Leading Church Revitalization

Passion. Churches in our day, especially struggling churches, need alot more of it. Of course, it starts with us as pastors and leaders. Why is maintaining passion so important in ministry? Let's look at God's Word, specifically the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul, as we explore the importance of leading with passion. 

What does it look like to lead with crazy faith? To lead in a way that is radically dependent on the Lord, trusting in Him to move in power? Dying churches need pastors who lead with this kind of crazy faith. But what does this look like, practically? This is the focus of this week's episode.

It’s one thing to understand what biblical faith is; it’s another to actually put that faith into practice as pastors and leaders. So, what exactly does it look like? What does it look like to lead with faith as a pastor of a declining church in need of new life? Let's talk about it.

This week we are picking up where we left off last week, looking at different ways to "practically" lead with love in the local church. In which of these areas are you strong? Where do you need to intentionally grow? Remember, there is nothing more powerful in our leadership than displaying and living out the love of Christ with those we lead, by His grace and power. 

What does it look like to lead with love, practically? For the next few weeks, we will be considering some specific ways we as revitalizers can lead our congregations with love. If some of these are currently areas of strength for you, praise God! At the same time, let me encourage you to keep growing in them. The same is true for those areas in which we are weak. May we humbly ask the Lord to keep growing us and maturing us as loving leaders.

The defining mark of our pastoral leadership as revitalizers must be love. Not charisma, talent, or skill... but love. Why is this? Let's consider five specific reasons.

In this episode, we consider three specific strategies (that we must come back to over and over again) to help us cultivate godly patience in our hearts. While patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, we have a role to play in living out true, Spirit-empowered patience in our leadership.

Impatience is a killer, especially when seeking to lead a dying church back to life. In this episode we will consider 9 reasons why practicing patience in our leadership as revitalizers is biblical, God-honoring, loving, wise...and also effective.

Patience is a really good thing. The problem is, practicing patience is something most of us are not very good at. When it comes to the work of church revitalization, patience is a fruit we as pastors and leaders desperately need the Holy Spirit to grow in us. Let's talk about the wisdom of leading with Christ-like patience. 

In order to become the kinds of individuals who lead others with genuine humility, the Lord must first grow us into humble people. Seems pretty obvious, right? Of course, true humility is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, Who alone can do this kind of transformative work within us. However, like every other area of spiritual growth and sanctification, we have a role to play in this as well. In this podcast, we will consider 12 ways to cultivate humility in our hearts by the power and grace of God. Growing in humility day by day is hugely important for effective leadership in church revitalization.