The Leadership Collective podcast is a roundtable discussion with seasoned pastors, focusing on the nuts and bolts issues of ministry. Each month, we tackle the common challenges that leaders face and discover the practical lessons they've learned along the way.
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The Shared Power Podcast is about how people can lead collectively in spaces designed to support activism and advance justice and equity. It features frameworks and interviews that demonstrate how relationship-building and trust are critical to building and maintaining effective movements for change. The host, Mia Henry (she/her), is the CEO of Freedom Lifted. Mia has served in many roles that required shared leadership, developing long-lasting relationships with people she has worked alongs ...
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“We’ve got to believe that there’s a ‘next point’ that’s going to be better… if we don’t believe that, how do we encourage [young people] to believe in that?” - Mary Scott Boria Every person desires (and deserves) respect and collaboration. How can we work together in intergenerational spaces for social justice to create shared power that makes a r…
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“Shared Power is an evolving process.” - Mary Scott Boria Mary Scott Boria grew up as a Black child in a biracial family, bouncing from her home in small town Michigan to Chicago, Illinois. She participated in her first protests with her white mother in the sixties and later joined the women’s movement as a teen mother herself. Mary is an inspirati…
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Pastoring and Politics | Brett Meador
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Ted Leavenworth and Rob Salvato are joined by Brett Meador (Athey Creek) to talk through the nuances and dynamics of pastoring through seasons of heightened political climates. --- Athey Creek - atheycreek.com
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Christian Nationalism vs. Christian Stewardship in American Politics | Josh Blevins
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Josh Blevins (Grace Calvary Chapel) to talk through the Christian Nationalism vs. Christian stewardship in American politics. --- Grace Calvary Chapel - graceontheweb.org pastorjoshblevins.com | Article by Josh Blevins
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“‘[Hoarding power] can feel safe for you… but it’s not safe for everyone else.” - Genita Robinson Seasoned consultant Genita Robinson joins Mia for an in-depth conversation about her work supporting nonprofit organizations and boards. Genita is well-versed and experienced in creating and working with boards of directors who are rooted in equity and…
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Rob Salvato is joined by Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) and Zach Vestnys (Calvary Petaluma) to talk through building a flourishing culture of partnership and collaboration amongst our church and ministry and teams. --- Crossroads Community Church - crossroadschurch.net Calvary Petaluma - calvarypetaluma.org…
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Rob Salvato is joined by Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) and Zach Vestnys (Calvary Petaluma) to talk through building a flourishing culture of partnership and collaboration amongst our church and ministry and teams. --- Crossroads Community Church - crossroadschurch.net Calvary Petaluma - calvarypetaluma.org…
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth continue their conversation with Sean Morgan (Leaders in Living Rooms) and Tyler Scott (Community Presbyterian Church), talking through maintaining integrity and avoiding compromising pitfalls as a leader in ministry. We hope that this conversation will provide wisdom, insight, and encouragement as you serve faithful…
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Sean Morgan (Leaders in Living Rooms) and Tyler Scott (Community Presbyterian Church) to talk through maintaining integrity and avoiding compromising pitfalls as a leader in ministry. We hope that this conversation will provide wisdom, insight, and encouragement as you serve faithfully. --- Leaders in L…
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Brady Boyd (New Life Church) to talk through enduring pain and heartache in ministry. In pastoral leadership, pain is inevitable, so we hope that this conversation will provide wisdom, insight, and encouragement as you serve faithfully. --- New Life Church -- north.newlifechurch.org…
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Church Momentum - What Is It and How Do You Manage It? | Jason Duff & Jim Gallagher
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Jason Duff (The Garden Fellowship) and Jim Gallagher (Calvary Chapel Vero Beach) to talk through the various forms that church momentum can look like and how to foster it and help your ministry flourish. --- The Garden Fellowship - thegardenfellowship.com Calvary Chapel Vero Beach - ccvb.net…
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Building a Culture of Collaboration | Tim Chaddick & Andy Deane
