Today I will be bringing you the top leadership quotes and lessons from the Defy The Odds Conference. Hosted and led by Rock Springs Church senior pastor Benny Tate, this event is to encourage church leaders in their current season by providing practical tools and resources for the next-level of growth. I also recommend you purchase Pastor Benny’s wonderful book Defy the Odds: How God Can Use Your Past to Shape Your Future by clicking HERE.
The event’s opening session was conducted by, of course, Pastor Benny Tate. Pastor Benny gave his life to Jesus Christ at 16 years old. Every good thing in his life has been birthed out of that decision. He took the job of senior pastor of Rock Springs Church in 1990 when the church was running 25 in attendance. Today it runs over 5,000 in weekly. Pastor Benny is truly an elite leader. To God be the glory.
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Now on to Pastor Benny’s comments:
- “If you don’t write it down, you will forget 90% of everything you hear in 72 hours. A short pencil is better than a long memory.”
- “If you get some honey, you will get some stings.”
- “How do you stay somewhere 32 years? When you want to leave, you just stay. When the people want you to leave, you just stay. It’s easier for them to move their membership than for you to move your furniture.”
- “Accept who you are and where you are in ministry.”
- “You are a unique, you have a unique passion, and you were created for a unique purpose. God did not create every man or woman to be a mega-church pastor. Never take your identity in that.”
- “It will take another world to reveal who the great preachers were.”
- “When I’m on a plane with 306 people, the pilot is important. When I’m on a plane with four people, the pilot is important.”
- “Accept who you are and be the best version of who you are.”
- “To many people left their ministry for greener grass.”
- “It is usually the people who aren’t thinking about the masses that reach the masses.” – Francis Chan
- “You must be willing to pay the price to lead. Everything nice has a price.”
- “If you’re leading, you’re bleeding.” – Sam Chand
- “When you minister out of pain there is credibility in your life.”
- “Loneliness – We can delegate tasks, you can’t delegate responsibility.”
- “Fatigue – Studies have shown that when a person preaches a sermon, it’s the equivalent to eight hours of work.”
- “Ministry is work. The harder I work, the luckier I get.”
- “Criticism – The greatest blessings of your life and ministry will be tied to forgiveness.”
- “You need a head like a scholar, a heart like a child, but a hide like a rhinoceros.”
- “How do you make it long in ministry? Outlast your critics.”
- “I’ve never been swallowed by a whale. But I’ve been nibbled to death by crappies.”
- “Family sacrifice – When you lead your family pays a price.”
- “Barbara is my bride. The church is Jesus’s bride. We get in trouble when we make the church our bride.”
- “Your alone-time with God must be a priority. The devil would rather you prepare a sermon than prepare yourself.“
- “You will never be any more in public for God than you are in private with God.”
- “The only way you will last in leadership is to lead with prayer.”
- “Sow into other’s ministries and your ministry will reap greatly.”
- “It was transformational when we started supporting Israel.”
- “Every church ought to be investing in Israel.”
- “Depend on the power of the Holy Spirit.”
- “Too many churches are starting at 11 o’clock sharp and ending at 12 o’clock dull because they don’t have the power of the Holy Spirit.”
- “The human spirit fails unless the Holy Spirit fills.”
- “Unless that which is in us yields to that which is above us, we will be sucked in by that which is around us.”
- “Fight one more round.”
- “During COVID 20% of the church closed never to reopen. 1700 pastors left the ministry. 80% of that enter the ministry quit after five years.”
- “The man who fights one more round is never whipped.”
- “If you’re successful, don’t crow. If you’re defeated, don’t croak. It’s a trial by the mile. It’s hard by the year. But it’s a cinch by the inch.”
What an incredible opening session!!! Next up is Saturday morning’s opening session.
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