Everybody answers to somebody. In the world of youth ministry this usually means your senior pastor, leader, or direct report. No matter what size church you serve there is someone senior to your youth ministry leadership and that person and your relationship with them is vital for your ministry and for you.
It's true. Better working relationships with senior leadership is the number one improvement metric for most exiting youth ministers.
In this episode co-host Kristen takes the driver seat to ask her senior leader Chris Brown about leadership and the importance of youth pastor and senior pastor relationships.
Check the show notes and quotes for some goodies about humble leadership and teaming up for better ministry.
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Show Quotes Notes:
"The bridge that truth travels over is relationship. Ministry is always incarnational."
"There was not one moment of leaving, there was a constant feeling of those thoughts of leaving."
"If there is anything else you would rather do, pursue that first. When it is absolutely clear that you cannot be satisfied doing anything else, then come back and do ministry."
"Don’t commit to this for a job. Get another job and do this for volunteering."
"The greater you can lead is directly parallel to the thickness of your skin."
If you are not good with people being frustrated with you then do it a different way.
If you don’t feel called then become the high powered volunteer who is praised.
"Leadership means living with low level of frustrations toward you"
“Senior pastors remember back... Do you remember when you were an intern? Do you remember when you were in youth ministry? How important was the investment of the senior leader in your life?"
My teaching gifts are not alone to draw and keep the crowds. Families will come to church if their kids are loving church.
"Your senior pastor is probably feeling more insecure than you are feeling right now."
"Your senior pastor is you, just 20 or 30 years older. None of us feel like when have what it takes."
"Do the job your senior leader should be doing relational. Ask them out to lunch, coffee, or soft drinks."
"Shared leadership is better than your leadership.