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

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im talk to Nicky Gumbel, the pioneer of Alpha and Vicar of HTB in London. They discuss learning from different Christian communities, succession, learning from your grown children, and not being worrisome.

BEST QUOTES

“What I love about the church is its variety.”

“Leadership should never be an end in itself.”

“In order to stay the same, you have to change.”

“There’s a spiritual hunger in every human heart that can only be satisfied by hearing God’s Word.”

“Don’t worry about stupid things. So much of what we worry about doesn’t actually matter.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Alpha.org

HTB.org

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im talk to Nicky Gumbel, the pioneer of Alpha and Vicar of HTB in London. They discuss learning from different Christian communities, succession, learning from your grown children, and not being worrisome.

BEST QUOTES

“What I love about the church is its variety.”

“Leadership should never be an end in itself.”

“In order to stay the same, you have to change.”

“There’s a spiritual hunger in every human heart that can only be satisfied by hearing God’s Word.”

“Don’t worry about stupid things. So much of what we worry about doesn’t actually matter.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Alpha.org

HTB.org

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Kevin Spratt talk with Tony Merida, the founding pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C. During their conversation, they talk about leaders and the need to rest, church planting, and how to leave work at the office and not bring it home.

BEST QUOTES

“It’s not just your moral life, but it is your social life that demonstrates whether or not you understand the kingdom of God.”

“We really need to recapture the importance of relationships.”

“Leaders are learners.”

“Technology is a great gift, but it has also made it very hard to shut work down when you go home.”

“We need to proactively plan our calendar with pockets of time so that we can counsel and meet with others.”

“Pulling away from the normal grind every 6 months is important.”

“I was convicted of my own addiction to interruption.”

“Love Jesus and have a good time with your kids.”

“You need to be prepared for a 30 year run.”

“Holiness trumps ability.”

“We lead best out of health, not out of gifting.”

“The longer I have been in ministry the more I value you my team.”

“The question before who am I is who is Jesus?”

“We have a lot of people today building their identity not on Christ, but on their performance.”

“Lives are changed around ordinary conversations.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Succession at Every Level: Mentoring Webinar on July 20th

Disciple for Life - Ephesians by Tony Merida

The Christ Centered Expositor by Tony Merida

Romans (The Story of God Bible Commentary) by Michael Bird commentary on Romans

Total Church by Steve Timmis

Befriend by Scott Sauls

Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard B. Hays

Paul and the Gift by John Barclay

Shoedog by Phil Knight

Voxer app

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Kevin Spratt talk with Tony Merida, the founding pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C. During their conversation, they talk about leaders and the need to rest, church planting, and how to leave work at the office and not bring it home.

BEST QUOTES

“It’s not just your moral life, but it is your social life that demonstrates whether or not you understand the kingdom of God.”

“We really need to recapture the importance of relationships.”

“Leaders are learners.”

“Technology is a great gift, but it has also made it very hard to shut work down when you go home.”

“We need to proactively plan our calendar with pockets of time so that we can counsel and meet with others.”

“Pulling away from the normal grind every 6 months is important.”

“I was convicted of my own addiction to interruption.”

“Love Jesus and have a good time with your kids.”

“You need to be prepared for a 30 year run.”

“Holiness trumps ability.”

“We lead best out of health, not out of gifting.”

“The longer I have been in ministry the more I value you my team.”

“The question before who am I is who is Jesus?”

“We have a lot of people today building their identity not on Christ, but on their performance.”

“Lives are changed around ordinary conversations.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Succession at Every Level: Mentoring Webinar on July 20th

Disciple for Life – Ephesians by Tony Merida

The Christ Centered Expositor by Tony Merida

Romans (The Story of God Bible Commentary) by Michael Bird commentary on Romans

Total Church by Steve Timmis

Befriend by Scott Sauls

Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard B. Hays

Paul and the Gift by John Barclay

Shoedog by Phil Knight

Voxer app

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Kevin Spratt talk with Tony Merida, the founding pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C. During their conversation, they talk about leaders and the need to rest, church planting, and how to leave work at the office and not bring it home.

BEST QUOTES

“It’s not just your moral life, but it is your social life that demonstrates whether or not you understand the kingdom of God.”

“We really need to recapture the importance of relationships.”

“Leaders are learners.”

“Technology is a great gift, but it has also made it very hard to shut work down when you go home.”

“We need to proactively plan our calendar with pockets of time so that we can counsel and meet with others.”

“Pulling away from the normal grind every 6 months is important.”

“I was convicted of my own addiction to interruption.”

“Love Jesus and have a good time with your kids.”

“You need to be prepared for a 30 year run.”

