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

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.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

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Smart Money Smart Kids by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze

Love Your Life, Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze

The Rachel Cruze Show

RachelCruze.com

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.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Smart Money Smart Kids by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze

Love Your Life, Not Theirs by Rachel Cruze

The Rachel Cruze Show

RachelCruze.com

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Dave Milam, vice president of strategic design at Visioneering Studios. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the new trends when it comes to churches and their use of space?

* What are the most common mistakes churches make when they enter into a building program?

* What research does Visioneering do before a church moves forward with a plan?

* When revitalizing and replanting, what should churches do to their space before relaunching?

* What are best practices for making a move, celebrating, and transitioning well?

BEST QUOTES

“Constantly I am hearing churches say we need more lobby space, we need more community space, places where people can just sit and talk.”

“One of the biggest mistakes I see is churches not locking down that number – this is how much money we are going to spend, not a penny over – and really holding the team that they hire to that number.”

“What’s the smartest next move for us based on what we can afford?”

“If you do a capital campaign, a church typically can raise two to two and a half times their annual giving in a two-year capital campaign, if they use a consultant. If they don’t use a consultant it tends to be one times their annual giving in a two-year campaign.”

“For every person in your church, you typically need about 50 square feet in your church building.”

“It’s possible that really what the building needs is just the new vision and new leadership.”

“The last thing I want is for a church to sacrifice ministry or staffing dollars to build a building or fix carpet.”

“If you are a larger church and you have been gifted a building for a campus, then it is worth doing a full on evaluation of the people flow, the space requirements, the carpet, the branding, the whole ball of wax.”

“There are so many opportunities to celebrate when the process is happening. It’s super critical to make sure the church is doing that, because when they are celebrating together they notice what God’s doing.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

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Visioneering Studios

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Dave Milam, vice president of strategic design at Visioneering Studios. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the new trends when it comes to churches and their use of space?

* What are the most common mistakes churches make when they enter into a building program?

* What research does Visioneering do before a church moves forward with a plan?

* When revitalizing and replanting, what should churches do to their space before relaunching?

* What are best practices for making a move, celebrating, and transitioning well?

BEST QUOTES

“Constantly I am hearing churches say we need more lobby space, we need more community space, places where people can just sit and talk.”

“One of the biggest mistakes I see is churches not locking down that number – this is how much money we are going to spend, not a penny over – and really holding the team that they hire to that number.”

“What’s the smartest next move for us based on what we can afford?”

“If you do a capital campaign, a church typically can raise two to two and a half times their annual giving in a two-year capital campaign, if they use a consultant. If they don’t use a consultant it tends to be one times their annual giving in a two-year campaign.”

“For every person in your church, you typically need about 50 square feet in your church building.”

“It’s possible that really what the building needs is just the new vision and new leadership.”

“The last thing I want is for a church to sacrifice ministry or staffing dollars to build a building or fix carpet.”

“If you are a larger church and you have been gifted a building for a campus, then it is worth doing a full on evaluation of the people flow, the space requirements, the carpet, the branding, the whole ball of wax.”

“There are so many opportunities to celebrate when the process is happening. It’s super critical to make sure the church is doing that, because when they are celebrating together they notice what God’s doing.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference 

Visioneering Studios

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Dave Milam, vice president of strategic design at Visioneering Studios. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the new trends when it comes to churches and their use of space?

* What are the most common mistakes churches make when they enter into a building program?

* What research does Visioneering do before a church moves forward with a plan?

* When revitalizing and replanting, what should churches do to their space before relaunching?

* What are best practices for making a move, celebrating, and transitioning well?

BEST QUOTES

“Constantly I am hearing churches say we need more lobby space, we need more community space, places where people can just sit and talk.”

“One of the biggest mistakes I see is churches not locking down that number – this is how much money we are going to spend, not a penny over – and really holding the team that they hire to that number.”

“What’s the smartest next move for us based on what we can afford?”

“If you do a capital campaign, a church typically can raise two to two and a half times their annual giving in a two-year capital campaign, if they use a consultant. If they don’t use a consultant it tends to be one times their annual giving in a two-year campaign.”

“For every person in your church, you typically need about 50 square feet in your church building.”

