The Leadership Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week we talk to Ness Wilson, a seasoned leader who shares her journey of balancing faith, resilience, and leadership, especially through personal and professional adversity. Ness discusses her beginnings with Open Heaven Church, emphasising the importance of accountable and transparent leadership. She reflects on how communal support and setting personal boundaries enabled her to navigate intense challenges, including the grief of losing two children and facing significant health issues within her family. Ness highlights the role of faith in these hardships, underscoring the importance of grieving openly and leading by example.

She also speaks about a "slow awakening" in the church, marked by a renewed spiritual hunger and increased engagement, which she finds deeply encouraging. Ness advocates for an authentic and accountable church culture, with leaders who embody both strength and vulnerability. Her insights offer guidance on how to lead with both resilience and humility, inspiring listeners to maintain a deep connection with faith amid life’s trials.

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In this episode of the Leadership Podcast, Ed Perry and Sim Dendy engage in a deep conversation with Archie Coates, exploring his journey from leading a church in Brighton to taking on the role of vicar at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in London. The discussion covers various themes including the challenges of transitioning leadership, the importance of building trust within a congregation, fostering innovation and risk-taking in church settings, and the significance of personal well-being for leaders. Archie shares insights on how to navigate change in established churches while maintaining a focus on evangelism and caring for the poor. He emphasises the need for leaders to have confidence in the gospel and to inspire their congregations to engage in outreach and community service.

Takeaways from this episode:

• Archie emphasises the importance of taking risks in leadership.
• Building trust is critical for effective leadership.
• Nurturing the gifts of team members leads to a flourishing environment.
• Transitioning leadership can be more challenging than starting anew.
• A strong sense of identity in Christ is essential for leaders.
• Innovation requires a culture of safety where risks can be taken.
• Effective communication is key when navigating change in established churches.
• Personal well-being and resilience are vital for sustaining leadership.
• The future of the church relies on confidence in the gospel and community engagement.

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Anne Calver is an inspirational speaker and visionary leader who has a real heart for the Church and how it can be released. She leads the Unleashed Church movement, a radical network of church communities calling people into a new kind of family that seeks to be like the Early Church in the book of Acts.

In this episode, we hear about her personal struggle to start a family and what she learnt through her experiences; the way God has led her through a variety of seasons into her current role, and her passion for the Church and its future.

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Steve Uppal, along with his wife Esther, have been the senior leaders of the multi-cultural and multi-campus All Nations Church since 2001.

Steve is also recognised as the Apostolic leader of the growing All Nations Movement which gathers churches and leaders together with the vision of turning nations back to God through prayer, church planting, repurposing existing churches and equipping leaders.

He has authored a number of books, with his most recent release entitled 'Revival Ready – Rethinking Kingdom, Discipleship & Church'.

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Describing himself as a ‘lapsed catholic’, Cormac is passionate about politics and policy and the intersection with faith. When he's not serving on Gordon Brown's team, helping to develop policy and financial reform, he works in the City. He has sat on various boards and committees, including chairing the Hope not Hate campaign for ten years.

He has an incredible story of his journey away from faith into politics which helped him rediscover his faith once again.

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Joy Blundell oversees Social Justice and Influence at Alive Church, a multi-site church in the East of England, and is Location Pastor of Alive Lincoln North with her  husband Paul.

She has a heart for the restoration and transformation of cities through the mobilisation of the local church and seeing people find wholeness and purpose in Jesus.

Joy is the founding Director of  Acts Trust, a Lincoln-based charity connected to Alive, which has the aspirational vision of poverty alleviation in the city.

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Carl Beech is a leader who likes to let his actions do the talking! He is President of Christian Vision for Men and as part of that role he founded The Gathering in 2014 in Swindon, which now attracts around 2000 men each year. He has written a number of books, writes regularly for a variety of magazines and hosts several podcasts.

As a habitual pioneer, Carl founded Edge Ministries which supports some of the most forgotten people in his local area and aims to bring transformation to forgotten places as Carl and his team share with them the love of Jesus. He has also been living alcohol-free for over a year and is passionate about plants.

In this podcast, Carl talks about how God broke his heart for the men and their families in his local community. He considers his experiences of how vision often moves to mission through a slow and repetitive process, and how both he and the projects have been refined along the way.

Carl looks at the wealth of work with which he is involved and how his digital presence reflects his in-person character. 

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Lucy Grimble is a song writer and worship leader with a heart to create space for people to encounter the love of God. She writes songs that carry a message of freedom, hope and identity. Based in London, Lucy’s latest album God’s Heart Explodes was released in 2020.

In this episode we hear from Lucy about her story, how she leads others in worship, and how she keeps her creativity fresh.

She shares with us how she sees worship as an act of service and the responsibility worship leaders have to show others the way to God. She shares her thoughts on how to lead creatives, and her advice for church leader on how to best interact with your worship team.

Finally she looks forward to Spring Harvest with excitement for what God will do there.

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Cris Rogers is Rector of All Hallows Church Bow in East London and Chair of the planning group of Spring Harvest. He is also an author of several books and runs a podcast called We Are Making Disciples.

In this conversation we explore with Cris his experiences of leading church through COVID, we hear about his passion for leading people in the ways of Jesus, and how he likes to see us like cracked pots carrying the glory of God but leaking everywhere we go.

We also hear what it means to be part of the planning group at Spring Harvest, and what’s in store for this year’s event.

This season we are partnering with Spring Harvest, the well-known national Christian event that takes place in the UK every Easter. Sim personally got some of his first leadership opportunities at this event and across this season on the Leadership Podcast, we’ll be talking to some of the inspiring people that lead the event.

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