In this episode, I interview NextGen Pastor, Allyson Evans, of Life.Church. Allyson and I dive into the specifics of leadership development and what it looks like to apprentice, train, and invest in the next generation of leaders.
Allyson Evans
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Email: Allyson@life.church
Links Mentioned in This Episode
Craig Groeschel's Leadership Podcast – Life.Church's Lead Pastor, Craig Groeschel, talks weekly about the principles and practices involved in great leadership
Open.Life.Church – Check out Life.Church‘s leadership development resources
Life.Church Axioms | Life.Church Mission, Purpose, and Values | Life.Church Vision and Values
Releasing Leaders – A PowerPoint presentation on how to help your leaders inspire, invest in, and develop volunteers
Volunteer Development Guide – This helps your leaders answer the question, “What's my role in volunteer development?” and outlines the four principles that guide leadership development at Life.Church
Leadership XP – Life.Church's internship program for developing young leaders
NextGen Volunteer Onboarding Process
- Cast vision of your ministry to potential volunteer
- Process background check
- Potential volunteer attends NextGen orientation
- Cast deeper vision about level of volunteer commitment
- Send them into the environment of their choice to shadow for 2-3 weeks
- Coach follows up after shadowing experience
- Placement
Children's Ministry & Youth Ministry Staff & Volunteer Ratios Survey – Take the survey and get the full results of this study on the staff and volunteer ratios it takes to do ministry effectively
Action Items
- Create a list of axioms for leadership development at your church
- Be intentional about one-on-one meetings and conversations
- Implement a leadership structure or pipeline. Listen to next week's episode to hear practical steps you can take to do this.
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Next Episode: Todd Adkins
In the next episode, I interview Todd Adkins of LifeWay Leadership. LifeWay Leadership hosts an annual conference and has put out a free ebook about leadership pipelines to help churches be intentional about great leadership. We talk specifically about what a leadership pipeline is, how it is used, and what it takes to practically develop one in your ministry.
