When a leadership team is open and honest, it fosters community and builds trust. Join Peyton, Andrea, and Barry as they talk about why leaders shy away from honesty and how to keep it at the forefront of your ministry.

Rob Wegner joins Peyton Jones on this week's episode to talk about what a Starfish organization is and why church leaders need to a more decentralized, servant leadership posture. He gives some practical tips for teams that want to plant starfish churches and shares his own personal journey of repentance that led him to this conviction.

Jesus modeled servant leadership for his disciples and then instructed them to lead like he did. But sometimes we make leadership a status symbol instead of a holy responsibility. Join Peyton, Andrea, and Barry as they discuss what Biblical servant leadership looks like. Together, they share stories of ministers that made an impact on their lives and practical tips for create a culture of servanthood in your church.

In this episode, special guest Caesar Kalinowski talk with Peyton Jones about how to disciple your leadership team. Together, they discuss what it means to disciple someone, why discipleship should be done in community, and how to create situations for people's unbelief to rise to the surface.

Christian leadership should be servant leadership – Jesus made that clear when he washed the disciples' feet. In many churches though, a culture of elitism develops amid Sunday morning productions and mid-week closed door meetings. Members of the church gradually begin to think of leaders as set apart and holier than themselves. Join Peyton, Andrea, and Barry as they talk about why this is dangerous and how to prvent it.

Peyton Jones interviews Oneya and Dele Okuwobi of 21st Century Church in this interview on creating APEST teams that are multiethnic and multicultural. Without this key frame of diversity, our leadership will artificially narrow what APEST is designed to reflect.

Peyton, Andrea, and Barry pick up outlining warning signs that a leadership team might be operating in an abusive manner. They discuss why you need to watch out for leaders weaponizing scripture, micromanaging, and creating an elitist atmosphere, among other topics.

Not all leadership teams are healthy and life-giving. Unfortunately, some are abusive and you need to stay as far away from them as possible. This episode begins to lay out some of the warning signs that your leadership team is abusive, such as being unnecessarily secretive or unable to hear constructive criticism.

Most Christians in North America are more familiar with a form of church leadership that sees solo leaders attempt to manage ministry by themselves, retaining all of the most important decisions. After someone is used to that, it's very difficult to transition to a team leadership structure where decisions and direction for the ministry is shared. In this episode, Peyton and Andrea Jones discuss this challenge and how to overcome it.

Neil Cole is one of the most experienced movement leaders around and in this episode he shares what he's learned about planting a movement of microchurches and how how we need to recover essential functions of the APEST to see multiplication. Join Neil and Peyton Jones for an exciting conversation that will drive you to pause and resasses how the Church is best expressed amongst new believers.