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

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Bryan Rose, Lead Navigator for Auxano. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* How is multisite biblical?

* What are the most common reasons to go multisite?

* What are the best strategies for multisite?

* How long does it take to launch a new campus?

* How do you staff for multisite?

BEST QUOTES

"As we read Paul's letters, we can see the church was one church in multiple locations."

"Yes, it's biblical. How is it biblical? Well, the church is always called to respond to its local context."

"Every church is unique, and part of that uniqueness is the context."

"Multisite is a replication of systems and processes that improves efficiency and in some statistical studies raises the chances of success higher than church planting because of the connection."

"Most people go to multisite for practical reasons: they run out of space, they don't want to add a third or a fourth service."

"You can't commute to community."

"We've got people who are already engaged in their community where they live, work, and play. Why are we asking the to commute in for service?"

"Or we tell people in those settings, you need to invite your neighbors and friends. And they are looking at us saying our neighbors would have to commute 45 minutes to an hour to come to this service. Are you kidding me?"

"Our context around us has changed. We still want to reach where we are, but we also know we need to reach who we are, not just where we are."

"They are reaching towns of 130 people with what is essentially a house church multisite movement."

"Contextually speaking, you have to look at you community and look at your church and see what is best for you."

"There are plenty of people who have done it, they've done it all different ways, and all of them have made mistakes."

"The 90 days leading up to launch and 90 days post launch are where everybody is a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10."

"Be sure that you announce: Hey, don't go to this campus unless you are going to lead or serve because we need your seat for lost people. Don't come because it's closer to you home and you think you are going got sit and soak and get all the amenities of the current location."

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Bryan Rose, Lead Navigator for Auxano. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* How is multisite biblical?

* What are the most common reasons to go multisite?

* What are the best strategies for multisite?

* How long does it take to launch a new campus?

* How do you staff for multisite?

BEST QUOTES

“As we read Paul’s letters, we can see the church was one church in multiple locations.”

“Yes, it’s biblical. How is it biblical? Well, the church is always called to respond to its local context.”

“Every church is unique, and part of that uniqueness is the context.”

“Multisite is a replication of systems and processes that improves efficiency and in some statistical studies raises the chances of success higher than church planting because of the connection.”

“Most people go to multisite for practical reasons: they run out of space, they don’t want to add a third or a fourth service.”

“You can’t commute to community.”

“We’ve got people who are already engaged in their community where they live, work, and play. Why are we asking the to commute in for service?”

“Or we tell people in those settings, you need to invite your neighbors and friends. And they are looking at us saying our neighbors would have to commute 45 minutes to an hour to come to this service. Are you kidding me?”

“Our context around us has changed. We still want to reach where we are, but we also know we need to reach who we are, not just where we are.”

“They are reaching towns of 130 people with what is essentially a house church multisite movement.”

“Contextually speaking, you have to look at you community and look at your church and see what is best for you.”

“There are plenty of people who have done it, they’ve done it all different ways, and all of them have made mistakes.”

“The 90 days leading up to launch and 90 days post launch are where everybody is a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10.”

“Be sure that you announce: Hey, don’t go to this campus unless you are going to lead or serve because we need your seat for lost people. Don’t come because it’s closer to you home and you think you are going got sit and soak and get all the amenities of the current location.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline Conference 

Multisite Launch Boot Camp

Choiceology with Dan Heath

Akimbo: A Podcast by Seth Godin

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Bryan Rose, Lead Navigator for Auxano. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* How is multisite biblical?

* What are the most common reasons to go multisite?

* What are the best strategies for multisite?

* How long does it take to launch a new campus?

* How do you staff for multisite?

BEST QUOTES

“As we read Paul’s letters, we can see the church was one church in multiple locations.”

“Yes, it’s biblical. How is it biblical? Well, the church is always called to respond to its local context.”

“Every church is unique, and part of that uniqueness is the context.”

“Multisite is a replication of systems and processes that improves efficiency and in some statistical studies raises the chances of success higher than church planting because of the connection.”

“Most people go to multisite for practical reasons: they run out of space, they don’t want to add a third or a fourth service.”

