Every leader has questions. And if you’ve got a question, chances are someone has the same question too.
Welcome to Part 2 of the Ask Carey bonus episode of the podcast where I take your questions and take my best shot at an answer.
Questions Featured in this Episode
3:00 Is it always necessary to have one person as a vision carrier, or can a team function well without a designated leader?
5:56 How does a church break the 1,000 attendance barrier?
9:39 How do you leave your leadership at work and not let it come home with you?
12:09 Can you tell us about your personal leadership plan and team?
15:01 How much should you delegate a church’s mission and vision as a youth pastor?
17:55 How do you and your spouse do ministry together and still have a healthy relationship outside of church?
21:16 What requirements, if any, do you place on board members or elders to serve in that capacity?
24:19 Have you ever head of a fully contemporary church successfully adding an unplugged (acoustic) service?
26:03 Is there a way to not alienate unchurched people from your service?
30:37 What is the most important thing a youth worker can do to support the senior pastor?
32:22 What tools or system do you use to close the backdoor on first time guests? And how does that work across different ages and ministry?
36:09 What happens when two leaders collide in the same house?
37:10 How do you follow up with people who have been missing from church for a number of weeks?
38:38 What do you think about the missional community movement and how it will affect traditional church?
Links Mentioned
Preston Trail Community Church
How to Break Growth Barriers: Capturing Overlooked Opportunities for Church Growth by Carl F. George and Warren Bird
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No, to Take Control of Your Life by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships that All of Us Have to Give Up in Oder to Move Forward by Henry Cloud
Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast; Delegation Dilemas Part 1 and 2
Quotes from this episode
I’ve rarely seen shared leadership work well. @CNieuwhof
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It’s challenging when 2 people do the same job. Someone has to be the leader. @CNieuwhof
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If you wanna learn, and you’re curious, you’ll try to find a solution. @CNieuwhof
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Derailment happens at the strategy level. @CNieuwhof
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Phones are not your friends when it comes to boundaries. @CNieuwhof
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