Lead On Podcast

In this week's episode, Dr. Iorg encourages you to continue developing healthy relationships by extending grace to others through this difficult pandemic.

In the Lead On Podcast this week, Dr. Iorg reflects on how he learned that God is enough-through both personal and professional crises. Dr. Iorg underscores how God uses affliction to bring us to the end of our strength in order to draw out deeper...

How can pastors ensure they are providing the leadership their churches need in times of crisis? This week, Dr. Iorg discusses how leaders ought to respond to crisis situations like COVID-19.

This week on the Lead On Podcast, Dr. Iorg explains how and why pastors should design a reading plan that builds up their spiritual life, intellect and ability to communicate.

Are short-term mission trips beneficial? Who are the best candidates for missionary work? How can local churches focus more on international missions? This week Dr. Iorg is joined with veteren missionary, Dr. Don Dent, to discuss these questions and more.

How can you know it is time to leave your ministry? Dr. Iorg discusses good and bad reasons for leaving and provides five ways you can discern when God is calling you to leave.

This week, Dr. Iorg discusses how social media may be robbing you of effective time management.

Dr. Iorg interviews J.D. Greear about ministry, missions and being president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

This episode of the Lead On Podcast is Dr. Iorg's convocation message. It was recorded live during the first chapel of spring 2020.

How serious is alcohol consumption? Should ministry leaders use alcohol or adopt a lifelong abstinence policy? Dr. Iorg offers a reasoned explanation for the abstinence of alcohol and why he thinks alcohol use is unwise and dangerous.

Depending on a leader's skill set, he may be more inclined to take on the challenges of either church planting or church pastoring. In this episode, Dr. Iorg helps leaders evaluate which task they are more suited for.

This week, Dr. Iorg is joined by Paul Kelly, professor of educational leadership at Gateway Seminary, to discuss the role of Bible teaching in modern churches.

What does it mean to be a servant leader? The essence of servant leadership is not the actions taken, but the motive behind those actions. "Love God, serve people" is a good recipe for leadership effectiveness.

Whether or not you are a natural-born leader, everyone can benefit from growing their leadership abilities.

Jesus came into a messed up world full of political, financial, and spiritual turmoil. The good news is that Jesus still wants to make a difference in a world still in strife.

Confidentiality means someone has trusted your wisdom for handling information appropriately; it does not mean holding "secret" information.

This week, Dr. Iorg evaluates why the Billy Graham rule falls short of the demands of today's ministry and work environments. In light of this, Dr. Iorg provides five practical steps leaders can take to foster proper relationships between men and...

Prolonged adolescence in young men is a serious issue. This week, Dr. Iorg offers ten practical suggestions to help parents raise their boys into responsible men.

Ministry leaders must fight cynicism and defend their spiritual health in order to maintain tender hearts.

This week Dr. Iorg discusses what it means to be a pastor for your community - to extend yourself by being available to care for and connect with people who are hurting.

Our most important mission is a gospel mission. In this final episode on obstacles to evangelism, Dr. Iorg evaluates the loss of denominational focus and the preoccupation with social justice.

Changing terminology reflects how each generation has tried to find fresh ways to verbalize its responsibility and privilege of sharing the gospel. Dr. Iorg evaluates this changing language and challenges leaders to focus on the essential task of...

How can churches engage unbelievers with the gospel? While bringing people to Christian events is beneficial, the "come and hear" approach to reaching people is inadequate. Most Christian events are not attractive to unbelievers. Dr. Iorg...

In this episode Dr. Iorg emphasizes the importance of public professions of faith. He evaluates some of the reasons why Southern Baptists have stopped giving invitations and then discusses why ministry leaders should consider giving public invitations.

How can you effectively train your church or ministry organization in evangelism? Dr. Iorg discusses his criteria for a good evangelism training program and the value of using preexisting programs.