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 are joined by Jen Wilkin, a mom to 4 great kids, and an advocate for women to love God with their minds through the faithful study of His Word. Jen writes, speaks, and teaches women the Bible at The Village Church. In this episdoe, they talk with her about the importance of being faithful to Scripture, her role in ministry, and the importance of defining truth.

BEST QUOTES

“The people  who I think I am paying to the most right now are my aging parents.”

“I want to be someone who is paying attention to the signposts that are happening at this particular stage of life.”

“We are in a bad place if we don’t go back to the books that wrecked us and reread them.”

“It’s not just about what you read, it’s about what you reread. What you reread says just as much about you as what you reread.”

“We all go through obstacles, but we have any opportunity to learn from them.”

“I’m asking that they would apply basic comprehension skills that they learned in their high school English class to the text.”

“As we move into a distinctly post-christian culture, it is going to be increasingly important that we have a faith grounded in who God proclaims Himself to be and not merely in a feeling.”

“It’s one thing to defend the resurrection. It’s another thing to even know what the resurrection account is in the Scriptures.”

“You can’t grow into spiritual maturity apart from using your gifts and service to Christ.”

“We all think if we just shout our truth louder than the next person it is going to convince someone.”

“I have to remind myself to be tender the weaknesses of those for whom I am leading and then be tough toward my own hurts.”

“I can not afford to get knocked down and not get up again quickly.”

“The louder your voice gets the more critics you will draw.”

“There is absolutely always a cost for ministry, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t worth paying.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

https://www.jenwilkin.net/

Jen’s Resources

The Village Church

None Like Him by Jen Wilkin

The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer

The Attributes of God by Arthur Pink

The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins, Barnabas Piper, and Trevin Wax run through a series of quick-hitter questions about leadership lessons and resources.

* What is one thing you’ve read recently?

* What is one thing you’ve listened to recently?

* What is one tool or resource you’ve started using recently?

* Who is one person who has influenced you recently?

* What is one lesson you have learned recently?

BEST QUOTES

“We need to recognize people aren’t a process.”

“Most people get succession wrong because they are thinking about it as an event. They are thinking about it as replacement rather than reproduction.”

“You’ve got to read well to write well.”

“Reread everything you were assigned in high school and think differently about it.”

“The idea that somehow everything will fall into place just as you are planning is not going to happen.”

“Don’t plan for best case scenario. Plan for contingency.”

“Life always throws something at you that ruins best case scenario.”

“It goes back to family and the importance of raising my kids well. That is my number one job.”

“If you don’t work in blocks of time, every thing is scatter shot and nothing gets done and balls get dropped.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

CSBible.com

myleadershippipeline.com

In the Garden of Beasts  by Erik Larson

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

Succession by Nol Tichy

Effective Succession Planning by William J. Rothwell

Shoedog by Phil Knight

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron

The Enneagram Test

S-Town Podcast

Capital Kings

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Crime Town podcast

Briggs-Riley bag

Apple Watch

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins, Barnabas Piper, and Trevin Wax run through a series of quick-hitter questions about leadership lessons and resources.

* What is one thing you’ve read recently?

* What is one thing you’ve listened to recently?

* What is one tool or resource you’ve started using recently?

* Who is one person who has influenced you recently?

* What is one lesson you have learned recently?

BEST QUOTES

“We need to recognize people aren’t a process.”

“Most people get succession wrong because they are thinking about it as an event. They are thinking about it as replacement rather than reproduction.”

“You’ve got to read well to write well.”

“Reread everything you were assigned in high school and think differently about it.”

“The idea that somehow everything will fall into place just as you are planning is not going to happen.”

“Don’t plan for best case scenario. Plan for contingency.”

“Life always throws something at you that ruins best case scenario.”

“It goes back to family and the importance of raising my kids well. That is my number one job.”

