“Leadership is lonely.” I have believed this statement for years. As a young leader, I listened to many mature & godly leaders discuss how to be faithful in ministry. Why? Because I wanted to learn from them.

Noah is the Lead Pastor of @WayChurchTN Nashville, TN, and the author of Holy Habits. In this episode, @landoncreynolds interviews Noah on his system for creating. Content for sermons and social media, the do's and don'ts of planting Way Church Nashville, his rise to becoming a Christian influence, and his newest book, Holy Habits.

Christian leaders talk a lot about building a "rule of life." But few people share a practical how-to guide for building yours.

You need to re-learn your lessons.

Every church leader desires to lead beyond themselves. But if we want to lead beyond ourselves, we must first learn to lead ourselves.

What decision did you make that had a negative impact on your life in 2023?

I bet the student ministry at your church has a retreat. But do you?

What decision did you make that had a MASSIVE positive impact on your life in 2023?

Do you have a self-leadership system?If there is one thing I’ve had to learn the hard way, it is that an unhealthy leader cannot lead a healthy ministry.

Healthy systems create healthy leaders. What do unhealthy systems create? In this episode, I sat down with SSM founder Landon Reynolds and had an open and honest conversation about the current leadership-producing system in the church today. Are we creating healthy leaders? Is the current system setting up young pastors to fail? If so, how do we escape that system and protect the next generation of young pastors and leaders? If you are ready to end the cycle of unhealthy leadership, then this episode is for you!

You need to start waking up earlier.

Do you feel like you're on the edge of burnout? Are you a healthy leader? Is there a balance between your work and personal life? In this episode, we talk about leading from a place of health and how to maintain a healthy work-life balance with Dupri Wells. Dupri is an Assistant Campus pastor at Church Unleashed. Additionally, Dupri is in charge of overseeing birth-12th grade ministries and staff. If you want to lead from a place of health and find balance in your life then this episode is for you!

Do you want to be a healthy leader? In this episode, we interviewed Greg Gibson about healthy leadership, defining your wins, empowering people and leading teams. Greg is currently planting Nations Church in Washington, DC with his family. He also leads a global network of pastors and church planters called SALT and coaches other pastors through Gibson Leadership. Greg has a long history of leading and architecting healthy teams inside, and outside, the church. If you are ready to end the cycle of unhealthy leadership then this episode is for you!

I've been in ministry long enough to know that our "why" can get compromised so easily. In the beginning, it was about God and serving people, but our "why" can shift to productivity, attendance, money, and influence. Now, none of those things that I just listed are bad. However, none of those things are a healthy "why" for ministry. I think that you need to work hard, be productive, reach more people this year than you did last year, and grow your influence.

I found myself so anxious, angry, and tired that I had gained 40 lbs; I would get sick and vomit for 24-48 hours from stress, and I wanted to quit.

Does ministry ever stress you out? Of course, it does. Maybe it's how personal and pastoral life overlap or the burden for people's eternity. The weight of ministry is a real thing. If you lead in any capacity and make decisions, odds are you have goals to hit, change to manage, and complaints to deal with. Throw in long hours and ministry pay, and you have all the ingredients for significant stress.

What if your burnout is your decision? In today's ministry world, we talk a lot about burnout. And for good reason, as I have written about here, the tenure of pastors is tragically short. But I think we've shifted the blame for burnout to the wrong place. Instead, I think we need to look at ourselves first:

Do you lead or manage a staff or volunteer team? In this episode, we interviewed Amos Rivera about leading teams and making the creative process simple and strategic. Amos is the worship pastor at United City Church and has worked with Grammy-nominated artists, producing and writing music as well as designing graphics and websites. If you want to get teams and processes working for you and not against you, then this episode is a must!

A dead battery can not jump-start anything.