https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com This is the lifeline for senior and executive church leaders. Hosted by Todd and Tom Lane, each episode brings practical leadership insight, hard-earned wisdom, and proven frameworks to help you build a healthy, sustainable, and impactful ministry.

]]> Wed, 06 May 2026 10:19:21 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Religion & Spirituality:Christianity 1440 episodic amazingleaderspodcast amazingleaderspodcast No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22264573/ALP_square.jpg https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com 144 144 How to Properly Steward Your Church Staff https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/how-to-properly-steward-your-church-staff/ https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/how-to-properly-steward-your-church-staff/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 10:19:21 -0300 amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/dc19b3b5-c3db-3194-9e8a-8b298994975d When Loyalty Becomes a Liability: Stewarding People Through Seasons of Change Todd and Tom Lane discuss how church leaders can build loyal teams without manipulating people or confusing loyalty to a leader with loyalty to God’s purpose. They argue that calling staff “family” can create unhealthy expectations and pressure, while a team mindset better supports seasonal assignments and open-handed leadership. Tom emphasizes stewarding, not controlling, developing people beyond the positions leaders need filled, and having faith that God will provide when transitions happen. He shares stories about a youth pastor who sensed he was aging out and a CPA whose performance improved after a direct conversation, highlighting the need for timely, clear, kind feedback. They also warn against coping mechanisms like avoidance, illustrating with a special-needs ministry situation where counseling addressed deeper issues. They conclude that loyalty is virtuous until it protects what God is trying to change.

]]> When Loyalty Becomes a Liability: Stewarding People Through Seasons of Change Todd and Tom Lane discuss how church leaders can build loyal teams without manipulating people or confusing loyalty to a leader with loyalty to God’s purpose. They argue that calling staff “family” can create unhealthy expectations and pressure, while a team mindset better supports seasonal assignments and open-handed leadership. Tom emphasizes stewarding, not controlling, developing people beyond the positions leaders need filled, and having faith that God will provide when transitions happen. He shares stories about a youth pastor who sensed he was aging out and a CPA whose performance improved after a direct conversation, highlighting the need for timely, clear, kind feedback. They also warn against coping mechanisms like avoidance, illustrating with a special-needs ministry situation where counseling addressed deeper issues. They conclude that loyalty is virtuous until it protects what God is trying to change.

]]> amazingleaderspodcast false No 3087 4 full Handing Over a Church Without Breaking It | Les Beauchamp https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/handing-over-a-church-without-breaking-it-les-beauchamp/ https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/handing-over-a-church-without-breaking-it-les-beauchamp/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:11:29 -0300 amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/a8106a6a-43c6-3fe8-b795-583749b6bad5 Building & Releasing Legacy: A Drama-Free Church Succession with Pastor Les Beauchamp Todd Lane and his father Tom Lane host a leadership podcast aimed at helping church leaders implement vision without losing their lives, featuring guest Les Beauchamp, longtime friend and former senior pastor of LifeGate Church. Les shares how he succeeded a founding pastor after a “declared” succession, faced major internal conflict that led to a public battle, the loss of 1,800 people and $2 million, and a later rebirth that included renaming Trinity Church to LifeGate and shifting toward a life-giving culture. He contrasts that experience with his own intentional, public two-and-a-half-year transition to Micah Eldridge, emphasizing starting succession planning on day one, holding leadership with open hands, identity as loved and pleasing to God, emotional health, reconciliation, and forgiveness as keys to extending legacy. 

]]> Building & Releasing Legacy: A Drama-Free Church Succession with Pastor Les Beauchamp Todd Lane and his father Tom Lane host a leadership podcast aimed at helping church leaders implement vision without losing their lives, featuring guest Les Beauchamp, longtime friend and former senior pastor of LifeGate Church.

Les shares how he succeeded a founding pastor after a “declared” succession, faced major internal conflict that led to a public battle, the loss of 1,800 people and $2 million, and a later rebirth that included renaming Trinity Church to LifeGate and shifting toward a life-giving culture.
He contrasts that experience with his own intentional, public two-and-a-half-year transition to Micah Eldridge, emphasizing starting succession planning on day one, holding leadership with open hands, identity as loved and pleasing to God, emotional health, reconciliation, and forgiveness as keys to extending legacy. 

