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How often do you hear people laughing where you lead, and why does that matter? I recently had a conversation with Dr. Josh Epton, the worship pastor at the church where I lead, for the Leadership Culture Matters podcast series, where we discussed why laughter needs to be common in your ministry, workplace, and home. This fifth characteristic - laughter is common - might seem surprising, but it is vital for a healthy leadership culture. Not because the ultimate goal is laug

Ministries cannot grow and thrive when everyone involved holds a dog-eat-dog mentality. Creating a kingdom-minded culture means the people on your team want to help each other win because of the bigger picture and purpose. So, how do you guard against those you lead becoming so myopic that you end up with deeply fragmented teams? I recently talked about this with Dr. Tripp Atkinson, the NextGen Pastor at the church where I pastor, for Episode 4 of the Leadership Culture Matte

When it comes to our churches, businesses, and ministries, we should want to pursue excellence, but never to the point that projects begin to matter more than the people we lead. I recently had a conversation surrounding this topic with Pastor Jarrett McNeely on Episode 3 of the Leadership Culture Matters podcast series: People Matter Most . Because of his position as the Connections Pastor at the church where I lead, Jarrett felt like the perfect person to discuss loving and

October 15, 2024/ Leadership / D.J. Horton Most Christians will say that there is power in prayer. They will even say they want to pray about everything. Sadly, though, there is often a disconnect between what we say about prayer and what we do in prayer. We can run the risk of operating our churches, businesses, ministries, and lives at high levels, yet without the power, presence, and movement of God.  I recently discussed this with Adam Siskey, the lead preaching pastor at

Many years ago, God took me on a journey to reset the leadership culture of the church I pastor. It wasn’t that we weren’t already accomplishing great things, but I began to see that, second only to the clear proclamation of God’s Word, creating and nurturing a leadership culture that reflects the person and mission of Christ is the most important task of the lead pastor.  Culture is the sum total of the behaviors and attitudes of a particular group of people, and the number