“Holiness trumps ability.”

“We lead best out of health, not out of gifting.”

“The longer I have been in ministry the more I value you my team.”

“The question before who am I is who is Jesus?”

“We have a lot of people today building their identity not on Christ, but on their performance.”

“Lives are changed around ordinary conversations.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Succession at Every Level: Mentoring Webinar on July 20th

Disciple for Life – Ephesians by Tony Merida

The Christ Centered Expositor by Tony Merida

Romans (The Story of God Bible Commentary) by Michael Bird commentary on Romans

Total Church by Steve Timmis

Befriend by Scott Sauls

Echoes of Scripture in the Gospels by Richard B. Hays

Paul and the Gift by John Barclay

Shoedog by Phil Knight

Voxer app

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk to Matt Chandler, the Lead Teaching Pastor at The Village Church. During their conversation, they discuss multi-site strategy, false perceptions of leadership, and how to create space in a busy schedule to focus on prayer.

BEST QUOTES

“I think the background on how leaders are where they are is very helpful because otherwise there is a false perception that you just sort of arrived as opposed to growing in leadership.”

“God is going to accomplish big things in your life over long periods of time in every day faithfulness.”

“My fantasy is to pastor a church of 250 people where I could know everybody’s name and know if they are there on the weekends and make home visits.”

“We need to look at our every day transitions as an opportunity to reorient your heart with the Lord.”

“I’ve created a buffer of 5-10 minutes between any and all meetings.”

“In that 5 minutes, I want to stop and reorient my heart.”

“Right before I head to lunch, I will pick up the Valley of Vision, and I will read out loud a prayer.”

“I want to see people as a person, not a task.”

“The rule of life, it is annually, monthly, weekly, daily, what does it look like to weave into the every day rhythms of our lives and reconnect with the Lord and remind ourselves.”

“I can make people projects, and I can prefer process and transaction over genuinely caring for people.”

“I think people forget that we’ve got a life time to pursue the Lord.”

“Let’s not have a week where we nailed it, and then we haven’t opened our Bible since.”

“Deep relationship with Jesus Christ has not been confined to the professional ministry.”

“I just don’t ever want to be afraid of having hard conversations with guys.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Village Church

The Apostle’s Creed by Matt Chandler

The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler

Charlie Date

Charlie Date's twitter

The Tech Wise Family by Andy Crouch

Weak and Strong by Andy Crouch

Creative Minority by John Tyson

Jon Tyson's twitter

Recapturing the Wonder by Mike Cosper

Cultivated podcast

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

The Valley of Vision

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk to Matt Chandler, the Lead Teaching Pastor at The Village Church. During their conversation, they discuss multi-site strategy, false perceptions of leadership, and how to create space in a busy schedule to focus on prayer.

BEST QUOTES

“I think the background on how leaders are where they are is very helpful because otherwise there is a false perception that you just sort of arrived as opposed to growing in leadership.”

“God is going to accomplish big things in your life over long periods of time in every day faithfulness.”

“My fantasy is to pastor a church of 250 people where I could know everybody’s name and know if they are there on the weekends and make home visits.”

“We need to look at our every day transitions as an opportunity to reorient your heart with the Lord.”

“I’ve created a buffer of 5-10 minutes between any and all meetings.”

“In that 5 minutes, I want to stop and reorient my heart.”

“Right before I head to lunch, I will pick up the Valley of Vision, and I will read out loud a prayer.”

“I want to see people as a person, not a task.”

“The rule of life, it is annually, monthly, weekly, daily, what does it look like to weave into the every day rhythms of our lives and reconnect with the Lord and remind ourselves.”

“I can make people projects, and I can prefer process and transaction over genuinely caring for people.”

“I think people forget that we’ve got a life time to pursue the Lord.”

“Let’s not have a week where we nailed it, and then we haven’t opened our Bible since.”

“Deep relationship with Jesus Christ has not been confined to the professional ministry.”

“I just don’t ever want to be afraid of having hard conversations with guys.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Village Church

The Apostle’s Creed by Matt Chandler

The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler

Charlie Date

Charlie Date’s twitter

The Tech Wise Family by Andy Crouch

Weak and Strong by Andy Crouch

Creative Minority by John Tyson

Jon Tyson’s twitter

Recapturing the Wonder by Mike Cosper

Cultivated podcast

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

The Valley of Vision

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk to Matt Chandler, the Lead Teaching Pastor at The Village Church. During their conversation, they discuss multi-site strategy, false perceptions of leadership, and how to create space in a busy schedule to focus on prayer.