]]> amazingleaderspodcast false No 3184 3 full How Pastors Can Avoid Burnout and Build a Healthy Inner Life https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/how-pastors-can-avoid-burnout-and-build-a-healthy-inner-life/ https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/how-pastors-can-avoid-burnout-and-build-a-healthy-inner-life/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:49:37 -0300 amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/49e41035-12bd-3752-8607-156fdcbe8a14 Soul Care for Pastors: Avoiding Burnout, Finding Safe Confession, and Staying Healthy in Ministry Todd Lane and Tom Lane introduce the Amazing Leaders Podcast and interview longtime pastor and coach Carl Tote of Trinity Church in Lubbock, who took leadership after a traumatic season including a split and earlier losses. They discuss pastors’ mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health, emphasizing “soul care” over “soul cure,” and that feelings are information rather than facts. Carl stresses addressing roots, not just symptoms, and removing stigma around counseling, therapy, and coaching. They highlight the need for an “executive board” of trusted, mature, confidential mentors outside one’s immediate church, since leaders often lack safe places to confess and gain healing. The conversation covers burnout warning signs, relationship over ritual in spiritual disciplines, accountability, and practical rhythms—exercise, scheduling priorities, marriage time, and health checkups—to sustain long-term ministry.

]]> Soul Care for Pastors: Avoiding Burnout, Finding Safe Confession, and Staying Healthy in Ministry Todd Lane and Tom Lane introduce the Amazing Leaders Podcast and interview longtime pastor and coach Carl Tote of Trinity Church in Lubbock, who took leadership after a traumatic season including a split and earlier losses. They discuss pastors’ mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health, emphasizing “soul care” over “soul cure,” and that feelings are information rather than facts. Carl stresses addressing roots, not just symptoms, and removing stigma around counseling, therapy, and coaching. They highlight the need for an “executive board” of trusted, mature, confidential mentors outside one’s immediate church, since leaders often lack safe places to confess and gain healing. The conversation covers burnout warning signs, relationship over ritual in spiritual disciplines, accountability, and practical rhythms—exercise, scheduling priorities, marriage time, and health checkups—to sustain long-term ministry.

]]> amazingleaderspodcast false No 2573 2 full Lead Pastor: Our Church Grew Fast… Then It All Fell Apart | Jeff Jenkins https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/lead-pastor-our-church-grew-fast%e2%80%a6-then-it-all-fell-apart-jeff-jenkins/ https://amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/e/lead-pastor-our-church-grew-fast%e2%80%a6-then-it-all-fell-apart-jeff-jenkins/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0300 amazingleaderspodcast.podbean.com/bfb52e0a-8a3e-3446-8b3f-d60f4ccc2781 In this episode, Jeff Jenkins shares the untold story behind the rapid growth and sudden collapse of his church. After planting, the church expanded quickly. But beneath the surface, a culture driven by performance, insecurity, and striving began to take its toll. When COVID hit, everything unraveled. The church stopped meeting for a period. Staff dropped from over 20 to just two. And Jeff was forced to confront deeper questions about identity, leadership, and what it truly means to build a Spirit-led church. Jeff opens up about: The hidden drivers behind performance-based leadership How insecurity and past wounds shaped his decisions The breaking points that led to real change A prophetic moment that reframed his entire approach to ministry And how he now leads through prayer, collaboration, and presence over pressure This conversation is an honest look at failure, formation, and the shift from building something impressive… to building something sustainable.

]]> In this episode, Jeff Jenkins shares the untold story behind the rapid growth and sudden collapse of his church. After planting, the church expanded quickly. But beneath the surface, a culture driven by performance, insecurity, and striving began to take its toll. When COVID hit, everything unraveled. The church stopped meeting for a period. Staff dropped from over 20 to just two. And Jeff was forced to confront deeper questions about identity, leadership, and what it truly means to build a Spirit-led church. Jeff opens up about: The hidden drivers behind performance-based leadership How insecurity and past wounds shaped his decisions The breaking points that led to real change A prophetic moment that reframed his entire approach to ministry And how he now leads through prayer, collaboration, and presence over pressure This conversation is an honest look at failure, formation, and the shift from building something impressive… to building something sustainable.

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