How to Break into Tech Sales, Leading a Multicultural Church, Where White Guys go wrong in City Ministry. Stephen Partain. Episode 19.

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Episode Takeaways:

* Church planting shapes you as much as you shape the church – Planting in an urban context accelerates leadership growth, humbles you, and forces you to adapt to cultural realities you didn’t anticipate.

* Shared leadership is essential in co-vocational ministry. Co-pastoring allows you to split preaching and pastoral duties, avoid burnout, and serve more effectively while holding full-time jobs.

* Humility opens doors in multicultural ministry – Letting go of control, honoring cultural differences (even in worship style), and accepting you’re not “the star” can make a ministry more vibrant and healthy.

* Urban and suburban ministry have different but equal challenges – Urban ministry faces resource constraints, long commutes, and financial sustainability struggles; suburban ministry can struggle with isolation and engaging people who appear to “have it all.”

* Pastoral skills translate into SaaS sales – Empathy, listening, problem-solving, and building relationships proved directly transferable to selling software, leading to strong early success and significant financial stability.

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