This is a re-broadcast. The episode originally ran in February 2018.

Dan Conway is a bishop in Newcastle, in northeast England, and has also served as an elders quorum president. He served a mission to Scotland and works as a digital marketing executive. In this episode, Dan walks us through his crisis of faith prior to being called as bishop, and how that affected how he leads now.

Episode Summary

5:45 Mission to Scotland

8:45 Faith crisis

14:40 Reading and praying didn’t work as a solution

19:20 Call as Elders Quorum president in the midst of a faith crisis

21:50 Finding the answers to his questions

28:30 Experience bearing his testimony of Joseph Smith

31:15 Becoming the bishop after a faith crisis

43:45 Understanding that people can change and become better

46:15 First year as a bishop

51:20 How he does ward council: short meetings every other week, then visits

56:35 Using an agenda and PPIs

1:01:00 Visiting people after ward council

1:04:00 PPIs

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