Jon Chasteen talks about what he learned after being picked (at age 34) to be the senior pastor of a megachurch after the founding pastor's moral failure.

He discusses the keys to leading broken churches and organizations you inherited, does a post-mortem on leading a church after a moral failure, and shares how to know when to kill what your predecessor built or when to leave it alone.

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Chapters
00:00 - How to Get Out Of Your Own Way
02:02 - The Next Generation of Leadership
05:58 - Rebuilding a Broken Ship
07:41 - What Made Me Want to Be a Pastor?
12:48 - What is the Post-mortem of Inheriting a Church
18:51 - The Family Business in Church
24:20 - Does Your Enneagram Make You a Disaster?
31:00 - Honor Your Priorities
35:11 - The Challenges of Being a Lead Pastor
37:41 - 4 Rules for a Successful Leader
40:50 - Building Trust
46:21 - Building a fresh culture
48:22 - Creating Core Values
55:29 - Regrets of Leading the Church
57:48 - The Challenge of Chasing Down Leavers
01:04:37 - What Do Leaders Need to Know About Relevancy?
01:05:52 - How to Fix What You Didn't Break