In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Holly Brown executive pastor at Embrace Church. During their conversation, they discuss what it's like to be a virtual executive pastor and not relying on passion alone to do your job well.

BEST QUOTES

“When you do virtual well, you really do become ingrained in the team."

"My biggest goal in leading them is helping them learn to lead in multiple lanes."

"Growing ministries always have growing roles."

"I function under the assumption that everyone needs to see a growth path."

"These are your three focus points, scrolling is not going to help you solve these things."

"Leadership in our home really is a dance."

"We are passionate about creating opportunities for our kids to understand the common need and practice being entrepreneurs."

"Right now leadership is a lot about transfer to our children."

"God lit a fire inside of me for living a life that would see what He did in the Bible done today."

"I spent a decade trying to find where I could be Moses and it led to a lot of disappointment."

"If I just change my corner of the world, that's good enough."

"There is no amount of passion that is going to make you immune to the Devil."

"You cannot claw your way through with passion and expect to end up on the finish line."

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