t have the temptation to coast.”

“What’s our family impact going to be for the Kingdom?”

“Do not jet for a list of pushes, because you will go to another context and there will be a new list of pushes. You only go if there is a super strong pull.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Leadership Pipeline

Ministry Grid

Mariners Church

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Carey Nieuwhof, author of Didn't See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. During their conversation, they discuss some of the challenges that everyone faces.

* What are the types of cynicism that we often face and how do we address those?

* How does compromise play a role?

* How do leaders often disconnect? What does that look like and what is the result?

BEST QUOTES

"I didn't feel my heart grow bigger in ministry, I felt it grow smaller. And that's how cynicism starts."

"Most cynics are made not because they don't care, but because they did care."

"If you close your heart to people, you close your heart to God."

"The curious are never cynical, and the cynical are never curious."

"There is social research that suggests that the average person tells about 200 lies a day."

"If you let yourself get away with the little things, will you let yourself get away with more?"

"If you find yourself in that, humble your public talk and accelerate your private walk."

"You cannot be intimate in a hurry."

"I have a tendency to disconnect from human relationships, which kind of goes back to the book of Genesis. That we have a tendency to disconnect from God."

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Didn't See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences by Carey Nieuwhof

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Carey Nieuwhof, author of Didn’t See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences. During their conversation, they discuss some of the challenges that everyone faces.

* What are the types of cynicism that we often face and how do we address those?

* How does compromise play a role?

* How do leaders often disconnect? What does that look like and what is the result?

BEST QUOTES

“I didn’t feel my heart grow bigger in ministry, I felt it grow smaller. And that’s how cynicism starts.”

“Most cynics are made not because they don’t care, but because they did care.”

“If you close your heart to people, you close your heart to God.”

“The curious are never cynical, and the cynical are never curious.”

“There is social research that suggests that the average person tells about 200 lies a day.”

“If you let yourself get away with the little things, will you let yourself get away with more?”

“If you find yourself in that, humble your public talk and accelerate your private walk.”

“You cannot be intimate in a hurry.”

“I have a tendency to disconnect from human relationships, which kind of goes back to the book of Genesis. That we have a tendency to disconnect from God.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Didn’t See It Coming: Overcoming the 7 Greatest Challenges that No One Expects and Everyone Experiences by Carey Nieuwhof

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Johnny Baker, pastor of Celebrate Recovery at Saddleback and author of The Road to Freedom. During their conversation, they discuss helping people remove barriers and general leadership principles.

BEST QUOTES

"Celebrate Recovery is not just for drug addicts and alcoholics. It's for anybody with what we say is a hurt, a hang-up, or a habit."

"What we've found over the years is that pain is universal."

"Admitting you have a problem doesn't make you weak, and covering up a problem always makes things worse."

"The higher up in leadership you go, the more temptation there is to say, 'I have to have it all together.'"

"People want a one-size-fits-all this is how we handle this situation. And what I'm learning is that you can't always do that."

"If I hang out with a certain group of people, I become more like them. That's just how it goes."

"Everything that happens to you now is going to determine how you lead later - both good and bad."

"Figure out who you are, and just be that person. It's so tempting to chameleon yourself and become different around different people."

"Stop trying to be cool. Being cool is such a waste of time."

"When you show up to Celebrate Recovery, every person there is going through Celebrate Recovery - including the leaders. We are in it with you."

"We've all hurt people, and people have hurt us, which means we all qualify for Celebrate Recovery."

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Celebrate Recovery

The Road to Freedom: Healing From Your Hurts, Hang-Ups, and Habits by Johnny Baker

The Bait of Satan by John Bevere

Tim Ferriss podcast

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Johnny Baker, pastor of Celebrate Recovery at Saddleback and author of The Road to Freedom. During their conversation, they discuss helping people remove barriers and general leadership principles.

BEST QUOTES

“Celebrate Recovery is not just for drug addicts and alcoholics. It’s for anybody with what we say is a hurt, a hang-up, or a habit.”

“What we’ve found over the years is that pain is universal.”

“Admitting you have a problem doesn’t make you weak, and covering up a problem always makes things worse.”

“The higher up in leadership you go, the more temptation there is to say, ‘I have to have it all together.'”

“People want a one-size-fits-all this is how we handle this situation. And what I’m learning is that you can’t always do that.”

“If I hang out with a certain group of people, I become more like them. That’s just how it goes.”

“Everything that happens to you now is going to determine how you lead later – both good and bad.”

“Figure out who you are, and just be that person. It’s so tempting to chameleon yourself and become different around different people.”

“Stop trying to be cool. Being cool is such a waste of time.”

“When you show up to Celebrate Recovery, every person there is going through Celebrate Recovery – including the leaders. We are in it with you.”

“We’ve all hurt people, and people have hurt us, which means we all qualify for Celebrate Recovery.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Celebrate Recovery

The Road to Freedom: Healing From Your Hurts, Hang-Ups, and Habits by Johnny Baker

The Bait of Satan by John Bevere

Tim Ferriss podcast

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Johnny Baker, pastor of Celebrate Recovery at Saddleback and author of The Road to Freedom. During their conversation, they discuss helping people remove barriers and general leadership principles.

BEST QUOTES

“Celebrate Recovery is not just for drug addicts and alcoholics. It’s for anybody with what we say is a hurt, a hang-up, or a habit.”

“What we’ve found over the years is that pain is universal.”

“Admitting you have a problem doesn’t make you weak, and covering up a problem always makes things worse.”

“The higher up in leadership you go, the more temptation there is to say, ‘I have to have it all together.'”

“People want a one-size-fits-all this is how we handle this situation. And what I’m learning is that you can’t always do that.”

“If I hang out with a certain group of people, I become more like them. That’s just how it goes.”

“Everything that happens to you now is going to determine how you lead later – both good and bad.”

“Figure out who you are, and just be that person. It’s so tempting to chameleon yourself and become different around different people.”

“Stop trying to be cool. Being cool is such a waste of time.”

“When you show up to Celebrate Recovery, every person there is going through Celebrate Recovery – including the leaders. We are in it with you.”

“We’ve all hurt people, and people have hurt us, which means we all qualify for Celebrate Recovery.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Celebrate Recovery

The Road to Freedom: Healing From Your Hurts, Hang-Ups, and Habits by Johnny Baker

The Bait of Satan by John Bevere

Tim Ferriss podcast