“You can’t commute to community.”

“We’ve got people who are already engaged in their community where they live, work, and play. Why are we asking the to commute in for service?”

“Or we tell people in those settings, you need to invite your neighbors and friends. And they are looking at us saying our neighbors would have to commute 45 minutes to an hour to come to this service. Are you kidding me?”

“Our context around us has changed. We still want to reach where we are, but we also know we need to reach who we are, not just where we are.”

“They are reaching towns of 130 people with what is essentially a house church multisite movement.”

“Contextually speaking, you have to look at you community and look at your church and see what is best for you.”

“There are plenty of people who have done it, they’ve done it all different ways, and all of them have made mistakes.”

“The 90 days leading up to launch and 90 days post launch are where everybody is a 12 on a scale of 1 to 10.”

“Be sure that you announce: Hey, don’t go to this campus unless you are going to lead or serve because we need your seat for lost people. Don’t come because it’s closer to you home and you think you are going got sit and soak and get all the amenities of the current location.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline Conference 

Multisite Launch Boot Camp

Choiceology with Dan Heath

Akimbo: A Podcast by Seth Godin

 

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Aaron Coe. He serves Passion City Church in Strategic Initiatives. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of connecting with people and how the church needs to consider the urban age.

BEST QUOTES

"Anytime you face conflict, it's designed to sharpen you and to help you become a better leader."

"Whether you are associated with something like Passion that has a global reach, or you are a brand new church planter just getting started, you really aren't immune to the handwork of having to get out there and connect with people right where they are."

"The hinge cities of the world are on our radar, and we are just praying where and when next."

"I want my leadership legacy to be that I spent my life helping to build Jesus' church."

"I really want to help the evangelical church in America think about the urban age. Because in 2007 we crossed over into the urban age, so we are all city people now. As I think about the church in America in particular, we are really not urban-minded, we tend to be suburban-minded or rural-minded."

"The best advice I've ever been given is to not fear. A lot of times we have this fear of man that holds us back from potential."

"If you take anything day by day and set your mind to it, there's pretty much not anything you can't accomplish."

"Probably gone are the days when you can afford to just have a building and use it a day and a half a week and it sits empty the other five or six days."

"We have lived in an era where you can separate out the uses for property. You can have your entertainment district over here and your business district over here and your residential over here. And I think what we are going to find is it's probably healthier if all those things are mixed anyway. I think the church is going to benefit from being right in the heart of the places where people want to be."

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference

Passion City Church

Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright

The End of Jobs by Taylor Pearson

The Dip by Seth Godin

When by Daniel Pink

The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

@aaronbcoe on Instagram

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Aaron Coe. He serves Passion City Church in Strategic Initiatives. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of connecting with people and how the church needs to consider the urban age.

BEST QUOTES

“Anytime you face conflict, it’s designed to sharpen you and to help you become a better leader.”

“Whether you are associated with something like Passion that has a global reach, or you are a brand new church planter just getting started, you really aren’t immune to the handwork of having to get out there and connect with people right where they are.”

“The hinge cities of the world are on our radar, and we are just praying where and when next.”

“I want my leadership legacy to be that I spent my life helping to build Jesus’ church.”

“I really want to help the evangelical church in America think about the urban age. Because in 2007 we crossed over into the urban age, so we are all city people now. As I think about the church in America in particular, we are really not urban-minded, we tend to be suburban-minded or rural-minded.”

“The best advice I’ve ever been given is to not fear. A lot of times we have this fear of man that holds us back from potential.”

“If you take anything day by day and set your mind to it, there’s pretty much not anything you can’t accomplish.”

“Probably gone are the days when you can afford to just have a building and use it a day and a half a week and it sits empty the other five or six days.”

“We have lived in an era where you can separate out the uses for property. You can have your entertainment district over here and your business district over here and your residential over here. And I think what we are going to find is it’s probably healthier if all those things are mixed anyway. I think the church is going to benefit from being right in the heart of the places where people want to be.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference

Passion City Church

Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright

The End of Jobs by Taylor Pearson

The Dip by Seth Godin

When by Daniel Pink

The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

@aaronbcoe on Instagram

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Aaron Coe. He serves Passion City Church in Strategic Initiatives. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of connecting with people and how the church needs to consider the urban age.

