Lead Time

Today in the studio, Tim and Jake speak with Shannon Creamer the Director of the East Valley Young Lives organization that reaches teen moms and dads, too.  She not only mentors teen moms on a daily basis, she comes from a place of real life experience of knowing the struggles and has given her life to bring the hope of Jesus and peace of Christ to those in need.This is Lead Time.Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

Today, we’re blessed to welcome back to the show our neighbor in the valley and amazing evangelism expert, Erik Fish. If you missed his first chat with us please go back to January 28th and listen to his podcast on everyday discipleship. Today we’re chatting about demystifying evangelism. Evangelism has possibly gotten a bad rap. Some people may see it is as only for the “extroverted and extremely gifted.” Thank you for joining us on Lead Time!Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

You might be thinking, “I really wish I could take a next step towards learning more theology and practicing my faith in a specific role in the church but I just don’t think I can handle entering a program...it’s too much work, is it worth it?” Listen to Lead Time to hear CG's own Jeff Sutherlin answer this question and more! Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

Today we’re going to talk about our church’s journey toward simplicity. Churches and organizations do not naturally gravitate toward simplicity...but toward complexity. Join us as Jack Kalleberg, CGLCS director or finance and operations, breaks it down for us. Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

Today we are chatting about one of Jack’s greatest passions, hobbies and crafts - running.Now running is not easy and he is here to shed light on some insights from his running careers and apply them to leadership for us today!This is Lead Time!Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

Today we’re talking about missional accountability. Is that an oxymoron?Here is what we mean: as a follower of Jesus, we believe there are two extremes that church leaders often fall into. On the one hand, we become all touchy-feely and soft and extremely sensitive to the feelings of others. Therefore, our discipleship can lack grit and determination. It’s all about relationships and accountability is resisted. On the other hand, some leaders are wired so hard to achieve metrics of growth to give themselves purpose...and they leave a wake of hurt followers behind. He is too driven and all into accountability...but the mission gets weakened. We firmly believe that leaders lean in one of these two directions, naturally...and we need help to get balanced to both mission and accountability. This is Lead Time!Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

Today we are blessed to have Jonathan Reitz in studio. Jonathan has been one of Tim Ahlman's main advisors for his doctorate. Today we put together a behavioral tool through the Harrison Assessments to help identify the traits and characteristics of pastors who collaborate in mission, and start new churches. Jonathan is one of the pre-eminent Harrison consultants on the planet. Welcome to Lead Time, Jonathan!Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

All of us have a story to share. All of us have a life filled with topsy turvies and twist, ups and downs and all arounds, and here is the thing, we are blessed when we hear other peoples stories of faith. Today we are going to hear the very different faith stories of Becky and Joel Kosberg who just arrived back in Arizona a few weeks ago. Joel is the newest member to our team. Joel has the title of “vicar” which means he is apprenticing us and will be a future ordained pastor.Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

TODAY, we want to give you a clear specific example where we have had a growth mindset and see if that can spur you on to apply similar principals in your work life.We have a growth mindset in the area of creating a Collaborative sermon writing process. You heard me right. From creative to creation to completion - our team works together from start to finish to help each other achieve the best possible sermon.Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org

Would Jesus use Excel Spreadsheets? Would he know how to read a finance or metric driven discipleship report?  Would Jesus say: “Uhh...disciples can I get that TPS report on how many disciples we’ve discovered, developed and deployed?” Jesus doesn’t seem that concerned about reports and metrics and data...at least not primarily. He truly believes that His story would change individual lives and lead to a movement through His body, the church.Jesus realized that stories would stick...and that facts would fade. This is Lead Time!Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org