“It’s possible that really what the building needs is just the new vision and new leadership.”

“The last thing I want is for a church to sacrifice ministry or staffing dollars to build a building or fix carpet.”

“If you are a larger church and you have been gifted a building for a campus, then it is worth doing a full on evaluation of the people flow, the space requirements, the carpet, the branding, the whole ball of wax.”

“There are so many opportunities to celebrate when the process is happening. It’s super critical to make sure the church is doing that, because when they are celebrating together they notice what God’s doing.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 conference 

Visioneering Studios

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* Have you ever left a church as an attender and why?

* What are the reasons church leaders think people leave their church?

* What does the research actually say?

* What’s the most surprising thing you discovered in the research?

* What do churchgoers want in their churches?

BEST QUOTES

“I assume people come or go from your church because of either preaching, worship, or kids."

“In this economy, there are so many things that are subscription based. If I’m merely ‘subscribing’ to a church instead of becoming a part of the body, there are multiple opportunities for me to opt out.”

“Only 57% of churchgoers would describe themselves as completely committed to continuing to attend their current church.”

“By the time you find out someone is considering leaving your church, they are actively looking and pretty much gone. You can’t assume you will know ahead of time someone is on the brink of leaving.”

“Stepping away from leadership means ‘I’m starting to look’ in a lot of cases.”

“The number one reason people gave that they would leave their church is doctrine.”

“When we asked people what they would like more of from their current church, there are things on that list that include serving, which implied that people want to serve more.”

“In total, 1 out of 4 churchgoers indicated that they want their church to improve. Either saying ‘give me help in finding new ways I can serve’ or ‘give me more chances to serve.’”

“If we are listening a little more to the talents and gifts people are bringing to the church, we can be creating roles within the church for them to help them fit.”

“They are not looking for another job, they already have one of those. They are looking for something more missional.”

“The second highest reason for switching churches as an adult was that you did not feel engaged or involved in meaningful work at the church.”

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Research results: "Churchgoers stick around for theology, not music or preachers"

Keep Asking Lifeway Research podcast

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* Have you ever left a church as an attender and why?

* What are the reasons church leaders think people leave their church?

* What does the research actually say?

* What’s the most surprising thing you discovered in the research?

* What do churchgoers want in their churches?

BEST QUOTES

“I assume people come or go from your church because of either preaching, worship, or kids.”

“In this economy, there are so many things that are subscription based. If I’m merely ‘subscribing’ to a church instead of becoming a part of the body, there are multiple opportunities for me to opt out.”

“Only 57% of churchgoers would describe themselves as completely committed to continuing to attend their current church.”

“By the time you find out someone is considering leaving your church, they are actively looking and pretty much gone. You can’t assume you will know ahead of time someone is on the brink of leaving.”

“Stepping away from leadership means ‘I’m starting to look’ in a lot of cases.”

“The number one reason people gave that they would leave their church is doctrine.”

“When we asked people what they would like more of from their current church, there are things on that list that include serving, which implied that people want to serve more.”

“In total, 1 out of 4 churchgoers indicated that they want their church to improve. Either saying ‘give me help in finding new ways I can serve’ or ‘give me more chances to serve.’”

“If we are listening a little more to the talents and gifts people are bringing to the church, we can be creating roles within the church for them to help them fit.”

“They are not looking for another job, they already have one of those. They are looking for something more missional.”

“The second highest reason for switching churches as an adult was that you did not feel engaged or involved in meaningful work at the church.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Research results: “Churchgoers stick around for theology, not music or preachers”

Keep Asking LifeWay Research podcast

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Scott McConnell, executive director of LifeWay Research. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* Have you ever left a church as an attender and why?

* What are the reasons church leaders think people leave their church?

* What does the research actually say?

* What’s the most surprising thing you discovered in the research?

* What do churchgoers want in their churches?

BEST QUOTES

“I assume people come or go from your church because of either preaching, worship, or kids.”

“In this economy, there are so many things that are subscription based. If I’m merely ‘subscribing’ to a church instead of becoming a part of the body, there are multiple opportunities for me to opt out.”

“Only 57% of churchgoers would describe themselves as completely committed to continuing to attend their current church.”