BEST QUOTES

“Anytime you face conflict, it’s designed to sharpen you and to help you become a better leader.”

“Whether you are associated with something like Passion that has a global reach, or you are a brand new church planter just getting started, you really aren’t immune to the handwork of having to get out there and connect with people right where they are.”

“The hinge cities of the world are on our radar, and we are just praying where and when next.”

“I want my leadership legacy to be that I spent my life helping to build Jesus’ church.”

“I really want to help the evangelical church in America think about the urban age. Because in 2007 we crossed over into the urban age, so we are all city people now. As I think about the church in America in particular, we are really not urban-minded, we tend to be suburban-minded or rural-minded.”

“The best advice I’ve ever been given is to not fear. A lot of times we have this fear of man that holds us back from potential.”

“If you take anything day by day and set your mind to it, there’s pretty much not anything you can’t accomplish.”

“Probably gone are the days when you can afford to just have a building and use it a day and a half a week and it sits empty the other five or six days.”

“We have lived in an era where you can separate out the uses for property. You can have your entertainment district over here and your business district over here and your residential over here. And I think what we are going to find is it’s probably healthier if all those things are mixed anyway. I think the church is going to benefit from being right in the heart of the places where people want to be.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference

Passion City Church

Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright

The End of Jobs by Taylor Pearson

The Dip by Seth Godin

When by Daniel Pink

The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle

@aaronbcoe on Instagram

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im and Eric Geiger are joined by Christy Wright, founder of Business Boutique and author of Business Boutique. During their conversation, they discuss discerning how to approach failures and challenges and discussing work commitments with your spouse.

BEST QUOTES

"What was true about business 30 years ago is definitely not true today."

"Get to the root of the issue. What are you actually facing? What is really going on? Look at it as factually and practically as you can. That can help you discern whether or not that's something you should push through or something you should pivot."

"If I let that one failure define me, I would have missed out on almost a decade of professional speaking and making an impact to those audiences."

"You know what, we are going to fail 99 times and we are still going to try the hundredth time, because on the hundredth time we are going to get it."

"I've definitely become a bottleneck for our brand, so we are trying to figure out how to scale that."

"In leadership, it can become very easy to become so tactical, so problem-solving driven, deadline driven, bottom-line driven, that you forget to connect with people. That's really a major red flag for leadership failure in the future if you lose your connection with people on the front lines, if you lose your connection with your audience."

"It's in our inclination to come up with the answer, to solve the problem, to know it all. Even if we don't know it all, we feel the pressure to know it all."

"Sometimes it's OK to ask more questions, to listen. That demonstrates humility."

"There are two things you need to know about people if you want to influence them. You need to know what frustrates them and what motivates them."

"It's really important when you bring up a subject to your spouse that you let them know where you stand."

"When you are fresh out of college, everything needs to happen today. I need to meet my husband today. I need to have my dream job today. I need to have granite countertops and three kids today. And you don't. This is a marathon."

"The work you are doing is so important. If you need help, if you need rest, if you need a break, take it. Because we need you."

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

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Business Boutique by Christy Wright

Grit by Angela Duckworth

DiSC assessment

EntreLeadership

John Maxwell

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im and Eric Geiger are joined by Christy Wright, founder of Business Boutique and author of Business Boutique. During their conversation, they discuss discerning how to approach failures and challenges and discussing work commitments with your spouse.

BEST QUOTES

“What was true about business 30 years ago is definitely not true today.”

“Get to the root of the issue. What are you actually facing? What is really going on? Look at it as factually and practically as you can. That can help you discern whether or not that’s something you should push through or something you should pivot.”

“If I let that one failure define me, I would have missed out on almost a decade of professional speaking and making an impact to those audiences.”

“You know what, we are going to fail 99 times and we are still going to try the hundredth time, because on the hundredth time we are going to get it.”

“I’ve definitely become a bottleneck for our brand, so we are trying to figure out how to scale that.”

