Interviews

Collin Outerbridge: Building a Multicultural, Multigenerational Church

There's something about a unifying vision that is greater than our preferences, that is focused on serving our community, that I think has led to a strong sense of connectivity that's allowed our church to grow and to impact people right here where we live.

Dave Ferguson: Multiplying Leaders

Every leader needs to have an apprentice. Even the lead pastor, as you're thinking about what's next, you need to have an apprentice so you can put that person in that role and you can commission them to go.

Nicole Martin: A Different Kind of Leadership

When I go to a great restaurant and it’s really good, no one ever has to tell me, “Could you let other people know?” I cannot wait to tell other people, first of all, that I've been, and second of all, how good the food is. I think we have lived our Christian lives on the periphery of God's grace and goodness and favor for so long that we don't know how good the food is for ourselves.

Gene Appel: Leading Through Change—Part 2

“When you simplify and clarify your focus, you can bring the entire power of the church to bear on each thing you do.”

Louie Giglio: Becoming a Self-Aware Leader

"Leading yourself requires humility, and humility comes from being with Jesus."

Alan Briggs: Unleashing Your Creative Genius

“Evangelism happens most naturally when we’re doing what comes most naturally to us.“

Alan Briggs: Redefining Creativity for the Sake of the World

"Our culture is waiting and watching for a group of people who are living for a mission bigger than themselves."

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.”