“If you don’t work in blocks of time, every thing is scatter shot and nothing gets done and balls get dropped.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

CSBible.com

myleadershippipeline.com

In the Garden of Beasts  by Erik Larson

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

Succession by Nol Tichy

Effective Succession Planning by William J. Rothwell

Shoedog by Phil Knight

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron

The Enneagram Test

S-Town Podcast

Capital Kings

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Crime Town podcast

Briggs-Riley bag

Apple Watch

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins, Barnabas Piper, and Trevin Wax run through a series of quick-hitter questions about leadership lessons and resources.

* What is one thing you’ve read recently?

* What is one thing you’ve listened to recently?

* What is one tool or resource you’ve started using recently?

* Who is one person who has influenced you recently?

* What is one lesson you have learned recently?

BEST QUOTES

“We need to recognize people aren’t a process.”

“Most people get succession wrong because they are thinking about it as an event. They are thinking about it as replacement rather than reproduction.”

“You’ve got to read well to write well.”

“Reread everything you were assigned in high school and think differently about it.”

“The idea that somehow everything will fall into place just as you are planning is not going to happen.”

“Don’t plan for best case scenario. Plan for contingency.”

“Life always throws something at you that ruins best case scenario.”

“It goes back to family and the importance of raising my kids well. That is my number one job.”

“If you don’t work in blocks of time, every thing is scatter shot and nothing gets done and balls get dropped.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

CSBible.com

myleadershippipeline.com

In the Garden of Beasts  by Erik Larson

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

Succession by Nol Tichy

Effective Succession Planning by William J. Rothwell

Shoedog by Phil Knight

The Road Back to You by Ian Morgan Cron

The Enneagram Test

S-Town Podcast

Capital Kings

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Crime Town podcast

Briggs-Riley bag

Apple Watch

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Shannon Litton, the President and CEO of the 5by5,  a marketing and digital agency which serves change makers, those who work where life change happens. In this conversation, Litton discusses how to have clarity in vision, how to develop culture, and the importance of mentors.

BEST QUOTES

“In marketing, we either have a clarity or a reach problem.”

“In ministry space, we struggle with clarity. We have so much to say, that we don’t know how to boil it down and be clear about it.”

“I want to delegate to people who I know can do a better job than me.”

“For churches and organizations, the older you become the more and more complex you get.”

“The most difficult thing we do is choose what’s the best way and not just the available way.”

“We believe everything rises and falls on culture and culture rises and falls on the leader.”

“As a leader, what are things that I can do that only I can do?”

“You want to make your culture so strong and so clear that people self select out if they don’t fit.”

“When I walk into the office, I think chief culture keeper is my job.”

“Not one thing that we planned 20 years ago has happened.”

“I thought I wanted to lead, but I really needed to learn.”

“I wish I would have found mentors earlier in life.”

“I was so ready to lead other people that I wasn’t looking for people to lead me and to learn from."

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

www.5by5Agency.com

5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni

4 Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Shannon Litton, the President and CEO of the 5by5,  a marketing and digital agency which serves change makers, those who work where life change happens. In this conversation, Litton discusses how to have clarity in vision, how to develop culture, and the importance of mentors.

BEST QUOTES

“In marketing, we either have a clarity or a reach problem.”

“In ministry space, we struggle with clarity. We have so much to say, that we don’t know how to boil it down and be clear about it.”

“I want to delegate to people who I know can do a better job than me.”

“For churches and organizations, the older you become the more and more complex you get.”

“The most difficult thing we do is choose what’s the best way and not just the available way.”

“We believe everything rises and falls on culture and culture rises and falls on the leader.”

“As a leader, what are things that I can do that only I can do?”

“You want to make your culture so strong and so clear that people self select out if they don’t fit.”

“When I walk into the office, I think chief culture keeper is my job.”

“Not one thing that we planned 20 years ago has happened.”

“I thought I wanted to lead, but I really needed to learn.”

“I wish I would have found mentors earlier in life.”

“I was so ready to lead other people that I wasn’t looking for people to lead me and to learn from.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

www.5by5Agency.com

5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni

4 Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Shannon Litton, the President and CEO of the 5by5,  a marketing and digital agency which serves change makers, those who work where life change happens. In this conversation, Litton discusses how to have clarity in vision, how to develop culture, and the importance of mentors.

