The Red Letter Disciple 081: David Ashcraft on How His Church Grew from 150 to 22,000 People, How to Measure Discipleship, and what He’s Learned from Leading the Global Leadership Summit
David Ashcraft, President and CEO of the Global Leadership Network, leads Global Leadership Network, highlighted by the Global Leadership Summit. He previously served 32 years at LCBC Church, growing it from 150 attendees to 19 locations with 22,000 weekly attendees. To learn more about the podcast or access the show notes, visit www.redletterpodcast.com.
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Key insights from the episode:
Churches stop growing because of a systematic issue, not a spiritual issue. - David Ashcraft
If churches want to grow, you gotta look at the structure of growing churches double your size. - David Ashcraft
Lead pastors need to hire people who will cause the church to grow, not just take the load off them. - David Ashcraft
For church growth, you have to constantly be creating systems. - David Ashcraft
You can’t cookie-cutter discipleship. - David Ashcraft
Some pastors will settle for just money when they could have had all of the individuals. - David Ashcraft
The bigger the organization, the less you, as a leader, get to do. - David Ashcraft
I know we are called to teach discipleship, but the church seems to focus only on leadership. - David Ashcraft
I would love to be an advantage to every pastor I come across. - David Ashcraft
David Ashcraft’s Challenge: Up your leadership. Focus on leadership as an integral part of discipleship.
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