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.
Day 2’s opening session was conducted byPastor 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 on creating a culture of excellence:
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- “Inspiration without information leads to frustration.”
- “Politics. ‘Poli’ means many. ‘Tics’ means blood-sucking insects.”
- “Excellence is not being the best. Excellence is working to be your best.”
- “Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we will catch excellence.” – Vince Lombardi
- “Excellence honors God. Excellence inspires people.”
- “Excellence is biblical.”
- “If it’s Christian, it ought to be better.” – Dr. Jerry Falwell
- “A culture of excellence is shaped by the leader. Everything gets better when the leader gets better. We teach what we know but we reproduce what we are.”
- “Excellence will separate you… your organization… your school… your life… from everyone else.”
- “Don’t focus on getting bigger. Focus on getting better. If you get better, you’ll get bigger.”
- “A culture of excellence is shaped by your values.”
- “Your values are how you do it. The vision is your why. The values are how you do it.”
- “Know Jesus and make Him known.”
- “Excellence is our standard.”
- “Start with what went great and then talk about what we need to work on.”
- “We will be known for our care.”
- “If you’re built around a personality, it’s not going to last. The only person you need to be built around is the Lord Jesus Christ.”
- “We will WORK hard, have good attitudes, laugh, and enjoy our journey.”
- “If you are not willing to work hard, Rock Springs Church is not the place for you.”
- “Late is rude. If you’re notoriously late you have an ego problem because you think you’re worth waiting for.”
- “If you need them, you can’t lead them. Nobody’s not expendable.”
- “The organization is bigger than any of us. I love my staff but I don’t love any of them as much as I love all of them.”
- “We will live out the virtues of grace and generosity every day.”
- “To get eagles on your staff you have to have a vision to get them. But you have to pay them to keep them.”
- “Our ultimate desire is to please God.”
- “Excellence should be in every area of your organization.”
- “Eight times the Bible says sing a new song. But many new times we want to keep doing the same old thing in our churches.”
- “I believe when the devil is not bothering you and me, He’s in sound equipment.”
- “They’re not going to have LEDs at home and flannel boards at church. That day’s gone.”
- “This is not a stage. It’s a platform. But we’ve made a stage out of it.”
- “A desire to preach without an equal desire to pray and study, is a desire to perform.”
- “Mediocre means halfway up a stony mountain. If you say you’re ‘mediocre’, you’re only halfway up a stony mountain.”
- “Excellence is in every area.”
- “The Tennessee Vols are like a possum. They play dead at home and get killed on the road.”
Practical Ways To Improve
- “Meet with your leaders and evaluate where you are concerning excellence.”
- “Involve fresh eyes. We asked in our Next Steps classes what we need to do better.”
- “Take your team through a couple of books.”
- “Evaluate and Reevaluate everything you do.”
- “A good way to evaluate ask, ‘If we started fresh, would we be doing this?’”
Just a wonderful session!!! Next up is Saturday morning’s breakout sessions.
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