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Tim Chaddick (Reality Ventura) and Andy Deane (Cornerstone Community Church) to discuss the valuable benefits of building and fostering a culture of collaboration within our churches and leadership teams. --- Cornerstone Community Church - go2cornerstone.com Reality Ventura - realityventura.com…
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Leadership Cohorts | Joe Tata & Kyle Curry
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Joe Tata (Calvary Chapel Pomona Valley) and Kyle Curry (The Table Fellowship) to discuss the many benefits of participating in pastoral leadership cohorts. --- Calvary Chapel Pomona Valley - ccpomonavalley.com The Table Fellowship - thetablefellowship.church…
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“I understood that doing my work well made it possible for everybody else to do their work well.” - Morgan Mahdavi In this episode, our very own Morgan Mahdavi joins Mia for a conversation about their working relationship and how they invite accountability in relationships through transparency, genuine care, and radical trust and grace. Morgan and …
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When we share power, we don’t have to take everything on ourselves…. ‘Many hands makes light work.’” - Alicia Bell In this episode, Alicia Bell explains how slowing down to make decisions as a collective can enhance the experience of Shared Power and actually ensure the work happens more quickly. “Slow is smooth, smooth is fast,” Alicia shares And …
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“If we don’t do the internal work, our movements will suffer.” - Aarati Kasturirangan This conversation is about expanding what’s possible - even within conflict. Mia is joined by Rebecca Subar (they/them) and Aarati Kasturirangan (she/her) from Dragonfly Partners to discuss how nonprofit organizations and movement leaders can navigate conflict fro…
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“I never saw social media as opposite to what I’m doing in social organizing. For me, it’s just a tool… it always has been.” - Mariame Kaba Social media has completely transformed the way we organize, communicate, and connect. This is true in so many areas of our lives, but especially with social justice organizing and global movements for justice.…
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“None of this would matter if we were doing it alone. We’re actively resisting the dominant culture through collaboration… which comes with, perhaps, individual risks [that are worth it].” -Lewis Raven Wallace In this episode, Mia is joined by independent journalist Lewis Raven Wallace for a conversation about accessing our Zone Of Genius and what …
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“My professor and others woke me up to [injustice], but I didn’t have enough of a toolkit to really articulate what I was doing within these structures. Now the tools we have to analyze structures and to work collectively are so much stronger.” - Brian Brady This candid conversation with Brian Brady, a veteran nonprofit leader, is about his regular…
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“Things don’t have to last forever in order to be successful… Sometimes we get too caught up in ‘sustainability,’ which prevents us from experimenting.” - Deborah Harrington In this episode, philanthropic trailblazer and seasoned strategist Deborah Harrington joins Mia to discuss how we can redefine leadership in ways that diversify group thought, …
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“Starting with a relationship instead of starting with a project is foundational, because relationships will continue even as projects and organizations close or change.” -Yashna Padamsee How do we fulfill our organization’s mission without sacrificing its people? And how do we support our people without sacrificing our mission? For this episode, M…
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Shared Power vs. DEI with Lisa Marie Pickens
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“There is no limit to power: The world is better when we ALL have power… and we have to recognize this, even if society doesn’t.” - Lisa Marie Pickens Why do so many DEI initiatives fall short? What does shared power look like in organizations, even the homogenous ones? Can a shared power analysis reframe and expand DEI work? These are the question…
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In this first episode, Mia is joined by one of the podcast producers, Alysia Tate, to explain the intention behind this season, how we chose episode topics and guests, and why justice and equity work matters in every area of life (no matter your career choice). Alysia interviews Mia and also shares how she now applies the concept of shared power wi…
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining healthy rhythms in the context of church leadership. This is part one in a two-part discussion on this topic with Nate Holdridge. --- Calvary Monterey - https://www.calvary.co…
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining healthy rhythms in the context of church leadership. This is part one in a two-part discussion on this topic with Nate Holdridge. --- Calvary Monterey - https://www.calvary.com…
