Leadership Collective Podcast

Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining healthy rhythms in the context of church leadership. This is part one in a two-part discussion on this topic with Nate Holdridge.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, delegating responsibilities, and maintaining healthy rhythms in the context of church leadership. This is part one in a two-part discussion on this topic with Nate Holdridge.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictis (Cross Connection Church) and Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) for a conversation on creating, adopting, and reforming systems and structures in our churches.

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Pastor Mark Foreman of North Coast Calvary in Carlsbad, California joins Pastor Nick Cady of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado to discuss the topic of vision. 

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by David Guzik (Enduring Word, Calvary Santa Barbara) and Nate Holdridge (Calvary Monterey) to discuss the many facets of preparing, sending out, and supporting servants to plant new churches.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Rod Thompson (Reliance Church) and Aaron Sabio (Calvary Vista) to discuss their experiences of learning to create and maintain robust and flourishing discipleship relationships.

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In this episode, Ted & Rob talk in detail about their respective processes in sharing the teaching ministry at their churches. This conversation will include identifying and discipling faithful servants of the body into opportunities of teaching ministry, practical training for sermon preparation, and providing healthy insights for peer feedback and encouragement. 

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Benji Horning (Light Church) and Casey Kendell (Bridgetown Church) to discuss the benefits and importance of starting a new church with the support of a well-established planting network. 

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Richard Cimino (Metro Calvary) to candidly talk about our experiences with healthy and unhealthy ministry workloads and the effects they could have on our family health and relationships.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Nick Cady (Whitefields Community Church) and Bruce Zachary (Calvary Nexus) to discuss the new equipping resource from Calvary Global Network called Cultivate. Cultivate will help with the assessment, training, and cultivating of prospective church planters.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Clay Worell (Calvary Global Network) to discuss healthy pastoral transitions and succession. More specifically, we will talk about handling and walking through transitions pertaining to senior or lead pastors. 

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In this bonus episode, Ted & Rob talk in more detail about their respective board and church leadership structures. This conversation is a continuation of a previous episode with Wayne Cordeiro about the nuanced process of structuring and organizing a healthy church board, identifying toxic board behavior, prayerfully selecting board members, and organizing robust church leadership.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictus (Cross Connection Church) to discuss how current societal trends and economic forecasts help form our vision-shaping process. More specifically, we will talk through forming vision for our churches as move past the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and into an economic recession in 2022.

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Ted Leavenworth is joined by Ryan Sharp (lead pastor) and Jeff Johnson (missions and outreach pastor) of Impact Church in Menifee, CA to discuss some of the challenges and outcomes of successfully navigating a church merger. We discuss the different environments in which merging can become viable, and how the process can bring about the creation of more healthy and stable church communities. 

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Brian Bell (pastor of Calvary Murrieta) has a conversation with Larry Hansen (missions pastor at Calvary Murrieta) and Matthew Ellison (founder and president of 1615) about ministering to unreached people groups.

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Rob Salvato is joined by Mark Foreman (North Coast Calvary Chapel), Phil Metzger (Calvary San Diego), and Brenen Beeler (Regenerate Church) for a two-part conversation about the current division in the Church. In our cultural moment, division amongst the church seems to be at a volatile level. We discuss our recent experiences with having to shepherd through the COVID-19 pandemic, partisan politics, and spiritual growth.

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Rob Salvato is joined by Mark Foreman (North Coast Calvary Chapel), Phil Metzger (Calvary San Diego), and Brenen Beeler (Regenerate Church) for a two-part conversation about the current division in the Church. In our cultural moment, division amongst the church seems to be at a volatile level. We discuss our recent experiences with having to shepherd through the COVID-19 pandemic, partisan politics, and spiritual growth.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Rob Verdeyen (Calvary Corvallis) for a conversation on navigating the hiring process. There are important benchmarks to be aware of as our churches grow. We discuss our experiences with hiring staff members and filling needed positions. Hiring capabilities and processes may vary from church to church, but we can seek God’s wisdom together in how to better serve our communities with the staff the Lord provides us.

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Rob Salvato and Ted Leavenworth are joined by Miles DeBenedictis (Cross Connection Church) and Daniel Fusco (Crossroads Community Church) for a conversation on creating, adopting, and reforming systems and structures in our churches.

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In this episode, Ted & Rob are joined in-studio by Brian Bell and Jason Duff as they talk through all things Christmas, special services, and more!

In this episode, Ted & Rob talk candidly with Wayne Cordeiro about the nuanced process of structuring and organizing a healthy church board, identifying toxic board behavior, and prayerfully selecting board members.

Pastor Tony Clark of Calvary Chapel Newport News joins Rob & Ted for an honest conversation on navigating through church conflicts and splits.

In this episode, Ted & Rob have a candid conversation with Wayne Cordeiro and Wesley Towne concerning, stress, burnout and a leader's mental health. 

If you need to contact Pastor Wayne or Wesley, you can reach them at waynecordeiro@newhope.edu & hello@wesleytowne.com

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Pastor Lance Cook of Calvary La Habra, and Pastor David Zamora of Living Way Christian Fellowship, join Rob & Ted for a conversation on how to meet the needs of your community through outreach. 

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Pastor Zac Elliot of Fusion Christian Church shares his story on church planting for this bonus episode. 

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Jim Gallagher, founder and pastor of Calvary Chapel Vero Beach, has a conversation with Rob & Ted about church planting. The three of them share different stories and insightful lessons learned from years of leading and planting churches. 

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Pastor Mark Foreman of North Coast Calvary in Carlsbad, California joins Pastor Nick Cady of White Fields Community Church in Longmont, Colorado to discuss the topic of vision. 

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Pastors Ed Taylor and Nate Holdridge join Ted Leavenworth & Rob Salvato in a conversation on casting vision. 

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