5LQ Episode 451: Ed Stetzer

In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Chandler Vannoy are joined by Ed Stetzer, executive director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. They discuss navigating leadership during times of crisis and being a better leader through learning. BEST QUOTES “The cultural moment now is more complex than it has been anytime in my lifetime.” “We are probably in the worst days of the worst crisis of our lifetime, so I think things on crisis leadership are really helpful.” “We help lead conversations for greater gospel impact.” “My role as a missiologist is to help people be thoughtful about engaging an increasingly disinterested and in some ways more hostile culture.” “Mission, vision, and values stay the same, but strategy and structure have changed.” “Leading through this time is in a lot of ways asking, ‘what now?'” “What does it look like to pivot as a congregational level?” “We have to lead through partly by addressing the cultural issues of the moment, but also partly by mobilizing our congregations in new and fresh ways.” “Scarcity brings clarity.” “To read, listen, and learn each day will help you be a better leader in the long term.” RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network Lifeway.com/CoronaVirus New Churches Q&A Podcast Stetzer Leadership Podcast Wheaton College Billy Graham Center What Now? Navigating Leadership in Tumultuous Times Course Christians in the Age of Outrage by Ed Stetzer Your It: Crisis Change and How to Lead When It Matters by Leonard J. Marcus, Eric J. McNulty, Joseph M. Henderson, and Barry C. Dorn