John Nuzzo Leadership Podcast | A pastor's insights on leadership for the whole church

What hope can the Church offer in these days when people are encumbered by dire circumstances driven by fears and worries from COVID-19, violence in the streets, sicknesses, job losses, and more?  In this podcast, Pastor John interviews Pastor Larry Hutton who takes us through practical steps of walking by faith in what already belongs to us in Christ. You will learn: How to access healing grace a...

In today’s episode, Pastor John covers the topic of how a leader must respond to this critical hour in which we are living related to COVID-19.  In the midst of the dark times overtaking our world, Pastor John answers the essential questions:  Where is the safest place to be in a crisis? With so many varied sources of information being put out surrounding the details of this crisis, from which sou...

Sex outside of marriage Homosexuality Divorce Pornography Gender change If any of these issues have touched you or someone you love, tune in to hear what God has to say about distorting His image. In this month’s podcast, Pastor Nuzzo continues to delve into God’s Word regarding issues that alter the image of God. This is not a message of shame, but one of hope and deliverance. Don’t weaponize Rom...

In this first of a two-part series, Pastor Nuzzo clearly lays out the manner and purpose for which God intended His image to be reflected in the earth. Subsequently, we learn that through the ages, the enemy has sought to distort that image by trying to alter the way men and women see themselves, marriage, and family. Find out through this podcast how to communicate God’s redemptive view by grace...

This month, Pastor Nuzzo continues discussing how to keep selfishness out of your life by looking through the lens of love.  In order to experience God’s manifest presence in our lives and see miracles happen, we must eagerly desire spiritual gifts.  But we must put love first!  We are to follow after LOVE not spiritual gifts.  Ask yourself these questions: Who is forming the beliefs in your heart...

In this month’s episode, listen in on this life-changing teaching Pastor John presented in October to Victory Staff. You will find that the truths explained will be pivotal in your walk with God, how you interact with others, and how you process the events of your life. Discover how to live the life you were called to live.  Realize the steps needed to come to maturity  Find out what your purpose...

In this episode, Pastor John Nuzzo interviews Doug Smith, one of today’s most significantly effective Next Generation leaders. Doug not only hosts a renowned leadership podcast with a thriving organization he formed called L3 Leadership , but he is also the Director of Development with the Light of Life Mission in Pittsburgh, where daily, hundreds of lives are being transformed.  Discover the turn...

In this episode, Pastor Nuzzo interviews Pastors Walker and Haley Schurz who followed a God-sized vision of raising up a church in the developing city of Lusaka, Zambia, using funds raised from within that nation. They have been successfully following that vision and pastoring a church there for 16 years, creating a model which is influencing their community and government leaders, but not without...

In this month’s podcast, Pastor John discusses the call of God today to a multi-generational church. We see how Abraham was called to go to a place he didn’t know but was to dwell together in an unknown place with Isaac and Jacob, who were also heirs with him of the same promise.   We are called in like manner to join together—The Abrahams, The Isaacs, and The Jacobs of our time—to pursue God’s pr...

Pastor John continues his summary of Hero Maker: The Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders by Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird.    In this episode, the final three principles are covered. God takes all of us on a journey, but sometimes, that journey gets stuck. We are so busy developing ourselves that we fail to realize that there’s an ongoing commitment that we must make to multip...

In this month’s podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo reviews the book Hero Maker by Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird. Using real-life ministry stories and examples from Jesus’ ministry, the book contains five essential practices for leaders to multiply leaders. Pastor John recaps two of those five practices in this podcast.  If you want to revolutionize your church and community, this book is a must read—a boo...

As you listen to this discussion between Pastor John and two emerging leaders:  Sean Moore and Doug Smith, you will be amazed at the wisdom and character represented in the next generation of leaders. Two very different journeys are shared: one, the journey of a pastor’s kid who was raised in a Christian home; and the other, the journey of a young man who lost his mother at an early age and had a...

