The Small Town Big Church Leadership Podcast

Adaptability. One of the most necessary attributes needed in the heart of every pastor, church leader, volunteer, and church member. If you don't have it you're going to miss it. Miss what? The golden egg of Opportunity. If you don't seize the opportunities around you, you can miss your moments of growth. How devastating. Growth requires constant adjustment, tweaking, trying new things, implementi...

 So you've onboarded staff members, Team Leads, and volunteers. You've done the 1 on 1s, the trainings, the orientations. You've shared the Mission, vision, values, and what's expected of each person for their particular positon, along with the organizational policies and protocols, and now you've let them loose to serve the house and live their purpose. You'd like to think they'll just follow the...

Conflict is inevitable - in leadership and in life. Why because both involve people and wherever there are people (plural) there conflict is inevitable. So how do you find healthy resolve in potentially unhealthy moments of conflict? Well there's not a 100% guarantee here because you can't control someone else's decisions or response, but you sure can put the odds in your favor when it comes to a...

Anymore, we are inundated with church conference options. Over the years this growing trend has spawned into offering every kind of church conference you can imagine and it's like looking at a menu with an overwhelming amount of options leaving you paralyzed to make a choice. Today, we want to share with you, how attending the right conferences throughout the years has yielded the biggest differen...

Whether you are a pastor, a Team lead, a volunteer, or even a church member, there are going to be seasons of change especially if you're a part of a church that is all about life-change. Change requires doing things different then the way they have been done in the past. By nature, we don't like change. So, how do you get the buy-in of others around you in order for the vision to come alive and b...

Whether you are a pastor, a team lead, or a volunteer we all have the same calling - to advance the Kingdom of GodW. That was birthed inside of you long ago according to Eph 2:10. You were created to perform good works that would advance God's kingdom. The problem is, most of us are good at doing the work of ministry, but unfortunately not so good at the advancement part. What do we mean? It's eas...

Church volunteers: Don't you want to be and give your absolute best? Not just for your Pastors, not just for your church family, but for our King and His kingdom - the head of the church, for Jesus and His Capital C Church? Today we will identify 4 Characteristics we LOVE to see in our volunteers at MMC. these 4 characteristics qualify these individuals as being "Contagious Volunteers'. This is a...

If there's one thing you could pin down and say, "If we don't do anything else right, we HAVE TO get this one thing right!" What would that one thing be? Today we're going to discuss the power of a Pre-service and Post-service Huddle. Why do we believe the huddle is such a game changer? You're about to find out. Let's do this. Check out our CHURCH: www.mountainmoverschurch.org Would you like to GI...

Stop getting hyper focused on the finish line and laser your focus on each stride. It's the little things that make the biggest difference. Today we want to talk to you about the power of getting just 1% better and how (over time) you will see really BIG improvements. Let's do this. Check out our CHURCH: www.mountainmoverschurch.org    Would you like to GIVE BACK? https://pushpay.com/g/mountainmov...

If you want your church to grow, the leaders of your church have to grow. If each ministry and department is going to grow, then the volunteers that serve on each of those teams are going to have to grow as well. The quality of ministry you offer community is proportionate to the quality of staff, leaders, and volunteers serving on the teams within your church organization or business. But growing...

 Have you ever worked for a company that made you feel more like a rented mule than a member of the team? You didn't feel like they really valued your position or feedback, let alone did they give you a sense of purpose? Or maybe you've been on the other end of the spectrum, maybe you have been the employer who had an employee or employees that made little effort to go the extra mile with a sense...

You've seen it a thousand times. A family starts attending your church and at first they are all in. You see them just about every week for while and then, all the sudden you realize and ask yourself, "Where have Johson's been?" I haven't seen them in like a month. By then, you realize the've slipped through the cracks. But what happened? When did it start? What could we have done to help protect...

Is there actually a lid to every team, church, or organization? Does the leadership capacity of the guy or girl in charge put a limit on how high or far an organization can go in their attempt to achieve success? Uh yeah!! Absolutely. The question we should ALL be asking ourselves, whether we are a volunteer, a team lead, or a pastor, is "What is MY leadership Quotient?" The answer to this questio...

Families have a culture. Sports teams have a culture. Your workplace has a culture. Your neighborhood has a culture. Your church has a culture. The question is, is it a culture people want to be a part of for the long haul? Today we're going to discuss part 2 of what it takes to create and maintain a healthy culture" Let's do this.    Check out our CHURCH: www.mountainmoverschurch.org    Would you...

Families have a culture. Sports teams have a culture. Your workplace has a culture. Your neighborhood has a culture. Your church has a culture. The question is, is it a culture people want to be a part of for the long haul? Today we're going to discuss what it takes to create and maintain a healthy culture" Let's do this. Check out our CHURCH: www.mountainmoverschurch.org    Would you like to GIVE...

Do you ever get discouraged and feel like you're not making a difference as a leader?  Do you feel like you are constantly being pulled in a million different directions and can't do anything well? Do you ever feel like just throwing in the towel and giving up? We have all been there at one time or another, but you don't have to stay there.  Today, we are going to talk about Becoming a Strong and...

Do you have a difficult time finding and keeping high quality volunteers? Is the same 20% of your church doing 80% of the work?  It doesn't have to be this way.  Most people want to be a part of a growing organization, they want to be a part of a winning team and they want to make a difference but too often we are so short on volunteers that we rush to onboard them and get on to the next one's and...

Volunteers are the engine of every church. Without this faithful and invaluable workforce, the local church would have no horsepower and would sit lifeless and still at the starting line. In order for the Church to have massive torque and top-end speed as we race against time, we have to effectively manage the wonderful people that serve in our local churches to their maximum potential and accordi...

Would you say your church is growing, declining, or stagnant? Seriously, it's a valid question. Sobering, but valid. Most organizations unfortunately don't have a measurable system for defining what success looks like. So, in effect, we keep doing the same things we've been doing, expecting different results, all while wondering why our church or business isn't growing. Today, we're going to talk...

So, what is it about coach Gasso's leadership Philosophy that has led to developing such an unstoppable team and such an incredible women's college softball program? What is it and what can we learn from her leadership in respect to our own personal leadership as believers? The answer to these questions can be found in a recent interview where an ESPN reporter asked a few of the players about thei...

Every Church has prioritized what matters most. You can see it when you step foot on the physical campus. You can witness it in the way your church operates. You can sense it in the culture. You can even feel it in the worship services. What's most important to your church? What's your churches Heart beat? Knowing the answer to this question will determine who you are as a church and how your chur...

So just about every church has a vision statement or (what we call a strategy statement) somewhere on a wall. But why? Is it merely for decoration or does it really mean something? The rise and fall of your success as a church will come down to understanding and executing effectively the vision God has given the pastors and leaders of said church. Today we answer the question, "Why is a vision sta...

No matter what role or capacity you are serving in within the local church, it is really easy to slip into a maintenance mode mentality where you are just getting ready for the next weekend or midweek event and before you know it, you are just going through the motions while losing sight of the meaning behind it all. You've lost that drive and that excitement you once had and now it just seems lik...

The hardest person you will ever lead is the one looking back at you in the mirror every morning. if you can lead that person, you can lead just about anyone. Discipline is difficult to dominate. The better you become at being the example, the more value and credibility you bring to the table and the more likely it will be for others to want to follow you because you are the real deal. Check out o...