This podcast is for ministry leaders who are under 40. The content every week is geared towards helping you become better leaders and more effective ministry leaders.
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One thing a lot of young ministry leaders feel unprepared for is the supervision and evaluation of other staff members. Many of us are serving in our first senior leadership role and need help knowing how to evaluate and grow the team around us. Philip Nation is the pastor at FBC Bradenton and he has a lot of insight into helping develop a healthy …
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Episode 25 - Obstacles in the Established Church
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Many younger ministry leaders will find themselves serving in established churches. Sam Rainer, the pastor at West Bradenton Baptist Church, is one of the leading voices about the established church, which he defines as "churches who've been around a long time, have a presence in the community, and have standing programs or ministries." We talk abo…
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One of the areas many pastors and ministry leaders feel the need to grow in is leadership. Today I'm getting to hang out with Dr. Angie Ward to talk about growing as a leader. Angie is the leader behind the Church Matters website and the Church Matters podcast. You can connect with her at churchmatters.com.…
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Picture this - You've been through a long search process, you've prayed and interviewed and visited a church. You've been voted on and called. You've packed your house and moved. And you find yourself in your office on your first day. What do you do? In this week's episode, Dan Sardinas (Guest #1) from Northwest Baptist in Bradenton FL and I are ta…
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It's nice to be back! This week's episode is with Stephen Keene, pastor of Southside Baptist in Shelbyville TN. We're talking about how churches and ministry leaders can navigate the social media world. One of the biggest takeaways from Stephen: sometimes pastors need to live like it's 1992, and not live through social media. We also talk about how…
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One thing that a lot of ministry leaders, especially younger ones, take for granted is their physical health. We're young, we're still active, we play pickup ball or run 5Ks, and we still have our original knees and shoulders. We're not facing pacemakers and dentures, so we often overlook and ignore taking care of ourselves physically. But as pasto…
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This week's episode is a reflection on something that a lot of young ministry leaders struggle with: watching others have success. It might be a VBS that saw an entire elementary school get saved, or a community outreach event that doubled attendance, or a church that gives its pastor a car for his anniversary. The biggest takeaways I wanted to sha…
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Office hours are a touchy subject for ministry leaders. In this episode, we look at 5 factors to consider in a pastor or ministry leader's approach to office hours: 1. Your greatest asset is your availability 2. Work/Life Rhythm 3. You will likely have unrealistic expectations 4. Find your prep groove 5. Regularly Communicate In the episode, I ment…
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This week's episode is all about doing or receiving evaluations in ministry. You can find some resources for personnel manuals, evaluations, improvement plans, and more on scottmdouglas.com.Av Scott Douglas
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