Mark and Dave discusses the role and process of identifying elders in the growth and health of a church. They argues that the appointment of elders is a necessary step for a church's survival, while emphasizing the strategic function of ambiguity in Acts 13-14. Mark and Dave share their personal experience and highlight the importance of recognizing individuals' natural ability to lead and provide direction, and end by encouraging churches to use specific tools and methods to identify healthy growth and sustainable development.

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Mark's Eldering Plan:
1 - Elders emphasize and model relational before organizational
2 - Elders facilitate quarterly church wide health assessment and group goal setting
3 - Elders are identified as those who provide leadership generally but especially in leading the church in #1 and #2

👉 Church health assessment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxw9CzlpaUw
👉 Elder Qualifications Tool: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXqLLh7bQbw

Kyle Pierson leads a discussion of the leadership principles found in the book "Turn the Ship Around!" a book all about how Captain Marquet transformed a struggling submarine crew by giving them more control and responsibility, instead of micromanaging. The book is a practical guide for leaders who want to empower their teams and foster a culture of ownership and innovation.

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👉"Turn This Ship Around" Book: https://bit.ly/3PRIc9j

It was like a family reunion for aound seventy of us to come together with practitioners engaging in reaching the unreached in the diaspora of North America. We gathered in Kansas City and the time together led to some key takeaways for Mark and Dave. Hear our hot takes and some key practical learnings you can take and use in your City.

Listen in on the Saturday morning session from the Unreached Peoples North American Summit in Kansas City. We practiced our problem solving skills and critical thinking muscles as we wrestled through high value actions to take responsibility and move towards opportunities in the work among Diaspora in our cities.

Follow along or practice your own skills using the slides from this session:

UPNA 2023
Next Steps: Identify and Set Goals

The Iron on Iron is a helpful problem solving format for developing leaders that can think strategically and problem solve. It has many other side benefits in the ways that it connects leaders to the larger Biblical vision as well as building up networks with ownership of specific DNA and values. In this episode, Dave and Mark unpack the format itself and its collateral benefits.

Iron on Iron Format Graphic: bit.ly/3t56PHO

Jump in with us on the content from our September H3X Leadership Live in OKC! the 6 Demands of Success and Longsuffering.

Hard Work | Patience | Sacrifice | Consistency | Discipline | Faith


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6 Demands of Success
Active Patience: Embracing Obstacles as the Path


Unreached Peoples North America Summit
September 28-30, 2023 | Kansas City, MO
More than another missions conference.
Get UNSTUCK and COLLABORATE.Together, we can see every person hear the gospel and a church for every people in North America.Connect and communicate with practitioners asking the same questions.Get help removing barriers to get you to the next step.

How a leader handles success determines if they will repeat it. In this episode, Dave and Mark further unpack the Muddy Boots leader and how they think about success.

Every single leader will face it. Every single leader will develop a response, but how we respond determines if we go the distance. This episode is about mourning and our critical need to learn to mourn if we are going to develop God's design to respond to life's challenges. The alternative is that we get taken out because of addiction or bitterness and don't finish the race. Time to lean in and learn how!

Leadership by its very nature is about making decisions to lead others in the midst of uncertainty. How do leaders do this and what happens as they do? In this episode, Dave and Mark unpack decision making and the implications of the blood, sweat, and tears that will come simply because people are involved.

"Look at Jesus to learn how to make disciples. Look at Paul to learn how to plant churches." The Book of Acts was clearly written as a model and not just a historical account. How should we faithfully read and apply it, then, in light of of the fact that the leaders modeling the methods in it were flawed, eg. Peter was a racist and Paul wasn't perfect. (Clickbait title, yes we know...but you'll want to hear this one)

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👉5 T's Strategy Coordinator Series: https://bit.ly/3xpZH7V

👉Unreached Peoples Conference (Sept 28-30). Learn more at https://www.unreachedpeoples2023.com/