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 Eric Geiger are joined by Christine Caine, founder of Propel Women and A21 and author of Unexpected. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the most common things that cause leaders anxiety?

* Why is anxiety so detrimental to leadership?

* How do you know if you are leading in faith or crippled by anxiety and fear?

* What are practical ways to deal with anxiety in a proactive way?

BEST QUOTES

“A lack of clarity of vision can cause anxiety.”

“When you get anxious and fearful and lose your clarity, then most of your decisions become fear-based rather than faith-based.”

“You start to play safe, rather than go for enlargement and go for growth.”

“Healthy things grow and growing things change.”

“If you are making decisions based out of fear rather than faith, then you are not making wise decisions in the present that will allow growth and momentum in the future.”

“A lot of us aren’t leading in faith, we are just managing where we are.”

“I am going to make what I know about Jesus and His faithfulness to me in the past bigger than what I don’t know about the future.”

“What drives me as a leader is not how much we’ve done, it’s what is still yet to be done.”

“Complacency, indifference, settling, and managing will lead ultimately to anxiety if you are called to be a leader. Anxiety will lead to fear.”

“If you are feeling bad, you are most likely to be leading bad.”

“It’s not how much you do for God as a leader that is going to burn you out. Burn out comes from what you stop doing.”

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Christine Caine, founder of Propel Women and A21 and author of Unexpected. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the most common things that cause leaders anxiety?

* Why is anxiety so detrimental to leadership?

* How do you know if you are leading in faith or crippled by anxiety and fear?

* What are practical ways to deal with anxiety in a proactive way?

BEST QUOTES

“A lack of clarity of vision can cause anxiety.”

“When you get anxious and fearful and lose your clarity, then most of your decisions become fear-based rather than faith-based.”

“You start to play safe, rather than go for enlargement and go for growth.”

“Healthy things grow and growing things change.”

“If you are making decisions based out of fear rather than faith, then you are not making wise decisions in the present that will allow growth and momentum in the future.”

“A lot of us aren’t leading in faith, we are just managing where we are.”

“I am going to make what I know about Jesus and His faithfulness to me in the past bigger than what I don’t know about the future.”

“What drives me as a leader is not how much we’ve done, it’s what is still yet to be done.”

“Complacency, indifference, settling, and managing will lead ultimately to anxiety if you are called to be a leader. Anxiety will lead to fear.”

“If you are feeling bad, you are most likely to be leading bad.”

“It’s not how much you do for God as a leader that is going to burn you out. Burn out comes from what you stop doing.”

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5LQ Episode 64: Christine Caine

5LQ Episode 207: Christine Caine

Unexpected by Christine Caine

Propel Women

A21

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Christine Caine, founder of Propel Women and A21 and author of Unexpected. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* What are the most common things that cause leaders anxiety?

* Why is anxiety so detrimental to leadership?

* How do you know if you are leading in faith or crippled by anxiety and fear?

* What are practical ways to deal with anxiety in a proactive way?

BEST QUOTES

“A lack of clarity of vision can cause anxiety.”

“When you get anxious and fearful and lose your clarity, then most of your decisions become fear-based rather than faith-based.”

“You start to play safe, rather than go for enlargement and go for growth.”

“Healthy things grow and growing things change.”

“If you are making decisions based out of fear rather than faith, then you are not making wise decisions in the present that will allow growth and momentum in the future.”

“A lot of us aren’t leading in faith, we are just managing where we are.”

“I am going to make what I know about Jesus and His faithfulness to me in the past bigger than what I don’t know about the future.”

“What drives me as a leader is not how much we’ve done, it’s what is still yet to be done.”

“Complacency, indifference, settling, and managing will lead ultimately to anxiety if you are called to be a leader. Anxiety will lead to fear.”

“If you are feeling bad, you are most likely to be leading bad.”

“It’s not how much you do for God as a leader that is going to burn you out. Burn out comes from what you stop doing.”

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5LQ Episode 64: Christine Caine

5LQ Episode 207: Christine Caine

Unexpected by Christine Caine

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Thom Rainer, president and CEO of Lifeway Christian Resources and author of Becoming a Welcoming Church. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* How can churches use the book?

* What prompted you to write the book?

* What are some of the most common mistakes people make in welcoming or not welcoming people in their church?

* Is there a difference in what millennials want and other generations want when they are visiting churches? Do churches need to have different strategies for different generations?

* What message do you hope will resonate most with the readers?

