Vanderbloemen Leadership Podcast
Leveraging Your Baggage For The Good Of Your Relationships (feat Ike Miller)
Sep 21, 2023
Ike Miller, Senior Pastor of Bright City Church, discusses leveraging difficult childhood experiences for positive relationships. Topics include overcoming challenges in church leadership, the importance of counseling and having a confidant, dynamics of dysfunctional families, and embracing your calling and finding support.
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Quick takeaways
- Recognize and address childhood patterns to lead with authenticity and avoid burnout.
- Prioritize self-care, set healthy boundaries, and address root issues to maintain emotional closeness and trust within the team.
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Understanding the journey of planting a church and overcoming leadership challenges
In this podcast episode, the host interviews Ike Miller, the pastor of Bright City Church in Durham, North Carolina. Ike shares his personal experience of planting the church in 2018 and the challenges he faced during COVID-19. He discusses the pressure and emotional toll that comes with being a pastor and the tendency to take on the responsibility to fix everything. Ike also highlights the importance of creating a culture of openness and vulnerability within the church, where people can feel safe to share their struggles. He emphasizes the need for pastors to have support systems and to redefine their identity in Christ, separating it from the opinions and approval of others.
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