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Classic Episode - Managing Growth through Systems & Structures | Daniel Fusco & Miles DeBenedictis
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictis (Cross Connection Church) and Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) for a conversation on creating, adopting, and reforming systems and structures in our churches. ---- Cross Connection Church -- lifeinconnection.com Crossroads Community Church -- crossroadschurch.net…
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Pastor Mark Foreman of North Coast Calvary in Carlsbad, California joins Pastor Nick Cady of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado to discuss the topic of vision. ---- North Coast Calvary Chapel -- northcoastcalvary.org White Fields Community Church -- whitefieldschurch.com
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by David Guzik (Enduring Word, Calvary Santa Barbara) and Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the many facets of preparing, sending out, and supporting servants to plant new churches. --- Calvary Santa Barbara - https://calvarysb.com/ Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/ Calvary Monterey - ht…
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Practical Discipleship | Rod Thompson & Aaron Sabio
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Rod Thompson (Reliance Church) and Aaron Sabio (Calvary Vista) to discuss their experiences of learning to create and maintain robust and flourishing discipleship relationships. ---- Reliance Church — reliancechurch.org Calvary Vista — calvaryvista.com
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In this episode, Ted & Rob talk in detail about their respective processes in sharing the teaching ministry at their churches. This conversation will include identifying and discipling faithful servants of the body into opportunities of teaching ministry, practical training for sermon preparation, and providing healthy insights for peer feedback an…
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Church Leadership - Giving Women a Seat at the Table - Bonus Episode | Brenda Leavenworth, Jen Bursch, Annie Harley, & Shirley Ruiz
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In this bonus episode of the Leadership Collective, we are sharing a recent episode from our partners at the When She Leads podcast: In this episode of the When She Leads podcast, Brenda Leavenworth is joined by Jen Bursch (Calvary Murrieta), Annie Harley (Calvary Fort Lauderdale), and Shirley Ruiz (Reliance Church) in a candid conversation about t…
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The Value of Church Planting Networks | Benji Horning & Casey Kendell
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Benji Horning (Light Church) and Casey Kendell (Bridgetown Church) to discuss the benefits and importance of starting a new church with the support of a well-established planting network. ---- Light Church — https://www.lightsandiego.com Bridgetown Church — https://wearebridgetown.com…
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Balancing Ministry & Family | Richard Cimino
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Richard Cimino (Metro Calvary) to candidly talk about our experiences with healthy and unhealthy ministry workloads and the effects they could have on our family health and relationships. ---- Metro Calvary — metrocalvary.org
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Cultivating Church Planters | Nick Cady & Bruce Zachary
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nick Cady (Whitefields Community Church) and Bruce Zachary (Calvary Nexus) to discuss the new equipping resource from Calvary Global Network called Cultivate. Cultivate will help with the assessment, training, and cultivating of prospective church planters. ---- Whitefields Community Church — whitefield…
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Pastoral Succession | Clay Worell
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Clay Worell (Calvary Global Network) to discuss healthy pastoral transitions and succession. More specifically, we will talk about handling and walking through transitions pertaining to senior or lead pastors. ---- Calvary Global Network -- calvaryglobalnetwork.com/leadership…
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In this bonus episode, Ted & Rob talk in more detail about their respective board and church leadership structures. This conversation is a continuation of a previous episode with Wayne Cordeiro about the nuanced process of structuring and organizing a healthy church board, identifying toxic board behavior, prayerfully selecting board members, and o…
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictus (Cross Connection Church) to discuss how current societal trends and economic forecasts help form our vision-shaping process. More specifically, we will talk through forming vision for our churches as move past the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and into an economic recession in 2022. ----…
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Church Mergers | Ryan Sharp & Jeff Johnson