“By the time you find out someone is considering leaving your church, they are actively looking and pretty much gone. You can’t assume you will know ahead of time someone is on the brink of leaving.”

“Stepping away from leadership means ‘I’m starting to look’ in a lot of cases.”

“The number one reason people gave that they would leave their church is doctrine.”

“When we asked people what they would like more of from their current church, there are things on that list that include serving, which implied that people want to serve more.”

“In total, 1 out of 4 churchgoers indicated that they want their church to improve. Either saying ‘give me help in finding new ways I can serve’ or ‘give me more chances to serve.’”

“If we are listening a little more to the talents and gifts people are bringing to the church, we can be creating roles within the church for them to help them fit.”

“They are not looking for another job, they already have one of those. They are looking for something more missional.”

“The second highest reason for switching churches as an adult was that you did not feel engaged or involved in meaningful work at the church.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Research results: “Churchgoers stick around for theology, not music or preachers”

Keep Asking LifeWay Research podcast

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Tyler Reagin, the President of Catalyst and author of The Life-Giving Leader. During their conversation, they discuss why self-awareness is important and knowing your own influence.

BEST QUOTES

"What's unique about us is we are not necessarily on the frontline serving kids in Haiti, but we are serving those who serve the kids in Haiti."

"Learning myself, I realized that the one thing that he felt like was a void in my wiring and leadership capacity was actually what God wanted to use to move me into the position and now sitting in the seat I'm in."

"As a boss, I want to make sure I am not putting people in a position where they are operating in learned behavior all the time, because they are going to be exhausted."

"One of the biggest challenges in leadership is you have to find time to work on the business, not in it."

"What are you doing with your influence?"

"If we are followers of Jesus, people are watching. How we manage that seat, no matter what seat it is, is bringing God glory, it's trying to honor Him, it's trying to love the people He has entrusted to us."

"Everybody has a little bit of influence. You might have influence with literally one other person. How you steward that influence is going to dictate how much more influence you get outside that circle."

"I will take the physical struggle of a red eye, of lack of sleep here and there, to make sure that my kids aren't getting second-best and to make sure that Catalyst isn't getting second-best."

"I want us to figure out ways to make the sound God has uniquely made us to make."

"As a leader, life can flow one of two ways: it can flow to you or it can flow from you."

BEST QUOTES

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Catalyst

The Life-Giving Leader by Tyler Reagin

The Leadership Engine by Noel Tichy

Right Path

Enneagram

Emotional Intelligence

StrengthsFinder

Myers -Briggs

The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek Ted Talk

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Tyler Reagin, the President of Catalyst and author of The Life-Giving Leader. During their conversation, they discuss why self-awareness is important and knowing your own influence.

BEST QUOTES

“What’s unique about us is we are not necessarily on the frontline serving kids in Haiti, but we are serving those who serve the kids in Haiti.”

“Learning myself, I realized that the one thing that he felt like was a void in my wiring and leadership capacity was actually what God wanted to use to move me into the position and now sitting in the seat I’m in.”

“As a boss, I want to make sure I am not putting people in a position where they are operating in learned behavior all the time, because they are going to be exhausted.”

“One of the biggest challenges in leadership is you have to find time to work on the business, not in it.”

“What are you doing with your influence?”

“If we are followers of Jesus, people are watching. How we manage that seat, no matter what seat it is, is bringing God glory, it’s trying to honor Him, it’s trying to love the people He has entrusted to us.”

“Everybody has a little bit of influence. You might have influence with literally one other person. How you steward that influence is going to dictate how much more influence you get outside that circle.”

“I will take the physical struggle of a red eye, of lack of sleep here and there, to make sure that my kids aren’t getting second-best and to make sure that Catalyst isn’t getting second-best.”

“I want us to figure out ways to make the sound God has uniquely made us to make.”

“As a leader, life can flow one of two ways: it can flow to you or it can flow from you.”

BEST QUOTES

Pipeline 2018 Conference

Catalyst

The Life-Giving Leader by Tyler Reagin

The Leadership Engine by Noel Tichy

Right Path

Enneagram

Emotional Intelligence

StrengthsFinder

Myers -Briggs

The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek Ted Talk

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron