Catalyst ’16 – 52 Leadership Quotes From HIllsong Pastor Brian Houston

As a member of the Catalyst Blog Team and INJOY Stewardship Solutions, I will be bringing you live updates from the much anticipated Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, GA.  The theme for this year’s conference is Uncommon Fellowship.

The day’s first speaker was Brian Houston.  Just in case you are unfamiliar with Pastor Brian, he along with his wife, Bobbie, are the Senior Pastors of Hillsong Church; a local church with 17 global campuses and over 100,000 people in weekly attendance. Pastor Brian’s bold and innovative leadership style has opened doors for many others to be serving God in highly effective ways; resulting in many great young men and women making significant contributions to both church and society in various walks of life in Australia and across the world.  Brian spoke on ceilings and floors.

In case you missed it previously, click HERE for 38 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From HIllsong: Let Hope Rise Movie.

Also, as a special gift to everyone reading these posts, INJOY Stewardship would like to invest in your leadership by inviting you to a FREE Thursday October 13th online event entitled “How To Overcome The Challenges Of Leading A Growing Church.”  Click HERE or on the image below to sign up.

The following are 52 Leadership Quotes and Lessons from his incredible session:

1. If I can build a platform to set up the next generation to win I feel I would have fulfilled my calling.
2. I want to build princes. I want to build people.
3. In Australia alone we have 29 locations and over 60 services each weekend.
4. If you start anything at the right time and with the right people, it’s incredible how God will bless it.
5. I get so inspired when I see young people start to flourish.
6. Keep pushing things to sons and daughters.
7. You take a lot of risks. Human nature wants to hold onto things.
8. The hope of the church is in the future.
9. You honor the past. You live for today. You build for tomorrow.
10. The most effective opportunities I’ve had have been in the last seven years.
11. Leave room for the next generation to flourish.
12. A lot of people like safe. We like comfortable. We want to be in control. We don’t like surprises.
13. I love being around spontaneity.
14. It was an adventure living with Jesus. Living today should be an adventure serving with Jesus.
15. Life with Jesus was not safe. It was not structured. It was a ride living with Him.
16. Human nature easily moves towards status quo. Majority thinking. Peer pressure. Those are the things that keep us predictable.
17. Loyalty is a great thing for predictability. Loyalty is our friend.
18. We need a generation who knows what and Who you believe in.
19. Predictability is your friend when you keep your word.
20. Predictability is your friend when it comes to vision.
21. Predictability is your enemy when it comes to spontaneity.
22. Spontaneity is our friend in the church.
23. I’d rather be an artist than an art critic.
24. I’d rather be a musician than a music critic.
25. I’d rather be a chef than a food critic.
26. I’d rather be a church builder than a church critic.
27. Creativity is all about what’s not yet done.
28. Predictability is an enemy to influence. You get influence by creating new ways to doing things. By taking risks. By stepping out.
29. I think the devil hates big churches.
30. Live a life where our ceiling becomes another generation’s floor.
31. We don’t sing Shout To The Lord It’s not 1993. We don’t sing Oceans much anymore.
32. The only book that should be a master is the timeless Word of God.
33. In leadership so many things you come up against are not in textbooks.
34. In building for the future books should be our servant, not our master.
35. Programming is important but at the end of the day, the Holy Spirit is more important.
36. Don’t let things that should be your servant become your master.
37. Experience is overrated.
38. Experience is something that’s already been done.
39. I’ve been married to the same woman for 40 years but I’ve only been married once.
40. I’ve only pastored one church.
41. The smaller the church, city, family you come from the more important you expand your worldview.
42. Culture can be very limiting.
43. Stand up. Stand out. Be part of the 1%.
44. In the 21^st century we need people who are gutsy and will stand up.
45. I want to write history. I want to honor my fathers.
46. I want to learn from history but not be bound by it.
47. People defy history by doing what’s never been done.
48. You are the church. Thank God for you.
49. Worship unifies.
50. It’s a great day to be alive.
51. I believe God’s called you to make history, not serve history.
52. I believe you can carve out a new history rather than remembering the good ole days. The good ole days were not that good.

It has been an incredible day with countless leadership learnings.  Make sure to check back for more leadership insights throughout the day.

On Thursday October 13th, INJOY Stewardship Solutions is hosting an online event entitled, “How To Overcome The Challenges Of Leading A Growing Church”.  You will able to learn church growth lessons from experience pastors like Shawn Lovejoy, Marty Schmidt, Josh Pennington, Mike Linch and Jeff Maness himself.  Click HERE or on the images provided to sign up.