Providing Executive Leadership in the Church
A Virtual, Five-Session Cohort
If you are an integrator of VISION, PEOPLE, and PROCESS, this virtual cohort is for you.
Our time together will be highly interactive and practical in nature. You will leave our time feeling better equipped to lead within the context the Lord has you. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, while learning and growing together.
The Details
This cohort will take place online over five sessions.
Wednesdays, September 9 – October 7
1:00 P.M.-2:30 P.M. CST
Cost: $199
All sessions will be recorded and available to all participants for streaming or download.
We are unable to offer refunds for any cohorts
Session One:
Co-Laboring in Leadership: How an Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor can thrive together.
The relationship between a Lead Pastor and an Executive Pastor is one of the most strategic and influential partnerships in a church. When this partnership is healthy, the church benefits from clarity, unity, and meaningful momentum. When it’s strained, the effects are often subtle but significant—confusion, duplicated efforts, and quiet conflict that can undermine the mission. Because these two roles shape both the spiritual and organizational life of the church, the way they function together has a far-reaching impact.
Session Two:
Vision Clarity: Aligning people around a God-given direction.
Vision clarity helps align people, prioritize resources, and guide decision-making so that daily activities support long-term mission impact. In this cohort discussion, we will explore how to refine our ministry vision, communicate it in a compelling and understandable way, and ensure that leaders and teams remain unified around a shared direction.
Session Three:
Co-Laboring in Staff Culture: Intentional leadership that strengthens people and mission.
Every church staff has a culture—whether it was carefully crafted or simply allowed to form on its own. Culture is the invisible force that shapes everything: how decisions are made, how people are treated, how conflict is handled, and how the mission is pursued. Most churches can easily point to their stated culture, the values printed on a website or repeated from the stage. But the actual culture is something different. It is revealed not by what leaders say, but by how the ministry behaves day to day—through relationships, habits, and unspoken norms. For leaders who want to shepherd well they must be vigilant to create and maintain a culture that strengthens their people and mission.
Session Four:
Right People, Right Seat, Right Time: A leadership approach to hiring.
Few decisions shape the trajectory of a ministry more than who you bring onto the team. The right hire can accelerate growth, strengthen culture, and expand capacity. The wrong hire can create frustration, stall momentum, and drain resources. Effective hiring requires leaders to think strategically about three core areas: the life stage of the organization, the true nature of the need, and securing the most qualified candidate for the role.
Session Five:
Safeguarding your church and your people.
Church elders carry four primary responsibilities: to feed, protect, care for, and lead the members of the church. While spiritual leadership is often emphasized, the physical protection of members can be easily overlooked—out of sight, out of mind—until a crisis occurs. Creating a safe environment must remain a priority for church leadership. The most effective way to foster safety is by cultivating a culture in which everyone is attentive, observant, and willing to speak up. In a church family, everyone has a role to play, and we share the responsibility of caring for and protecting one another.