Parallel Leaders

The church has evolved from what it originally started out as, to what it is today, so much so that the one might not even recognize the other. In fact, what was originally called Christianity would now be referred to as Christendom. What’s the difference? In this week’s podcast we have an expert to answer that very question. 

Experience is one of the greatest educations we will ever have. But we don’t have to rely on only our own experiences, we can learn from each other as well for even greater growth.

This past year has been exceptionally challenging for churches all over the world. In Part 2 of Season 2 Episode 2 we get an inside look at the whole experience from a pastor’s point of view and a glimpse into some of the conversations had between them.

Have you ever noticed that the church seems to be in the middle of some kind of conflict over right vs wrong? It’s this constant struggle that leaves more people aware of what the church stands against, but not always sure of what the church stands for.

Have you ever heard the saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention”? It certainly is true of this past year and all the unexpected changes that we’ve experienced due to the global pandemic.

It’s never easy to settle in an area where you are very clearly the ‘outsider’. It’s no different for churches in this same situation.

This week we will hear how Pastor Jason Parrish of Well Church in Salt Lake City, Utah went about planting their church and the importance of building trust within the surrounding community. As one who has spent a lot of his life moving from one place to another, he has had a lot of experience in figuring out how to settle into new surroundings.

Have you ever found yourself in the place where your church seems to be struggling to grow yet you see churches around you that appear to be doubling in size? What are they doing that’s so different?

This week, Pastor John Albiston of Edmonton, Alberta shares some of his expertise as an Effectiveness Coach with the PAC (Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada). Through his own experience with this same struggle, he learned the benefit of shifting the focus from those inside the church to those outside. 

It’s not uncommon for the role of lead pastor to be handed down from generation to generation within a family.

Pastor Justin Beesley of HopeCity Church in Fredericton, New Brunswick talks about how he went through that transition with his own father passing the baton on to him, and how he’s continued to grow their church in a city where churches regularly fail. 

When God enters our lives things can change drastically! That was the experience that Pastor Juan Rodriguez from Arise Church in Dorado, Puerto Rico had when he was 17 years old and his future shifted from opening a nightclub to preaching God’s word.

But being called into ministry doesn’t always come with a red carpet and runway lighting, it’s not always easy to find where you fit, and not every door you turn to will be open. Episode 31 of the vault talks about finding that fit and working past those feelings of inadequacy to where God is calling you to be.

In today's video, Pastor Kelly will be teaching through the Scrum workflow system based on the book by Jeff Sutherland. If you would like to learn more about Scrum, you can purchase the book here: https://amzn.to/3dp14ax.