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Episode 22 – How To Create, Communicate, and Protect the Vision For Your Church with Shawn Lovejoy

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Shawn Lovejoy is the Founder & CEO of CourageToLead.com. His heart beats for coaching leaders and helping them conquer whatever’s keeping them up at night. Shawn has been a Real Estate Developer, a Church Planter, a Mega Church Pastor, and a coach.

In this conversation we focus on vision. How does a pastor discover the God given for their church, how do they communicate the vision, and most importantly how do they protect the vision.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Be Mean About The Vision: amzn.to/2KtIiRE
Courage To Lead Coaching: www.couragetolead.com/
August Sermon Series Giveaway: excellentpastor.com/august-sermon-series-giveaway/

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Episode 20 – Developing Leaders, Sharing the Spotlight, & Dreaming Bigger Dreams with Dave Ferguson

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Pastor Dave Ferguson pastors Community Christian Church  in the Chicago area. He also leads Exponential a conference and network for church leaders who want to be Heromakers, and he is the founder of the Newthing Church Planting Network.

In this interview we talked Dave’s new book “Heromaker,” how pastors can make a big impact even if they don’t pastor a big church, developing more leaders, sharing the spotlight, and dreaming bigger dreams.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Hero Maker: https://amzn.to/2tD8uTg
Newthing Network: http://www.newthing.org/
Exponential Conference: https://exponential.org/
July Sermon Series Giveaway: https://excellentpastor.com/july-sermon-series-giveaway/

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Episode 19 – Lessons Learned from Planting A Portable Church and Merging an Existing Church with Wesley Weatherford

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Pastor Wesley Weatherford leads Oasis Church at Hephziba in Augusta GA. In this interview we talk about the lessons learned over the last 8 years planting a new church from scratch, being a portable church twice, and merging with an existing church.

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Oasis Church at Hephziba: https://www.myoasis.tv/
In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day: https://amzn.to/2IwkRW1
July Sermon Series Giveaway: http://excellentpastor.com/july-sermon-series-giveaway/

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Episode 18 – How To Be A Pastor With A Life and Nothing To Prove with Larry Osborne

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Pastor Larry Osborne has pastored Northcoast Church for 38 years and over that time has seen the congregation grow from 70 people to over 10,000 in attendance each week.

In this interview we talked about what almost four decades of ministry has taught him about dealing with problems, getting through difficult seasons, leading his family, and finishing well.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Lead Like A Shepherd: https://amzn.to/2Ltc1u4
A Contrariants Guide To Knowing God: https://amzn.to/2JAipT0
Thriving in Babylon: https://amzn.to/2Jx0NYe
Sticky Teams: https://amzn.to/2JvMliV
Sticky Church: https://amzn.to/2Jy7LMh
June Sermon Series Giveaway: https://excellentpastor.com/june-sermon-series-giveaway/

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Episode #17 – Relaunching a Traditional Church, Avoiding Conflict, and Eliminating Excuses with Jerry Lawson

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Jerry Lawson pastors Daystar Church in Cullman Alabama. Any given week several thousand people attend multiple campuses, but it wasn’t always that way. When Jerry arrived at Daystar it was called Glory Hill Church of God and had a handful of people. Over the years Jerry has led the church to relaunch, adapt and grow, and he talks about that process in our interview today.

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June Sermon Series Giveaway: https://excellentpastor.com/june-sermon-series-giveaway/

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Episode #15 – Running from the Spotlight, Healthy Leadership, & Social Media Dangers with Pastor Brady Boyd

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Pastor Brady Boyd is the pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs Colorado. Brady followed Ted Haggard at New Life and has spent the last decade preaching integrity, humility, and protecting your heart.

In our interview we talk about the dangers of the spotlight and social media for every leader, along with how to last and finish well in ministry. This is a great interview for any leader looking to lead long term.

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Addicted to Busy by Brady Boyd – amzn.to/2LgTNMZ
Speak Life by Brady Boyd – amzn.to/2IDcsRt
Pastor by Eugene Peterson – amzn.to/2LjZmu8

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Episode #10 – How To Pastor A Grace-First Church with Micah Pelkey

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Pastor Micah Pelkey serves as the Lead Pastor of Storyside Church in Bellville OH. Over the last decade the church has grown from a few hundred people to several thousand in weekly attendance because Storyside has made the choice to be a grace-first church. In this episode we talk about what that means and how other churches and pastors can lead with grace first.

For more information about Pastor Micah and Storyside Church you can visit:
Pastor Micah Twitter – twitter.com/micahpelkey
Pastor Micah Facebook – www.facebook.com/micahpelkey
Church Website: storysidechurch.com

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Episode #09 – Preaching With More Power and Purpose with Kevin Wallace

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Pastor Kevin Wallace serves as the Senior Pastor of Redemption For The Nations in Chattanooga TN. He is known as one of the best preachers in the church and was kind enough to sit down with me and talk about how he prepares his sermons and preaches with purpose. If you like to preach you will love this episode.

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Episode #05 – When Your Church Grows Slower Than You Want: An Interview with Marty Baker

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Marty Baker is the founder and lead pastor of Stevens Creek Church in Augusta GA. Over the last 30 years Stevens Creek has grown from a few people in a living room to a congregation of over 2000, but it took much longer than Pastor Marty hoped and believed it would.

We sat down to talk about the journey of Stevens Creek and the emotional ups and downs of planting and growing a church.