Interviews

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

Nikki Toyama-Szeto: Bring Your Full Self

“God could have chosen anyone in the world to lead your community, and he chose you. Why is that?”

Nikki Toyama-Szeto: Authenticity Creates Credibility

“Really great leadership is anchored. Deeply. Sometimes the fruit of that is manifest after the leader is gone.”

J.D. Greear: ‘You Never Get Above Serving’

“The way to find unity is to have something that unifies us that is deeper and more significant than anything that divides us.”

Todd Mullins: ‘We Believe Faith Takes Action’

“Instead of trying to bury our failures we need to bring them into the light and learn from them.”

Larry Osborne: ‘Discipleship Is a Two-Way Path’

“If I want to speak spiritual truth into your life, I often need to first let people speak wisdom and truth into my life.”

Bishop Joseph W. Walker III: ‘Staff to Your Weakness’

“If the world is going to experience healing, the body of Christ must be the example in transcending all that divides us.”

Joby Martin: ‘Walk With Neither a Swagger nor a Limp’

“It’s my experience that it’s impossible to win over your enemies; you win over your friends.”

Brian Tome: ‘Spiritual Leadership Is All About Followership’

“We are the ones who can bring healing and change because we are the ones who should be receiving healing and change.”