In this episode of the Unseen Leadership Podcast, Chandler Vannoy and Dan Iten are joined by Shane Pruitt, the national Next Gen director for the North American Mission Board. This episode discusses the importance of calling out future ministry leaders while highlighting the need for current leaders to focus on and mentor the next generation of leaders. Pruitt also shares his personal journey from a lost young man to a successful ministry leader and emphasizes the significance of guiding and mobilizing young adults and college students with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

QUOTES FROM EPISODE 77

“I think we as current leaders have stopped on a large scale asking a whole generation to consider if God’s calling them the ministry leadership.” – Shane Pruitt

“A lot of times God will affirm that inside affirmation from outside affirmation from others.” – Shane Pruitt

“Ministry calling is not something that you have to chase in a sense, it will chase you down. If God is calling you, He will give you opportunities to exercise that whatever that is.” – Shane Pruitt

“Lead from the overflow of your own worship of King Jesus and lead from the overflow of your own proximity with the Holy Spirit.” – Shane Pruitt

“The bride of Christ is beautiful, no matter what size. Sometimes there are large churches because they’re faithful to the gospel. And then there are some churches that are normative, or what others may consider smaller, and they’re faithful to the gospel. They’re being salt and light in their community.” – Shane Pruitt

“Our identity should not be wrapped up in results or in pleasing people but being obedient to LORD all the way to the end.” – Shane Pruitt

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Calling Out the Called: Discipling Those Called to Ministry Leadership by Shane Pruitt

Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders

Billy Graham: The Man I Knew by Greg Laurie