Live Blog From Velocity 2015 Conference: 20 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Leonce Crump

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

The afternoon’s first speaker was Leonce Crump spoke on leading an extraordinary family, particularly in ministry.

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The following are 20 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Leonce Crump:

1. Success is something that has driven me most of my life.
2. I hire shepherds to mitigate my hostility. They will bandage the wounded and keep the battle moving forward.
3. I was self-aware but not very self-disciplined. I was working 80-90 hours a week as a pastor.
4. The Lord reminded me that unless He build the house it won’t be built.
5. Christ called you to lead His church but not love it to death.
6. Men, don’t be an adulterer…I’m talking about adultery with Christ’s bride.
7. Jesus is responsible to love his bride. Why are we creeping around late at night with Jesus’s bride and then spiritualize it. It’s adultery. We’re married to the church and our wives suffer.
8. I’m not supposed to cheat on my wife with the church and then use spiritual language.
9. The church does not belong to you. The church does not need you. The church belongs to Jesus Christ.
10. Our role is stewardship, not ownership.
11. Love is not an emotion after all. It is a covenant.
12. Create space with your wife to be face-to-face.
13. Make decisions that allow her to prosper even if it costs you something.
14. Being face-to-face means cancelling some meetings and giving up some opportunities.
15. Lead your children to love Christ’s church.
16. Half my staff are recovering church kids.
17. I invite my children into my travel schedule.
18. If the only words you children receive from you are rebuke without praise, you will provoke them to anger.
19. Have a vision for your family.
20. We put all this energy into the vision of the church and you have no vision for your family.

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