Converge Coaching Podcast
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Mike Houser
Lead Pastor, Holland First AG
“John & Jim are a voice in my life. Leading From Alignment is a weekly shot in my arm. They have a pulse on pastors and a grasp of the issues facing pastors.”
Ben Vegh
Lead Pastor
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 102 SHOW NOTES
Shooting stars are so cool to watch. Church history (and world history) is full of stories about talented people who started well and had great upside only to eventually crash and burn. “Are you the kind of leader who punishes people—overtly or subtly—for speaking up...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 101 SHOW NOTES
The most influential contributor to the growth of an organization is the growth of its leader. The leadership model that brought the church you lead to where it is now probably won’t get the church to where God wants it to go next. So how can a leader avoid becoming...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 100 SHOW NOTES
Today we celebrate the 100th episode of Leading From Alignment! Since we launched the podcast two years ago, we've had over 16,000 listens and video through plays. Today, John and Jim interview three special guests, asking them to share their favorite episodes, the...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 99 SHOW NOTES
Words . . . one of the most powerful forces for good in the organizations we serve. Unfortunately, one of the most powerful forces for not-so-good as well. Proverbs 18:21: “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 98 SHOW NOTES
In 2015, more than 38% of pastors in the U.S. were bi-vocational. Almost every church has at least one bi-vocational leader on their team. Tim Diehl defines a bi-vocational pastor as a person who serves as a pastor in a church and also carries one or more other jobs...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 97 SHOW NOTES
In Episode 96 we mentioned a 2009 Barna report that stated the average church member expects their lead pastor to be great in sixteen competencies! And we’ve observed that some lead pastors expect the same out of themselves. If you ever want to grow sustainably, and...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 96 SHOW NOTES
Digital church . . . friend or foe? Deep down most leaders are asking the questions, what is digital doing to the local church I lead? How is it helping? How is it hurting? Today’s episode will attempt to answer these questions at a high level. How is the digital...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 95 SHOW NOTES
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated quarantine radically impacted the way churches measure success. It’s turned historical metrics on their head. For many churches prior to the pandemic, the metric was ABC: Attendance, buildings, cash. COIVD has exposed our...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 94 SHOW NOTES
One of the hardest things to do for most lead pastors is to separate from work. Pivoting from their professional life to their private life. A Barna research study of 14,000 U.S. lead pastors, published in January 2017, reported that 37% of lead pastors are at medium...
LEADING FROM ALIGNMENT – EPISODE 93 SHOW NOTES
Leadership possesses the uncanny capacity to keep us busy with work that gets us off-mission. On today’s episode we’re going to talk about three practical ways to manage what God’s given us to do so one day we can hear, “well done, good and faithful servant.” 1...