5LQ Episode 240: Robby Gallaty –

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Robby Gallaty, lead pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., and author of The Disciple’s Study Bible and The Forgotten Jesus. During their conversation, they discuss getting to know your congregation and the importance of growing leaders. BEST QUOTES “You don’t want to just read from one stream.” “You want to eat the fish and spit out the bones. You have to discern the difference.” “God convicted me a few years ago, “Why are you reading books about what I say, when you can just read what I say?” “Healthy things grow. If we could create a top down healthy staff it would trickle down to the congregation.” “The overall process of our disciple making strategy is both inviting people to church and then investing in those we invite.” “A good leader is a leader who is raising up and developing other leaders.” “I think developing leaders who come after you is a stewardship issue that Jesus is going to hold us accountable to.” “There’s no impact without contact.” “Most pastors stop learning as a leader the day they finish school.” “Information without application is useless information.” “We tell our kids all the time, “We want you to have a love for Jesus and His word that you have and not based on what Mom and Dad have.” “I emulated before them what I would later expect from them.” “Discipleship of both husbands and wives exponentially changes the home.” “Leaders are learners. You are never learning for yourself, you are actually learning for the guy who is coming behind you.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Leadership Pipeline Learning Community Walking With God Through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller Behold the Man! by Dwight Pryor Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes by Kenneth Bailey Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes by Kenneth Bailey Jcstudies.org Walking in the Dust of  Rabbi Jesus by Lois Tverberg Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus by Lois Tverberg Our Father Abraham by Marvin Wilson Growing Up by Robby Gallaty Firmly Planted by Robby Gallaty Foundations by Robby & Kandi Gallaty Foundations for Kids by Robby & Kandi Gallaty Rediscovering Discipleship by Robby Gallaty