Live Blog From Velocity 2015 Conference: 11 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Matt Carter

In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, today I am attending the Velocity 2015 Conference for church planters.

The opening day’s final speaker was Matt Carter the Pastor of Preaching and Vision for Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX.

The following are 11 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Matt Carter:

1. Step 1 in casting vision is to make sure your people love Jesus more than they love the vision you are casting.
2. The first thing Jesus tells the church of Ephesus that He loves about them is they have sound doctrine.
3. The last thing I want to do is pastor a church Jesus ain’t at.
4. Make sure your vision is God’s vision.
5. If God doesn’t build the vision, He will tear it down.
6. Cast first to your church those visions you absolutely know are the Lord’s.
7. There’s all kind of vision in this Book. Just open it up and your people will follow.
8. Make sure your vision is biblical. You want to make sure you can defend the vision biblically.
9. When your vision is a biblical vision, the people arguing with it are not arguing with you. They are arguing with God.
10. Make sure you are passionate about the vision.
11. Let’s be pastors who cast vision that are worth people giving their life for.

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