BEST QUOTES

“I think the background on how leaders are where they are is very helpful because otherwise there is a false perception that you just sort of arrived as opposed to growing in leadership.”

“God is going to accomplish big things in your life over long periods of time in every day faithfulness.”

“My fantasy is to pastor a church of 250 people where I could know everybody’s name and know if they are there on the weekends and make home visits.”

“We need to look at our every day transitions as an opportunity to reorient your heart with the Lord.”

“I’ve created a buffer of 5-10 minutes between any and all meetings.”

“In that 5 minutes, I want to stop and reorient my heart.”

“Right before I head to lunch, I will pick up the Valley of Vision, and I will read out loud a prayer.”

“I want to see people as a person, not a task.”

“The rule of life, it is annually, monthly, weekly, daily, what does it look like to weave into the every day rhythms of our lives and reconnect with the Lord and remind ourselves.”

“I can make people projects, and I can prefer process and transaction over genuinely caring for people.”

“I think people forget that we’ve got a life time to pursue the Lord.”

“Let’s not have a week where we nailed it, and then we haven’t opened our Bible since.”

“Deep relationship with Jesus Christ has not been confined to the professional ministry.”

“I just don’t ever want to be afraid of having hard conversations with guys.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

The Village Church

The Apostle’s Creed by Matt Chandler

The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler

Charlie Date

Charlie Date’s twitter

The Tech Wise Family by Andy Crouch

Weak and Strong by Andy Crouch

Creative Minority by John Tyson

Jon Tyson’s twitter

Recapturing the Wonder by Mike Cosper

Cultivated podcast

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

The Valley of Vision

In this episode of 5 Leadership Questions, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Adam Weber, Pastor of Embrace in Sioux Falls, SD, and author of Talking With God. They discuss how to equip and build up the leaders in your church, learning as a leader, leading your kids to see you as a follower of Jesus, and more.

BEST QUOTES

“We want to be sure our current campuses are healthy, bursting at the seams, instead of continuing to launch new campuses while our current campuses are struggling.”

“We must shift from being staff-led to volunteer body of Christ driven.”

“Hiring staff over raising up volunteers is a detriment to the body.”

“People want to have purpose. People want to have impact. People want to be used. We've stolen that from people by paying positions.”

“When volunteers carry the passion instead of just your staff, it's uncontrollable.”

“You don't find great leaders. You create them and help build them.”

“You have amazing people around you. Start pouring into them.”

“I need to constantly be learning.”

“I have something to learn from everybody.”

“My dad was so quick to say "Thank you" and "I'm sorry." That's something I hope to pass on to my own kids.”

“I want my kids to know I'm a follower of Jesus, not just a paid pastor. I want them to see my joy and my struggles in following Jesus.”

“My greatest moments of leadership are singing worship songs with my kids.”

“I want my kids to have no jadedness toward the church but a deep love for the church.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Talking With God: What to Say When You Don't Know How to Pray

AdamWeber.com

Thinke.org

TylerReagin.com

BradLomenick.com

Craig Groeschel podcast

Chris Brown podcast

Carey Nieuwhof podcast

Essentialism

H3 Leadership

In this episode of 5 Leadership Questions, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper talk with Adam Weber, Pastor of Embrace in Sioux Falls, SD, and author of Talking With God. They discuss how to equip and build up the leaders in your church, learning as a leader, leading your kids to see you as a follower of Jesus, and more.

BEST QUOTES

“We want to be sure our current campuses are healthy, bursting at the seams, instead of continuing to launch new campuses while our current campuses are struggling.”

“We must shift from being staff-led to volunteer body of Christ driven.”

“Hiring staff over raising up volunteers is a detriment to the body.”

“People want to have purpose. People want to have impact. People want to be used. We’ve stolen that from people by paying positions.”

“When volunteers carry the passion instead of just your staff, it’s uncontrollable.”

“You don’t find great leaders. You create them and help build them.”

“You have amazing people around you. Start pouring into them.”

“I need to constantly be learning.”

“I have something to learn from everybody.”

“My dad was so quick to say “Thank you” and “I’m sorry.” That’s something I hope to pass on to my own kids.”

“I want my kids to know I’m a follower of Jesus, not just a paid pastor. I want them to see my joy and my struggles in following Jesus.”

“My greatest moments of leadership are singing worship songs with my kids.”

“I want my kids to have no jadedness toward the church but a deep love for the church.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Talking With God: What to Say When You Don’t Know How to Pray

AdamWeber.com

Thinke.org

TylerReagin.com

BradLomenick.com

Craig Groeschel podcast

Chris Brown podcast

Carey Nieuwhof podcast

Essentialism

H3 Leadership