BEST QUOTES

“This book is a bridge to gospel conversations, particularly to guests coming in to your church.”

“A church of 150 is most likely going to have around 250 first-time guests a year.”

“The website is viewed primarily by guests, not by church members.”

“We miss greeting people in the worship center. They come in early and are sitting there by themselves.”

“One of the best places to get greeters is new members. They are excited because it’s brand new and they know what it felt like to be a first-time guest.”

“Be genuine. Boomers and Builders have a higher tolerance for inauthenticity.”

“Don’t talk differently once you are in a church facility than you do outside the church facility.”

“Care makes up for a lack of personal connection sometimes.”

“This is more about the gospel than some church growth methodology.”

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Community of Church Leaders Facebook group

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources and author of Becoming a Welcoming Church. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* How can churches use the book?

* What prompted you to write the book?

* What are some of the most common mistakes people make in welcoming or not welcoming people in their church?

* Is there a difference in what millennials want and other generations want when they are visiting churches? Do churches need to have different strategies for different generations?

* What message do you hope will resonate most with the readers?

BEST QUOTES

“This book is a bridge to gospel conversations, particularly to guests coming in to your church.”

“A church of 150 is most likely going to have around 250 first-time guests a year.”

“The website is viewed primarily by guests, not by church members.”

“We miss greeting people in the worship center. They come in early and are sitting there by themselves.”

“One of the best places to get greeters is new members. They are excited because it’s brand new and they know what it felt like to be a first-time guest.”

“Be genuine. Boomers and Builders have a higher tolerance for inauthenticity.”

“Don’t talk differently once you are in a church facility than you do outside the church facility.”

“Care makes up for a lack of personal connection sometimes.”

“This is more about the gospel than some church growth methodology.”

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Becoming a Welcoming Church Video

ThomRainer.com

Becoming a Welcoming Church by Thom Rainer

Community of Church Leaders Facebook group

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Eric Geiger are joined by Thom Rainer, president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources and author of Becoming a Welcoming Church. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions:

* How can churches use the book?

* What prompted you to write the book?

* What are some of the most common mistakes people make in welcoming or not welcoming people in their church?

* Is there a difference in what millennials want and other generations want when they are visiting churches? Do churches need to have different strategies for different generations?

* What message do you hope will resonate most with the readers?

BEST QUOTES

“This book is a bridge to gospel conversations, particularly to guests coming in to your church.”

“A church of 150 is most likely going to have around 250 first-time guests a year.”

“The website is viewed primarily by guests, not by church members.”

“We miss greeting people in the worship center. They come in early and are sitting there by themselves.”

“One of the best places to get greeters is new members. They are excited because it’s brand new and they know what it felt like to be a first-time guest.”

“Be genuine. Boomers and Builders have a higher tolerance for inauthenticity.”

“Don’t talk differently once you are in a church facility than you do outside the church facility.”

“Care makes up for a lack of personal connection sometimes.”

“This is more about the gospel than some church growth methodology.”

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Becoming a Welcoming Church Video

ThomRainer.com

Becoming a Welcoming Church by Thom Rainer

Community of Church Leaders Facebook group

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im is joined by Larry Osborne, teaching pastor at Northcoast church in California, and author of Lead Like a Shepherd. During their conversation, they discuss succession and looking for the fruit in raising kids instead of focusing on the watering schedule.

BEST QUOTES

“The more eclectic you can be, the more helpful you’re going to be because the people you minister to are going to be all over the map.”

“I never know where associative learning will take me.”

“All of our biggest problems in life are going to be solved by someone outside our paradigm.”

“How do we spiritually and organizationally maintain a healthy pace?”

“We believe that real church takes place in circles not in rows.”

“Retention is the greatest measure of health in any organization.”

“I don’t think a succession plan should be more than 18 months because it’s very hard to get a big L leader who will wait 3 to 5 years.”

“You need to figure out who you are and what gives you life not what gives life to someone else.”

“What I encourage people to do is not to worry about the recipe, but to worry about the fruit.”

“How much I work, when I’m home, when I’m not, everything is based on the fruit, not the watering schedule.”

“We were pretty much an open book. My wife had cancer, we had a financial meltdown due to things not in our control. Our kids knew when that happened.”

“Life is a glacier, not an avalanche.”

“Glaciers carve out Yosemites, avalanches make a big mess, knock down trees, and 10 years later you don’t even know they were there.”

