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Ministry Succession & Spiritual Warfare

No one leads forever. That’s why I often talk about ministry succession and leadership transition.

Every leadership position is temporary. Someone else will have that position at some point in the future. The goal of a good succession plan is to help the next leader succeed.

As we think about leadership transition, there are three main aspects to consider:

OrganizationalRelationalSpiritual

There are plenty of books and podcasts that address organizational and relational issues in transition. I have found none that address the spiritual warfare part of leadership transition. I hope this brief message helps.

“Give Thanks” by Wondersigns

Here’s the most recent release from Every Nation Church Petaling Jaya in Malaysia. Enjoy.

Three Leadership Practices

Today’s Think Like a Leader message includes three stories, three proverbs, and three practices of wise leaders. If we ignore these three practices, we will find ourselves stuck as leaders. If we practice these three practices, we find our lives and our ministries unstuck.

Here are three simple to understand, but hard to do, leadership practices:

Hear RebukeHeed RebukeHumble Yourself

If we want to think and act like a leader, we will have to hear things we don’t want to hear, heed rebukes we want to ignore, and walk in new levels of humility.

Move in Miracles by AWAKE84

AWAKE84, a campus worship band from the Philippines, released their second album last month. Great seeing our young leaders continue to write and produce missional worship music.

The Leadership Runway

My new book is available for preorder now on Amazon. You can also download the first chapter for free on my website.

Preorder book here →

Generations by Every Nation Music

Every Nation Music’s new album, Generations, was officially released at the Go Conference. Enjoy.

“Joy Like a River” by Every Nation Music

The first song from Every Nation Music’s new global project, Generations, is out now.

Preorder Available for The Leadership Runway

We will have copies of my new book, The Leadership Runway, at Go 2023, but it is also available for preorder now on Amazon. Looking forward to getting this one in the hands of leaders around the world.

Preorder book here →

Go 2023 Playlist

Our Go Conference team created an official conference playlist of songs that we will sing together at Go 2023.

“Fire Burns” by Jon Owens | Live Worship by Victory Fort

Here’s another song we will be singing at Go 2023. This version is led by Lee Simon Brown with the Victory Fort music team.