Live Blog C3 Conference – 47 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Ed Young On The Struggles Pastors Face

For the next two days, I have been dispatched by INJOY Stewardship Solutions to attend and help sponsor the C3 Conference in Dallas, TX.  Hosted by Fellowship Church founded by Senior Pastor Ed Young,the C3 Conference is where leaders from around the world gather together for intensive coaching, inspirational teaching, incurable learning, and intentional relationships to advance the Church!It It has

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The event’s second session was conducted by Pastor Ed.  The following are 47 Leadership Quotes And Lessons From Ed Young’s challenging session on the pressures pastors face:

1. Pastors battle with spiritual warfare more than anyone else. And we have to fight our own personal demons.
2. It’s hard to have friends because we’re always on.
3. We have a hard time trusting because we’ve been burned so much.
4. I’m writing a book on betrayal.
5. My best friends are pastors. No one knows what we do.  It’s a calling.
6. I deal with loneliness a lot. Because as a leader, you are by yourself.
7. We get older and have to stay relevant.
8. Be who you are and understand your stage in life.
9. You chase cool because you’re either cool or you’re not.
10. Stay young in your spirit but be comfortable in your skin.
11. We struggle with changing techniques.
12. Don’t do multi-sites unless you’re a freak.They’re overrated.
13. Craig Groeschel and Steven Furtick could run Apple.
14. Somebody needs to write the book How To Close A Multisite.
15. We cancelled a lot of multisites. We need more and more people to cancel multisites.
16. If the horse is dead, dismount. Don’t be shy to cancel stuff.
17. Everything in the church world is cyclical.
18. Church growth is shuffling sheeple.
19. You have seasons of growth, seasons when plateau.
20. We, pastors, with breakthrough or breakdown preaching.
21. I’m not hearing as much about the breakdown – the blood, repentance, denying yourself.
22. Lust is a God-given desire which has gone haywire.
23. How about all the channels on your television set?I can’t handle those channels.  I don’t trust myself.
24. Lust is something we all deal with.
25. We’ve animalized humans and humanlized animals.
26. Without the Gospel we’re toast.
27. We fight for evangelism vs the deeper life.
28. All rescues happen in deep water. The deepest churches are those who are about evangelism.  To have discipleship, you have to have people getting saved.
29. You’re going be beat up some. That comes with dealing with your sin, and chicanery and stuff.
30. We need to talk about Heaven and hell and eternity. This is a positive thing.
31. We have a lot of intellectual naval-gazing churches here in Dallas.
32. Staff members are cycling through like never before.One of the reasons is the fantasy of social media.
33. Our families absorb the wear and tear of ministry more than anyone.
34. Our kids absorb stuff on a different level.
35. This is a family business. We’re all in. – Ed’s wife Lisa
36. Our kids see our disappointment and feel our disappointment. There is no mask you can wear for your kids. – Lisa
37. Ed and I are huge fans of counseling. – Lisa
38. You better do your due diligence and have people in place to talk you off the ledge. – Lisa
39. We struggle with trusting the younger generation.
40. The starting point of the younger generation is pastor’s kids. – Lisa
41. You have a wealth of knowledge, a wealth of new ideas in your household. – Lisa
42. Many times we mentor young wrestlers who want to take our belts.
43. When pride walks on the stage, God walks off.
44. Control what you can control and let God control the rest. – Lisa
45. We know that genuiness and authenticity are a powerful attraction and repellent.
46. A lot of people can’t take the heart. That’s OK. People have left our church for 28 years.
47. Pastors, this is the highest calling in the world.

It has been a great morning.  Stay tuned for more leadership lessons this afternoon.

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