“I have a bit part in God’s grand plan, but He’s not in trouble if I don’t do everything I could do.”

“My job was to do the best I could under the circumstances, not the best I could.”

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im is joined by Larry Osborne, teaching pastor at Northcoast church in California, and author of Lead Like a Shepherd. During their conversation, they discuss succession and looking for the fruit in raising kids instead of focusing on the watering schedule.

BEST QUOTES

“The more eclectic you can be, the more helpful you’re going to be because the people you minister to are going to be all over the map.”

“I never know where associative learning will take me.”

“All of our biggest problems in life are going to be solved by someone outside our paradigm.”

“How do we spiritually and organizationally maintain a healthy pace?”

“We believe that real church takes place in circles not in rows.”

“Retention is the greatest measure of health in any organization.”

“I don’t think a succession plan should be more than 18 months because it’s very hard to get a big L leader who will wait 3 to 5 years.”

“You need to figure out who you are and what gives you life not what gives life to someone else.”

“What I encourage people to do is not to worry about the recipe, but to worry about the fruit.”

“How much I work, when I’m home, when I’m not, everything is based on the fruit, not the watering schedule.”

“We were pretty much an open book. My wife had cancer, we had a financial meltdown due to things not in our control. Our kids knew when that happened.”

“Life is a glacier, not an avalanche.”

“Glaciers carve out Yosemites, avalanches make a big mess, knock down trees, and 10 years later you don’t even know they were there.”

“I have a bit part in God’s grand plan, but He’s not in trouble if I don’t do everything I could do.”

“My job was to do the best I could under the circumstances, not the best I could.”

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im is joined by Larry Osborne, teaching pastor at Northcoast church in California, and author of Lead Like a Shepherd. During their conversation, they discuss succession and looking for the fruit in raising kids instead of focusing on the watering schedule.

BEST QUOTES

“The more eclectic you can be, the more helpful you’re going to be because the people you minister to are going to be all over the map.”

“I never know where associative learning will take me.”

“All of our biggest problems in life are going to be solved by someone outside our paradigm.”

“How do we spiritually and organizationally maintain a healthy pace?”

“We believe that real church takes place in circles not in rows.”

“Retention is the greatest measure of health in any organization.”

“I don’t think a succession plan should be more than 18 months because it’s very hard to get a big L leader who will wait 3 to 5 years.”

“You need to figure out who you are and what gives you life not what gives life to someone else.”

“What I encourage people to do is not to worry about the recipe, but to worry about the fruit.”

“How much I work, when I’m home, when I’m not, everything is based on the fruit, not the watering schedule.”

“We were pretty much an open book. My wife had cancer, we had a financial meltdown due to things not in our control. Our kids knew when that happened.”

“Life is a glacier, not an avalanche.”

“Glaciers carve out Yosemites, avalanches make a big mess, knock down trees, and 10 years later you don’t even know they were there.”

“I have a bit part in God’s grand plan, but He’s not in trouble if I don’t do everything I could do.”

“My job was to do the best I could under the circumstances, not the best I could.”

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Eric Geiger and Todd Adkins are joined by Dr. Tony Evans, author of Kingdom Disciples and Kingdom Man. During their conversation, they discuss why it is important for a leader to be a reader and how to lead your family around the table.

BEST QUOTES

“I try to read people who I think will grow me in the area of where I am ministering at the time.”

“I read any and everything that I can get my hands on that is relevant to the audience to whom I am speaking because the Bible was not meant to just be an exegetical book to tell you what the author thought in Scripture, but from which you use what the author taught to the group that he was speaking to, to the relevant realities of the people whom you speak to.”

“You begin with after you’ve read your Bible, you read your newspaper.”

“We come from the Bible, to our people. But the people are coming from the world, to the Bible. We must respect their starting place as different than our starting place because that will affect how they hear what we have to say.”

“When the Bible was written, it was not written as a systematic theology, it was written as a biblical theology.”

“The job of the proclaimer is to keep the relevancy without compromising what has been written.”

“It is my contention that the unifying theme of all the Bible is the glory of God through the advancement of His Kingdom.”

“The Kingdom agenda is the visible demonstration of the comprehensive rule of God over every area of life. And those areas are divided into four categories: your individual life, your family life, your church life, and your community life.”

“The table was never used for just eating, the table was used for leading.”

“Be involved in the things that matter to your family, and not just ask your family to be involved in the things that matter to the leader.”

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