The Leadership Community Podcast

Mike Stough: Leaders & Vision: Building Leaders For The Vision

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This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast have been on the topic of Vision. This is the last of four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
 
In this episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Mike Stough, a member of the team at Destiny Worship Center in NW Florida. He is part of the Teaching Team and also oversees all the Ministries and Teams at the Campus, about 600-700 people.
He gets to build and develop leaders as part of this role.
Some of the topics we talked about:
Why building leaders is a non-negotiable
How he defines leadership
The attributes he is looking for in potential leaders
How does he grow leaders
Challenging some of the vague directives people often use 
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Tom Jacobsen: Leaders & Vision: Adapting Your Vision When Facing Challenges

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This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast are on the topic of Vision. We have four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
 
In this episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Tom Jacobsen, Pastor of City Church, Tórshavn, on the Faroe Islands. 
Since stepping into the role, the Church has faced the challenge of a global pandemic and, more recently, the building burning down.
It was great to chat with Tom about the vision for City Church and how they have adapted the outworking of it when faced with such significant changes.
Some of the topics we talked about:
Leading a Church on the Faroe Islands
The church burning down
His transition into the role of Pastor
What the vision of City Church is and how they get people to engage with it
How they adapted to make the vision happen without a building
 
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Matt Boyle: Leaders & Vision: Setting A New Vision

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This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast are on the topic of Vision. We have four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
 
In this episode, we have a conversation with Pastor Matt Boyle. 
Matt, alongside his wife, Keira, is the Lead Pastor of Sozo Church.  Originally from England, they answered God’s call to relocate to the United States and plant their lives in the vibrant city of Miami.
They have a vision to see heaven’s possibilities become a reality and have a deep passion for helping people connect with Jesus and discover His purpose for their lives.
 
Some of the topics we talked about included:
Moving from the UK to Miami
Being a Brit leading in the USA
Cultivating a fresh vision
How to cast a new vision
 
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Jock James: Leaders & Vision: Resetting the Vision

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This month, all of the episodes on The Leadership Community Podcast are on the topic of Vision. We have four great conversations for you from leaders across the globe.
 
In this episode, our conversation is with Pastor Jock James. 
Jock, alongside his wife, Shirley, is the Lead Pastor of Life Church in Bradford. They have a passion for family, for the City, and for seeing God's creative potential at work in people.
Listen to Jock talk about the Church he has been part of for over 20 years, how he transitioned into the leadership and worked at resetting the vision, building on all that had gone before.
 
Some of the topics we talked about included:
His approach for setting a fresh direction while honouring the past
What was going on inside him when asked to lead
Health is our vision
What the vision looks like now
Keeping that vision alive
 
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Rachel Calland: Women in Ministry

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In this episode, we have a conversation with Rachel Calland. 
Rachel is an Associate Leader and part of the Lead Team at Way, a non-denominational Church in Wigan. She is also part of the Magnify Collective, a platform and community empowering ambitious women of faith to thrive and flourish in mainstream industries and culture.
Our conversation focused on women in ministry. Rachel shared openly and honestly about her own experiences as we talked about some of the following topics:
The barriers to leadership that women face
Her personal experience with these barriers
How she has overcome them
Leading authentically as a leader who is a woman
The ways male leaders can support and empower women in the teams they lead
 
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Derek Smith: What Makes a Church a Healthy Church

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In this episode, our conversation is with Pastor Derek Smith. 
Derek, along with his wife Georgina, is the Senior Leader of Kings Church Bolton. He is also part of the National Leadership Team of the Assemblies of God GB.He recently took on the role of Church Health lead in 2023 for AOG GB and this was the main focus of our conversation with him.
What makes for a healthy church? It was a fascinating conversation and Derek was his usual down-to-earth self with his answers.
Some of the topics we talked about included:
The subjectiveness of what makes a church healthy
His recent book 'Let's Talk About Church Health - Part 1'
The danger of being a performance based church
Leadership team models
Developing other leaders
Feedback
And what will be in the next book 'Part 2'
 
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Dave Burke: Church Leaders and their Mental Health

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In this episode, our conversation is with Dave Burke. 
Dave has over 40 years of Christian ministry experience, including the planting of a Church in the City of Sunderland.
Our conversation is focused on Church leaders and their mental health. Dave took a Sabbatical with the specific purpose of studying the whole world of mental health.
We talked about what sparked is interest in this topic and then went on to discuss:
Leaders and their congregations
Anxiety, stress and depression
How different styles of church add to the good or bad stress people experience in church
Advice to those who feel overwhelmed
Leading with joy
His spiritual practices
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Stu Innes: Church Planting and Resetting the Vision

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In this episode, our conversation is with Stu Innes, Pastor of Valley Church Scotland.
After 5 years helping to build a church in Leeds, Stu and his wife Jenn have recently returned to Scotland to pioneer Valley Church, which is based in Central Scotland
We talked about Church planting and how to reset the vision:
Why plant a church
The process of planting a church 
The challenges of planting a church
Transitioning from North Church to Valley Church
Values and vision
Surviving the spiritual stretch
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Jonny & Julian: Leading the Next Generation: Leading & Developing Young Leaders

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In this episode, we conclude our series on The Leadership Community Podcast, with conversations focused on Leading the Next Generation
Today's conversation features our co-hosts, with Jonny speaking with Julian about his involvement with young people and his work in raising future leaders.
Julian is currently the Director of North East Youth for Christ, working with Churches and youth leaders in the Newcastle, Gateshead and Northumberland region. North East YFC host large youth events and also brings youth leaders together to work collaboratively in engaging young people with the gospel.
Julian is also passionate about raising the next generation of leaders, and the conversation primarily focuses on this topic.
 
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Andy Hawthorne: Leading the Next Gen Series: Reaching the Poor & Marginalised

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In this episode, we continue our series on The Leadership Community Podcast, with conversations focused on Leading the Next Generation
Today's conversation is with Andy Hawthorne OBE, the Global CEO of The Message Trust.
For over 30 years, The Message Trust has led the way in mission work across diverse communities, prisons and schools worldwide. Andy remains passionate and dedicated to reaching the emerging generation with the life-changing power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We talked about several things:
The beginnings of The Message
Keeping his passion 
Thinking like entrepreneurs
The way Church can make the most of the moment we find ourselves in with Gen Z
How The Message can help
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