The Leadership Community Podcast

Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with Dave Wade, Senior Pastor of Bridge Church, Lincoln, UK. He has led there since 2005.
Dave is also a lecturer at Mission Dei, The Assemblies of God Bible College, and serves in the leadership development area of AoG GB.
Dave is married to Sian. They have 3 children and are also registered foster carers.
This conversation is the first in a series focused on Leadership Goals. This time of year is often the time we reflect on what has been and look ahead to the next 12 months. 
Our first conversation in this series is on being a growing leader, and we talked with Dave about the following:
Why this particular goal is important for every leader
How does he focus on his personal growth
The areas he looks to grow in
Why does he think some people don't look to keep growing as a leader
How growing as a leader has helped him
And much more
We really enjoyed this conversation, and we hope you will too.
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
 
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Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with Henry George, who is the Ministry Team Leader at Icthus Christian Fellowship.
He has served in several Ichthus roles – leading congregations, overseeing worship, and heading up live-streaming and church planting in Bangkok.
It was a great conversation focused on generational leadership:
What is meant by the term generational leadership
Why is it so important
How to effectively lead generationally 
What a truly generational church should look like
 
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
 
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
 
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Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, our co-hosts Jonny & Julian are reflecting on one year of the Leadership Community Podcast and talking about on of the most popular episodes to date.
They are talking about the conversation they had with Matt Hatch in Ep3, Building a Discipleship Culture back in November 2024.
Which episode has been your favourite so far?
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
 
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
 
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ 

Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, our co-hosts Jonny & Julian are reflecting on one year of the Leadership Community Podcast and talking about one of the most popular episodes to date.
They are talking about the conversation they had with Dave Belfield in Ep28, part of the Leadership Transition series back in May 2025.
Which episode has been your favourite so far?
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
 
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
 
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ 

Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, our co-hosts Jonny & Julian are reflecting on one year of the Leadership Community Podcast and talking about the most popular episode to date.
They are talking about the conversation they had with Dan Blythe in Ep33, part of the Leading the Next Gen series back in June 2025.
Which episode has been your favourite so far?
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
 
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
 
Come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__ 

Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Phil Hubbard, the Lead Pastor of C3 Church London
Originally from Sydney, Australia, Phil & his wife have called London home for the past 11 years. They are dedicated to fostering a vibrant, loving community centred on faith, hope, and genuine connection.
Some of the topics we talked about:
Their journey from Sydney to London
The vision of the church
How his understanding of the church community has evolved
The weekly rhythms of C3 Church
Equipping leaders to build the community
 
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
 
Don't forget to like & subscribe so you never miss an episode. And please, if you can, leave a review too.
 
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Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with Nick Fletcher.
Nick served as the first Conservative MP for Don Valley (2019-2024). A practicing Christian, Nick lives in South Yorkshire with his wife and their children.
His Christian faith is central to both his personal and political life.
Our conversation focused on how his faith shapes his life in politics.
We talked about...
• Getting interested in politics 
• How his faith shapes his political career
• Disagreeing in an agreeable way
• How church leaders can support their local politician
 
This is different to our usual conversations, but we hope it will help you to think about something which is not talked about often.
 
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe & leave a review too.
 
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Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with Tebo Mpanza about branding and how we can do it better as leaders in the local church.
Tebo is the Client Director at Unfound Studio, where he helps brands find their edge.
He has been part of Church leadership teams, led a Church in Birmingham, UK, headed up Leadership Development at Gas Street Church, as well as preaching and leading worship too.
 
We talked about...
• His journey into branding 
• How his faith shapes how he works
• A definition for what branding is
• Communicating our story in a better way
And so much more.
Our hope, as always, is that this conversation will help you in your context, giving you some practical ideas to think more about with your team.
 
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
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Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with Simon Jarvis about building leaders, a great follow-on from last week's conversation with Paul Benger.
Simon is the Pastor of One Church in Gloucester, UK. He is also on the National Leadership Team for the Assemblies of God GB, where he is the Leadership Development Director. 
He has developed a strategy for raising and developing leaders, so we know this episode will help you do the same in your context.
We talked about...
• How to form a leadership development strategy
• The inconvenience of developing leaders
• What to look for in a potential leader
• His strategy for leadership development
And so much more.
 
Jonny says this is his favourite episode to date, and we would love to know if you agree. It is a conversation with a lot of practical takeaways for you as you look to get handle on developing leaders right where you are.
 
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
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Welcome to the Leadership Community Podcast.
 
In today's episode, we have a conversation with our first returning guest. Paul Benger is the Lead Pastor of Ikon Church, a multi-site Church and the leader of Groundlevel Network, a movement of 80+ churches. 
 
Our conversation was focused on building leader and gleaning from his decades of experience with this important aspect of being a leader
We talked about...
• Why building leaders is essential 
• The opportunities building leaders can create
• The risks of not developing leaders
• The barriers that stop churches from building leaders
• How to release others to lead
• Leadership vs Discipleship
 
We also gave Paul a chance to talk about his new book called 'Empowered' which is about discovering and developing your spiritual gifts'.
 
We hope you find this conversation helpful and that the takeaways will contribute positively to your leadership journey.
 
Thank you for being a part of our community. We look forward to sharing more leadership insights with you in the future!
Don't forget to like & subscribe & leave a review too.
 
And why not come & follow us on social media too @theleadershipcommunity__