“In leadership, it can become very easy to become so tactical, so problem-solving driven, deadline driven, bottom-line driven, that you forget to connect with people. That’s really a major red flag for leadership failure in the future if you lose your connection with people on the front lines, if you lose your connection with your audience.”

“It’s in our inclination to come up with the answer, to solve the problem, to know it all. Even if we don’t know it all, we feel the pressure to know it all.”

“Sometimes it’s OK to ask more questions, to listen. That demonstrates humility.”

“There are two things you need to know about people if you want to influence them. You need to know what frustrates them and what motivates them.”

“It’s really important when you bring up a subject to your spouse that you let them know where you stand.”

“When you are fresh out of college, everything needs to happen today. I need to meet my husband today. I need to have my dream job today. I need to have granite countertops and three kids today. And you don’t. This is a marathon.”

“The work you are doing is so important. If you need help, if you need rest, if you need a break, take it. Because we need you.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference

Business Boutique

Business Boutique by Christy Wright

Grit by Angela Duckworth

DiSC assessment

EntreLeadership

John Maxwell

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im and Eric Geiger are joined by Christy Wright, founder of Business Boutique and author of Business Boutique. During their conversation, they discuss discerning how to approach failures and challenges and discussing work commitments with your spouse.

BEST QUOTES

“What was true about business 30 years ago is definitely not true today.”

“Get to the root of the issue. What are you actually facing? What is really going on? Look at it as factually and practically as you can. That can help you discern whether or not that’s something you should push through or something you should pivot.”

“If I let that one failure define me, I would have missed out on almost a decade of professional speaking and making an impact to those audiences.”

“You know what, we are going to fail 99 times and we are still going to try the hundredth time, because on the hundredth time we are going to get it.”

“I’ve definitely become a bottleneck for our brand, so we are trying to figure out how to scale that.”

“In leadership, it can become very easy to become so tactical, so problem-solving driven, deadline driven, bottom-line driven, that you forget to connect with people. That’s really a major red flag for leadership failure in the future if you lose your connection with people on the front lines, if you lose your connection with your audience.”

“It’s in our inclination to come up with the answer, to solve the problem, to know it all. Even if we don’t know it all, we feel the pressure to know it all.”

“Sometimes it’s OK to ask more questions, to listen. That demonstrates humility.”

“There are two things you need to know about people if you want to influence them. You need to know what frustrates them and what motivates them.”

“It’s really important when you bring up a subject to your spouse that you let them know where you stand.”

“When you are fresh out of college, everything needs to happen today. I need to meet my husband today. I need to have my dream job today. I need to have granite countertops and three kids today. And you don’t. This is a marathon.”

“The work you are doing is so important. If you need help, if you need rest, if you need a break, take it. Because we need you.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference

Business Boutique

Business Boutique by Christy Wright

Grit by Angela Duckworth

DiSC assessment

EntreLeadership

John Maxwell

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im and Eric Geiger are joined by Rachel Cruze, author of Smart Money Smart Kids and Love Your Life, Not Theirs and host of The Rachel Cruze Show. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of scheduling for efficiency and servant leadership in the home.

BEST QUOTES

"Growing up in Dave Ramsey's household we have quite a few stories around money, so I got to talk about that as the kids perspective."

"One thing my parents gave all three of us was confidence. Confidence precedes so many choices you make."

"As a company, as Ramsey Solutions, we've harnessed these three words we say, 'Stability. Succession. Scalability.'"

"To be able to get up in the morning for me and have some stillness, have coffee, and have conversation with my husband is a must for me."

"I have to have a schedule everyday. I am flexible in my day, but I need it scheduled. It's the only way we can be efficient in what we do."

"The things that make me most efficient person every day are having a quiet time and scheduling."

"One of the best pieces of marriage advice I got from someone was to just serve each other."

"I would tell my 20-something year old self to relax. Everything is going to be great. There is no reason to stress about the unknown."

"I wish I had taken my influence more seriously around the office. Not that I set a bad example, I just wasn't very intentional about it."

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The Rachel Cruze Show

RachelCruze.com