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  • Episode 548: Day-to-Day Decision Making in the Succession Process

    In Episode 548 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd continue to discuss succession planning and how to make decisions on a day-to-day basis during the transition.

    In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
    • When staffing and vision responsibilities transfer
    • What the dance of making decisions looks like practically
    •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
      • “At about the Year One mark is when staffing, strategy, vision, and direction where passed to me.” – @danielsangi
      • “As much as I am leading strategy, vision, direction, and staffing, I need to make consciously make the decision to be close in-step with the lead pastor who is leaving.” – @danielsangi
      • “He has so much wisdom, the blessing is that he is still working for our church and I can ask him for his help.” – @danielsangi
      • “Practically, day-to-day wise, I do know our staff does feel like there are two senior pastors, but I don’t think there is any way to get around that with an intentional overlap.” – @danielsangi
      • “I prefer the four leaders to be separated from each other in gifting, area of responsibility, and in what they are focusing on, with a small circle of overlap where as an executive leadership team this is what we are making decisions on.” – @danielsangi
      • “When it comes to the scalability side, a little overlap is better and more advantageous.” – @danielsangi
      • “You need a team that is well-rounded and can cover all the areas, but if everyone is good at the same things, you are not going to go further compared to if everyone is great at a few different things.” – @danielsangi
      • Recommended Resources:
        • Listen to Episode 544: The Benefits of an Overlapping Transition
        • Listen to Episode 546: Succession at Every Level
        • Watch the Succession at Every Level course on Ministry Grid
        • Watch the Leadership Pipeline course on Ministry Grid
        • Help us Multiply the Mission:
          • Please subscribe
          • Leave a rating and review on iTunes
          • Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
          • If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
          • When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
          • The post Episode 548: Day-to-Day Decision Making in the Succession Process appeared first on New Churches.

            15 min
          • Episode 547: What It Means to Be the Church in a COVID-19 Era, Part 1

            In Episode 547 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss church planting and church leadership in the COVID-19 era.

            “What does it mean to be the church in a COVID-19 era?”

            In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
            • How the pandemic has changed our churches temporarily
            • What we need to emphasize in our ecclesiology right now
            •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
              • “The words I have started to use are: temporarily deficient ecclesiology in the midst of the emergency and for the sake of the mission.” – @edstetzer
              • “Every pandemic has ended.” – @edstetzer
              • “We are not gathering the way we should, the way we want to, and the way we will again.” – @edstetzer
              • “We want to be sure that we are communicating that this is not the way it is supposed to be.” – @edstetzer
              • “We want to stay together as connected as we can. We want to do evangelism during this time as well.” – @edstetzer
              • “In an emergency you are willing to be stretched and think differently for the sake of the moment.” – @edstetzer
              • “The moment we are in does not pause the mission we are on.” – @edstetzer
              • Help us Multiply the Mission:
                • Please subscribe
                • Leave a rating and review on iTunes
                • Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
                • If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
                • When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
                • The post Episode 547: What It Means to Be the Church in a COVID-19 Era, Part 1 appeared first on New Churches.

                  15 min
                • Episode 546: Succession at Every Level

                  In Episode 546 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd continue to discuss how succession impacts every level of leadership.

                  In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                  • Why succession needs to happen at every level
                  • What it looks like to leave well
                  •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                    • “Every pastor is an interim pastor.” – @danielsangi
                    • “We need to make sure that succession happens at every level.” – @danielsangi
                    • “How you leave is even more important than how you start.” – @danielsangi
                    • “You should be able to step out at any time and someone else step in.” – @toddadkins
                    • “You should always be developing a successor.” – @toddadkins
                    • “If I’ve trained people in those core competencies, it doesn’t matter what leadership role thee move into. If they are leading others I can shift those people around within the church very easily.” – @toddadkins
                    • “You probably are not running your ministry in the exact same way that you were pre-March of this year.” – @danielsangi
                    • Recommended Resources:
                      • Listen to Episode 544: The Benefits of an Overlapping Transition
                      • Read Next by William Vanderbloemen and Warren Bird
                      • Watch the Succession at Every Level course on Ministry Grid
                      • Watch the Leadership Pipeline course on Ministry Grid
                      • Help us Multiply the Mission:
                        • Please subscribe
                        • Leave a rating and review on iTunes
                        • Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
                        • If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
                        • When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
                        • The post Episode 546: Succession at Every Level appeared first on New Churches.

                          14 min
                        • Episode 546: Succession at Every Level

                          Daniel and Todd continue to discuss how succession impacts every level of leadership.

                          The post Episode 546: Succession at Every Level appeared first on NewChurches.com - Church Planting, Multisite, and Multiplication.

                          14 min
                        • Episode 545: How to Create a Preaching Calendar

                          In Episode 545 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss planning out a one-year preaching calendar.

                          In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                          • A step-by-step guide to planning out a preaching calendar
                          • How long a sermon series should be
                          •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                            • “I do like to have a two-year broad 30,000 foot vision.” – @edstetzer
                            • “I chose those books in part because of the need of the church.” – @edstetzer
                            • “For me, Mother’s Day to Father’s Day is a great time to do a family series.” – @edstetzer
                            • “I think 6 to 10 sermons in a series is doable.” – @edstetzer
                            • “I don’t want people to get exhausted that we are always in this book of the Bible forever.” – @edstetzer
                            • “I want it to be faithful to the text, biblically-delivered, and in ways that are easy for people to get their mind around.” – @edstetzer
                            • “Doctrinal teaching is often better done in another setting, like a small group.” – @edstetzer
                            • Recommended Resources:
                              • Listen to Episode 543: Thematic, Topical, and Expository Preaching
                              • Read The Big Idea by Dave Ferguson
                              • Help us Multiply the Mission:
                                • Please subscribe
                                • Leave a rating and review on iTunes
                                • Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
                                • If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
                                • When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
                                • The post Episode 545: How to Create a Preaching Calendar appeared first on New Churches.

                                  16 min
                                • Episode 544: The Benefits of an Overlapping Transition

                                  In Episode 544 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss intentionality in a transition process.

                                  In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
                                  • Different ways pastors can approach their transition
                                  • The benefits of an overlapping transition period
                                  •  Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
                                    • “When you think about transition, especially with senior pastor, there are different ways you can do it.” – @danielsangi
                                    • “The way he has approached this is the easiest for the church, because there is an intentional overlap, but it is probably the hardest for the outgoing pastor.” – @danielsangi
                                    • “There is an intentional time when both are running – the baton passer and the baton receiver –  as hard as they can.” – @danielsangi
                                    • “For anyone coming in and coming after a legacy pastor or a founding pastor, research has really shown that intentional overlaps have worked the best.” – @danielsangi
                                    • “Yes, you planted your church and it’s your baby, but, unless Jesus comes back, you are not going to be the only pastor of your church.” – @toddadkins
                                    • “You need to be thinking about what that transition will look like and working your way out of a job, even if that’s 20 years from now.” – @toddadkins
                                    • “Considering the speed of change, you can adapt much more readily when you have a lot of things already thought through.” – @toddadkins
                                    • Help us Multiply the Mission:
                                      • Please subscribe
                                      • Leave a rating and review on iTunes
                                      • Ask a question by clicking Send Voicemail on the right hand side of NewChurches.com
                                      • If you’re on a phone or a tablet, then go to www.speakpipe.com/newchurches to download the app and record your message
                                      • When you’re recording, introduce yourself and your context in about 15 seconds and then record your question for 30 seconds
                                      • The post Episode 544: The Benefits of an Overlapping Transition appeared first on New Churches.

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