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Ted Leavenworth is joined by Ryan Sharp (lead pastor) and Jeff Johnson (missions and outreach pastor) of Impact Church in Menifee, CA to discuss some of the challenges and outcomes of successfully navigating a church merger. We discuss the different environments in which merging can become viable, and how the process can bring about the creation of…
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Brian Bell (pastor of Calvary Murrieta) has a conversation with Larry Hansen (missions pastor at Calvary Murrieta) and Matthew Ellison (founder and president of 1615) about ministering to unreached people groups. ---- Brian Bell & Larry Hansen -- Calvary Murrieta Matthew Ellison -- 1615.org
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Division - Part 2 | Mark Foreman, Phil Metzger & Brenen Beeler
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Rob Salvato is joined by Mark Foreman (North Coast Calvary Chapel), Phil Metzger (Calvary San Diego), and Brenen Beeler (Regenerate Church) for a two-part conversation about the current division in the Church. In our cultural moment, division amongst the church seems to be at a volatile level. We discuss our recent experiences with having to shephe…
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Rob Salvato is joined by Mark Foreman (North Coast Calvary Chapel), Phil Metzger (Calvary San Diego), and Brenen Beeler (Regenerate Church) for a two-part conversation about the current division in the Church. In our cultural moment, division amongst the church seems to be at a volatile level. We discuss our recent experiences with having to shephe…
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Your Most Important Hires | Rob Verdeyen
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Rob Verdeyen (Calvary Corvallis) for a conversation on navigating the hiring process. There are important benchmarks to be aware of as our churches grow. We discuss our experiences with hiring staff members and filling needed positions. Hiring capabilities and processes may vary from church to church, b…
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Managing Growth through Systems & Structures | Daniel Fusco & Miles DeBenedictis
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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictis (Cross Connection Church) and Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) for a conversation on creating, adopting, and reforming systems and structures in our churches. ---- Cross Connection Church -- lifeinconnection.com Crossroads Community Church -- crossroadschurch.net…
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All Things Christmas | Brian Bell & Jason Duff
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In this episode, Ted & Rob are joined in-studio by Brian Bell and Jason Duff as they talk through all things Christmas, special services, and more! Episode Transcript ---- Calvary Murrieta -- calvarymurrieta.com The Garden Fellowship -- thegardenfellowship.com
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Church Boards | Wayne Cordeiro
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In this episode, Ted & Rob talk candidly with Wayne Cordeiro about the nuanced process of structuring and organizing a healthy church board, identifying toxic board behavior, and prayerfully selecting board members. Episode Transcript References: Alliance Defending Freedom - adflegal.org Church Law Tax Report (Geographic Compensation Benchmarks) - …
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Navigating Through Church Splits | Tony Clark
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Pastor Tony Clark of Calvary Chapel Newport News joins Rob & Ted for an honest conversation on navigating through church conflicts and splits. Episode Transcript ---- Calvary Chapel Newport News -- https://www.calvarynn.church/
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Mental Health in the Ministry | Wayne Cordeiro & Wesley Towne
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In this episode, Ted & Rob have a candid conversation with Wayne Cordeiro and Wesley Towne concerning, stress, burnout and a leader's mental health. If you need to contact Pastor Wayne or Wesley, you can reach them at waynecordeiro@newhope.edu & hello@wesleytowne.com ---- Bayside Church Davis -- davis.baysideonline.com New Hope Oahu -- enewhope.org…
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Pastor Lance Cook of Calvary La Habra, and Pastor David Zamora of Living Way Christian Fellowship, join Rob & Ted for a conversation on how to meet the needs of your community through outreach. ---- Calvary La Habra -- calvarylh.org Living Way Christian Fellowship -- livingwayfontana.org
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Pastor Zac Elliot of Fusion Christian Church shares his story on church planting for this bonus episode. ---- Fusion Christian Church -- fusionchristianchurch.com
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Church Planting | Jim Gallagher
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Jim Gallagher, founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel Vero Beach, has a conversation with Rob & Ted about church planting. The three of them share different stories and insightful lessons learned from years of leading and planting churches. ---- Calvary Chapel Vero Beach -- ccvb.net
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