In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast Todd Adkins and I talk with Leonce Crump, author of the newly released Renovate and the founding and lead pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta. Renovation church is the rare multi cultural, multiracial church and the leadership have tried hard to develop it as such. Crump’s insights are strong, so enjoy the podcast!

BEST QUOTES

“My wife is my best partner and my greatest champion.”

“We believe that the ultimate end of the gospel is a diverse community.”

“Part of every letter that Paul write was a polemic against some kind of division.”

“I’m always pleased to find someone who can start more trouble than me.”

“The scriptures give me great confidence and great hope as I revisit them over and over again.”

“The church isn’t really an organization; it’s an organism.”

“We will try anything once that isn’t in contradiction to the Word.”

“Two big obstacles are preference and immediacy.”

“Changing for relevance can quickly become irrelevant.”

“I trust my wife’s wisdom and influence to redirect me if I might be headed in the wrong direction.”

“For every answer you think you have ask thirty questions.”

“Be free to say ‘I don’t know.’ That is the most freeing sentence of my week.”

“’I don’t know’ is only freeing if you have a keen sense of identity and calling.”

“You cannot always have the answer; you will not always be the smartest person in the room, and both of those things are ok.”

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Renovation Church

Renovate by Leonce Crump

The High Definition Leader by Derwin Gray

Urban Ministry by Harvey Conn

Prophetic Lament by Soong Chan Rah