Podcast: LEADERSHIP

What Makes (or Breaks) a Healthy Leadership Transition

📝 Free Church Culture Assessment: How is your church doing in these 6 core areas? churchhealth —————————————————— After decades of leadership, I’ve walked through two major successions—first as Lead Pastor…

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CNLP 722 | When No One Trust Pastors Anymore: Glenn Packiam on The Nex-Gen Church Leader Mental Health Crisis And The Difference Between Being Weary and Wounded

Glenn Packiam talks about how to pastor in an age where no one trusts pastors, the church leader mental health crisis (especially among next-gen leaders), and the difference between being weary and being wounded in leadership.   🔗  …

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CNLP 721 | When Couples Fight About Everything: Gabe and Rebekah Lyons Open Up About Marriage, Sex, and Honest Advice for Two Career Couples

In an incredibly candid conversation, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons open up about their 28-year marriage. They discuss how they fight about everything, sex, navigating two careers, parenting, and how, despite all the very real challenges, they’ve made it…

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CNLP 720 | Why Woke Broke: Mark Sayers on the Massive Trump-Era Cultural Upheaval and How to Find Hope in New Global Chaos

Mark Sayers brings astonishing insight to the rapid cultural, economic, and political change we’re seeing right now in America and globally. Carey and Mark cover why woke broke, the massive upheaval of the status quo being ushered by Trump and his…

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Why Low Differentiation Kills Teams

👉 Take the free EHD Maturity Assessment: ———————————- Most pastors and leaders are trained to preach, strategize, and serve—but few are ever taught how to lead from a deeply anchored, differentiated self. And yet, this is…

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CNLP 719 | Why Teens Don’t Trust the Church: Kara Powell on Why Young Women are Dropping Out of Church, And The Keys to Reaching The Next Generation

In this episode, Kara Powell discusses why teens and young adults don’t trust the church. Plus, Carey and Kara talk about why young women are dropping out of church, why young men are leaning in, and the keys to reaching Gen Z and Gen Alpha….

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CNLP 718 | When Christians Become the Minority: Warren Bird and Adelle Banks on The Shifts Needed To Make Your Church Future-Ready and the Surprising Reasons People Give for Not Attending Church

Warren Bird and Adelle Banks share data and case studies on what you need to do to make your church future-ready and to experience church growth. Plus, they go deep on what happens when Christians become the minority in the US and the surprising…

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CNLP 717 | Does Character Even Matter Any More in Leadership (And Ministry)?

Does character even matter anymore for Christians? If you look at the moral failure happening among pastors and the current culture politically, you’d think not. But the truth is your character matters far more than you think, and it’s what the next…

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5 Ways to Avoid the Trap of False Power, Pt. 2

📝 Free Church Culture Assessment: How is your church doing in these 6 core areas? churchhealth —————————————————— Are you leading out of true power—or false power? Far too often, we mistake activity for…

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CNLP 716 | A New Model for Funding Churches: Mark Batterson on Visionary Entrepreneurship, and The Gradual and Sudden Pattern of Success

Mark Batterson unpacks the funding and church planting strategy of National Community Church. He shares how NCC went from 29 people to owning coffee houses and city blocks in one of America’s most expensive real estate markets. We also discuss the…

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