In this episode we sit down with Sean Morgan to talk about some current trends among leaders in the North American church.
The number one thing I am encouraged by is the caliber of leaders I am meeting in the church today… I am very encouraged by their obedience of these leaders…
The sad part about the “A-game” leader is that they can get used and abused very quickly when the church gets off mission…
A lot of churches have fancy mission statements, but the truth is that the mission is the Great Commission and the Great Commandment taken together…
Top shelf leaders can prevent the whole church being about them by empowering others and building good systems… the larger church pastors are often the ones who have done a better job building a good team and really empowering them…
One of the reasons we’re seeing more plural and co-leadership teams is that different people can bring their gifting and own a slice of the ministry even though they might be personally lacking in other areas…
The church growth movement in the last forty years has left a lot of people feeling inadequate because of church size in some way, shape, or form… at the end of the day, you have to do all that you can do and trust God with the results…
Sometimes the most mature people in the church are the most resistant to a movement to reach people if it is at the expense of their personal project or ministry…
A lot of pastors in their 50s are not ready to retire financially… which means that they become okay with leading stability which leads to their church becoming comfortable… which in turn can cost a church its life…
Elders often don’t have perspective outside their local church… in denominations, district superintendents can help churches with succession… one of the best ways to combat this is to have 3rd party outside influencers of some kind to help…
*Learn more about Sean and his work at ascentleader.org.