In Episode 424 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss raising up apprentices and inviting them into your leadership pipeline.
“What happens when you are forming small groups on your launch team during your church plant and you just don’t have strong enough leaders to break a group of 30 into two groups of 12-14? How would you approach that kind of leadership development within a desire to see multiplication?”
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- How to invite people into your leadership pipeline
- The tension of breaking up a small group
Shareable Quotes (#NewChurches):
- “Do you have multiple leaders? Do you feel confident that you have multiple leaders that will not be able to just maintain the group the way it is but that they have the ability to grow it and multiply it?” – @danielsangi
- “Your job is to find those people and to turn them into leaders.” – @toddadkins
- “Move them into and through a development process that’s very intentional about the transference of responsibility.” – @toddadkins
- “You are now modeling what you want to do with that person and asking them to model it with somebody else.” – @toddadkins
- “The reason why you want an apprentice is because then you can invite them into your leadership pipeline.” – @danielsangi
- “Sometimes the individuals that you think would be the best leaders aren’t going to step up.” – @danielsangi
- “What you do will affect the culture that comes down the road.” – @toddadkins
- “There is nothing stickier than a small group.” – @toddadkins
Additional Resources:
- Read No Silver Bullets by Daniel Im
- Watch 90 Second Leadership – Three Considerations When Developing a Leader
- Listen to the Unseen Podcast
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Published September 23, 2019