5 Leadership Questions Podcast on Church Leadership with Todd Adkins and Dan Iten

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Dave and Jon Ferguson, authors of Exponential and founders of the church planting network New Thing. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: Has there ever been a time when you said I can’t work with my brother anymore? What does conflict look like between the two of you in front of your...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im discuss Daniel’s transition back to church leadership. BEST QUOTES “Last Fall we sensed God stirring in our hearts that transition was on the horizon.” “When we talk on the podcast, it’s not just us reading from our notes, it is us learning from each other.” “What I’ve r...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Ken Shigematsu, Senior Pastor of Tenth Church in Vancouver, BC, and author of God in My Everything and Survival Guide for the Soul . During their conversation, they discuss how meditation can make us more compassionate and his rule of life. BEST QUOTES “A lot of us who believe in God would say &#82...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Dino Rizzo, author of Servolution and Serve Your City . During their conversation, they discuss the importance of serving in church planting and taking time to listen better to make relationships better. BEST QUOTES “We tell all our church planters, make sure you are serving in the community before you are having...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Noel Heikkinen, pastor at Riverview Church in Lansing, Michigan and author of Unchained and Wretched Saints . During their conversation, they discuss taking an annual social media fast and a five year vision to be more of the same. BEST QUOTES “I am learning more and more from people who have a tot...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Bob Roberts, founding pastor of NorthWood Church and author of Lessons from the East . During their conversation, they discuss how to reach non-churched people and church planting outside the United States. BEST QUOTES “When we train planters we teach that there are three expressions of the church....

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Jud Wilhite, senior pastor of Central Church and author of Uncaged . During their conversation, they discuss dealing with burnout and being more concerned with God’s fame than your own. BEST QUOTES “Clarity, simplicity, and execution is the main point of emphasis with my team right now.” “A lead...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Bryan Rose, Lead Navigator for Auxano. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: What does it mean for a church to breakthrough? How is breakthrough different than church growth? Where do you start with a strategic outsider to help them experience breakthrough? What are some c...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by David Platt, author of Radical , Counter Culture , and Something Needs to Change . During their conversation, they discuss what a prayer gathering looks like and seeking humility, wisdom, and courage. BEST QUOTES “I need to remind myself that the world doesn’t look like what I see around myself every day.&#...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Ken Coleman, author of The Proximity Principle . During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: Breakdown the Proximity Principle How do you prevent yourself from becoming an obnoxious networker? What does it mean to go through hard noes to get to a yes? How does the Proximity Principle relate to...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Dean Inserra, pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, Fla., and author of The Unsaved Christian . During their conversation, they discuss the benefits of being willing to learn from your younger staff members and engaging the home and family to make an impact. BEST QUOTES “Take heart and commit to learn from y...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Mindy Caliguire, founder of Soul Care and the executive director of Gloo. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of soul health and learning from those who are candle lighters and those who are jet fuel drinkers. BEST QUOTES “Over time God continued to not only heal me, but bring me...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Hal Donaldson, cofounder of Convoy of Hope and author of Disruptive Compassion . During their conversation, they discuss the importance of spiritual growth to the health of an organization and putting family first before even presidential invitations. BEST QUOTES “It started out of the back of a pi...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Ryan Myers the COO of He Reads Truth, She Reads Truth, and Kids Read Truth. During their conversation, they discuss planning and executing goals and the importance of Bible reading in the life of a Christian. BEST QUOTES “When you overload everywhere, you under-produce everywhere.” “If...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins is joined by Louie Giglio, author of Not Forsaken , communicator, and founder of the Passion movement. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: Why did you write Not Forsaken ? How does this book address fatherlessness and anxiety? How can those who had positive relationships with their earthly dads ben...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Missy Wallace, executive director of Nashville Institute for Faith and Work. During their conversation, they discuss how a day of silence can positively affect your spiritual life and how to have a personal relationship with Jesus while also holding a faith-based job. BEST QUOTES “I had such a tran...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Luke Dooley, president of OCEAN Programs. During their conversation, they discuss transitioning out of a busy season and considering what new practices can be helpful for the next season and ways to support entrepreneurs. BEST QUOTES “Fear and isolation are real concerns in the life of an entrepren...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Daniel Im is joined by Gary Haugen, CEO and founder of International Justice Mission and author of Good News About Injustice and The Locust Effect . During their conversation, they discuss focusing on God through prayer while working on His mission and the realities of slavery in today’s world. BEST QUOTES “If what the common poor...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Jana Magruder, director of Lifeway Kids. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: What is the state of Kids Ministry? Why is all of this important? What surprised you most about writing Nothing Less and about the research in general? What are the 10 greatest influencers of spiritu...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Alex and Stephen Kendrick, directors and producers of “Overcomer,” “Courageous,” “Fireproof,” and “War Room.” During their conversation, they discuss leading a team in love and unity and moving from Ephesians 2:8-9 to 2:10. BEST QUOTES “The Lord&#8217...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Drew Dyck, editor at Moody Publishers and author of Your Future Self Will Thank You . During their conversation, they discuss the importance of spiritual disciplines at the start of your day and the challenges of working from home with small children also at home. BEST QUOTES “I see people in minis...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Michael Kelley, Lifeway director of Discipleship. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: What have you learned from producing Bible studies for the last 13 years? What have you found are the most popular Bible study topics and why? What are some of the bug shifts happening in th...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Dave Schroeder, marketing leader for B&H Books and cohost of the Table of (Mal)Contents Podcast. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: Why are leadership biographies important for church leaders? Which leadership biographies are your favorites? Which biographies should...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Shaunti Feldhahn, author of For Women Only , For Men Only , and The Kindness Challenge . During their conversation, they discuss how finances impact marriage and how traveling for work affects leadership in the home. BEST QUOTES “We’ve been studying why in our marriages we fight about money.&...

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Karen Swallow Prior, professor of English at Liberty University and author of On Reading Well. During their conversation, they discuss the following questions: Why did you write a book on reading and what have you learned from reading widely? What does it mean to read well? What benefit does reading lite...