BEST QUOTES

“In marketing, we either have a clarity or a reach problem.”

“In ministry space, we struggle with clarity. We have so much to say, that we don’t know how to boil it down and be clear about it.”

“I want to delegate to people who I know can do a better job than me.”

“For churches and organizations, the older you become the more and more complex you get.”

“The most difficult thing we do is choose what’s the best way and not just the available way.”

“We believe everything rises and falls on culture and culture rises and falls on the leader.”

“As a leader, what are things that I can do that only I can do?”

“You want to make your culture so strong and so clear that people self select out if they don’t fit.”

“When I walk into the office, I think chief culture keeper is my job.”

“Not one thing that we planned 20 years ago has happened.”

“I thought I wanted to lead, but I really needed to learn.”

“I wish I would have found mentors earlier in life.”

“I was so ready to lead other people that I wasn’t looking for people to lead me and to learn from.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

www.5by5Agency.com

5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni

Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni

4 Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive by Patrick Lencioni

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Clayton King, the interim Senior Pastor at NewSpring Church in South Carolina, one of the largest churches in the United States. King is an author of 12 books including The True Love Waits resources. In this conversation, Clayton talks about the importance of delegation, spiritual disciplines, and coffee.

BEST QUOTES

“I believe this is the most crucial season of my life to make sure I am developing deeply true and authentic spiritual disciplines.”

“I’ve got to delegate this stuff or I’m going to kill myself.”

“I want to delegate to people who I know can do a better job than me.”

“The reason why I have such a hard time delegating to other people is my pride. As leaders, we want to do it all.”

“It’s not just enough to delegate as a leader. We have to celebrate what we delegate.”

“I'm not on my best game the rest of the day if I don't give my first fruits to Jesus.”

“Getting up early, that has been for me the most practical thing I can do to make sure I am spiritually healthy.”

“Ministry is an easy world to isolate yourself from the common everyday person.”

“Over the last couple of years, I have learned the value of stealing away and breaking away from the grind of ministry.”

“I’m a fool if I don’t aggressively pursue the wisdom and discernment that my wife has from the Holy Spirit.”

“I can’t lead the church if I can’t lovingly lead my own family.”

“The more we read, the more equipped we are to lead.”

“Slow down. Let Jesus carry you as you carry he load.”

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

ClaytonKing.com

Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger

Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp

Overcome by Clayton King

Stronger by Clayton King

Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and Barnabas Piper are joined by Clayton King, the interim Senior Pastor at NewSpring Church in South Carolina, one of the largest churches in the United States. King is an author of 12 books including The True Love Waits resources. In this conversation, Clayton talks about the importance of delegation, spiritual disciplines, and coffee.

BEST QUOTES

“I believe this is the most crucial season of my life to make sure I am developing deeply true and authentic spiritual disciplines.”

“I’ve got to delegate this stuff or I’m going to kill myself.”

“I want to delegate to people who I know can do a better job than me.”

“The reason why I have such a hard time delegating to other people is my pride. As leaders, we want to do it all.”

“It’s not just enough to delegate as a leader. We have to celebrate what we delegate.”

“I’m not on my best game the rest of the day if I don’t give my first fruits to Jesus.”

“Getting up early, that has been for me the most practical thing I can do to make sure I am spiritually healthy.”

“Ministry is an easy world to isolate yourself from the common everyday person.”

“Over the last couple of years, I have learned the value of stealing away and breaking away from the grind of ministry.”

“I’m a fool if I don’t aggressively pursue the wisdom and discernment that my wife has from the Holy Spirit.”

“I can’t lead the church if I can’t lovingly lead my own family.”

“The more we read, the more equipped we are to lead.”

“Slow down. Let Jesus carry you as you carry he load.”

 

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

ClaytonKing.com

Designed to Lead by Eric Geiger

Dangerous Calling by Paul David Tripp

Overcome by Clayton King

Stronger by Clayton King

Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster