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

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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