In this podcast Pastor Nuzzo and Dave and Ashley Willis, authors of The Naked Marriage, discuss their passion for seeing God raise dead marriages back to life.  As leaders, we encounter people who need help in their relationships, but they resist the help they need.  As leaders, we may have marriages that are surviving but not thriving.  We may have bought into the lie that we are successful based...

God made man with relational needs. You can respond to having needs in a healthy way: you can get before God, become accountable to one another; allow what the Word of God says to govern your life.  In the absence of God doing that work inside of you, you will bring an unsustainable weight to your marriage, your relationships, your leadership, and you will set yourself up for failure.   In this po...

This podcast is designed to help you lead your organization more effectively.  Pastor John Nuzzo imparts wisdom from experience to help you identify lids in leadership that you may not be able to see, as well as to help you on a personal level to live out the life you are called to live in your everyday life.  God made us to be “needy.”  All of us were designed by God for our intimacy needs to be...

“In America today, you don’t have to run the race to win; you just have to stay on the track because everyone else will quit!” - John Maxwell.  Do you feel like quitting? Do you feel like you are alone in ministry?    In this conversation between Pastor John and Pastor Chris Marshall, Pastor Chris discusses principles that he implemented to grow his church “overnight in twelve years.” Step-by-step...

What could make you better as a pastor? What could make your church more effective? What can you do to “move the needle” in your church? When Pastor Nuzzo had the opportunity to meet with Chris Hodges to glean wisdom from him, he learned steps that were profoundly practical and easy for any pastor to implement. Pastors often try to do so much that they are not clear about why they do what they do....

Have you experienced hurt or pain that is paralyzing you? Are you stuck in a cycle of hopelessness? Have you isolated yourself from others due to fear of what others will think?  If these questions arouse your curiosity, you must listen to this podcast. Pastor John shares, both from personal experience and biblical examples, stories of leaders who isolated themselves needlessly because of personal...

Is there a place for women in leadership in the church? How can I lead as a woman and honor the men in leadership? How do I open our church to become multicultural? If you have ever asked yourself these questions or thought about these things, this podcast is for you.  This inspiring conversation between Colleen Rouse and Pastor John Nuzzo will enlighten you and encourage you as a leader whether y...

We have entered in to a season in our nation where culture is becoming very important to people—especially the next generation.  Our nation is changing demographically, but the church is not changing with it and adapting to it.  In this conversation between Pastor John Nuzzo and Dennis Rouse, Pastor Rouse discusses how his church has become one of the largest multi-cultural churches in the nation....

If you are a pastor who has children, listen in! During this podcast, Pastor John Nuzzo and his daughter, Cianna, hold a candid discussion about Cianna’s experience as a pastor’s kid. She openly and honestly shares from her heart the benefits and struggles of being a “PK” and gives wise counsel to both pastors and their children. It is time to become aware of what your child may be going through a...

In part two of Pastor Diego Mesa’s amazing story of God’s healing power after a literal death sentence of cancer, Pastor Diego shares points of wisdom that all of us can glean from. We all have lids in our lives, but how do we push through those lids, whether they are physical, emotional, or relational? What do we need to change in our lives to be the best we can be for our God, for ourselves, for...

What does the phrase “trusting and believing God” really mean? If you received a death sentence today, do you have what it takes to receive your healing?  In this powerful conversation between Pastors John Nuzzo and Diego Mesa, Diego shares his testimony of the healing power of God in his life.  During the most prosperous and successful time in his life, Diego received a report of stage 4 kidney c...

Are you dominated by the grace of God upon your life or by circumstances and the culture? Are you haunted by mistakes from your past that scream to you that “you are not enough” or that you are not qualified to do what God has called you to do?  2 Corinthians 12:9 (NKJV) says, “ And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’  Therefore, most gladl...

Do you feel like you are struggling with growing your church? Do you desire to be an influence in your community?  David Swann pastors a church in a small town in New Mexico, yet his church has been influencing his community and culture for many years after struggling for the first ten years.  His profound discovery and implementation of principles in God’s Word will work for all pastors, regardle...