The goal of leadership development isn't to gather capable people around you. The goal is to develop capable people beyond you.

Series: Growing Leaders Where You Are
Speaker: Ryan Lutz
Episode 3 of 3: Equip, Empower, Entrust
Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627823/19500209-equip-empower-entrust-creating-a-culture-of-multiplication/transcript

Welcome to Let's Talk: Life, Leadership & Making Disciples. This podcast is designed as a resource for pastors, church staff, elders, ministry leaders, volunteers, church planters and disciple makers. Every week, we strive to provide valuable insights to train, inform and inspire healthy leaders who will go on to build healthy churches.
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This is the third episode of a three-part series featuring Ryan Lutz, titled Growing Leaders Where You Are. Ryan is the senior pastor of Bethany Missionary Church in Elkhart, Indiana. He also oversees our full-time and part-time residency program here at the North Central Region of the Missionary Church. As the director of our leadership development program, Ryan is passionate about empowering leaders in churches of every size.

"You don't need a larger church, a bigger budget, or a perfect system to develop leaders. You simply need to believe God has already placed potential leaders around you and take intentional steps to invest in them. Many pastors are praying for leaders while sitting in a room full of future leaders." - Ryan

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Leadership development is rarely accidental. It begins with intentional relationships. So often we think we need to hire this person or that person, we think we need people with specialized degrees, years of prior experience, a lifetime growing up in the church...But have you ever stopped to think that God has already provided the leaders you're looking for? They may be sitting in your church right now...

Series: Growing Leaders Where You Are
Speaker: Ryan Lutz
Episode 2 of 3: Pray Identify Engage
Episode Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627823/19464165-pray-identify-engage-how-to-spot-emerging-leaders/transcript

Welcome to Let's Talk: Life, Leadership & Making Disciples. This podcast is designed as a resource for pastors, church staff, elders, ministry leaders, volunteers, church planters and disciple makers. Every week, we strive to provide valuable insights to train, inform and inspire healthy leaders who will go on build healthy churches.
Follow our podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627823

This is the second episode of a three-part series featuring Ryan Lutz, titled Growing Leaders Where You Are. Ryan is the senior pastor of Bethany Missionary Church in Elkhart, Indiana. He also oversees our full-time and part-time residency program here at the North Central Region of the Missionary Church. As the director of our leadership development program, Ryan is passionate about empowering leaders in churches of every size.

"You don't need a larger church, a bigger budget, or a perfect system to develop leaders. You simply need to believe God has already placed potential leaders around you and take intentional steps to invest in them. Many pastors are praying for leaders while sitting in a room full of future leaders." - Ryan

Elevate Church Leadership Conference.
November 2, 2026
Nappanee Missionary Church in Nappanee, Indiana
Learn more and sign up at mcncr.org

The Timothy Project (Youth Leadership Conference)
November 14, 2026
St. Mark Missionary Church in Mishawaka, Indiana
Learn more and sign up at mcncr.org

Welcome to the first episode of Let's Talk: Life, Leadership & Making Disciples. This podcast is designed to be a resource for pastors, church staff, elders, ministry leaders, volunteers, church planters and disciple makers. Every week, we strive to provide valuable insights to train, inform and inspire healthy leaders who will go on build healthy churches.

Series: Growing Leaders Where You Are
Speaker: Ryan Lutz
Episode: 1 of 3, Believe It Before You See It
Transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2627823/19441010-believe-it-before-you-see-it-why-leadership-development-starts-with-vision/transcript

This is the first in a three episode series featuring Ryan Lutz about Growing Leaders Where You Are. Ryan is the senior pastor of Bethany Missionary Church in Elkhart, Indiana. He also oversees our full-time and part-time residency program here at the North Central Region of the Missionary Church. As the director of our leadership development program, Ryan is passionate about empowering leaders in churches of every size.

"You don't need a larger church, a bigger budget, or a perfect system to develop leaders. You simply need to believe God has already placed potential leaders around you and take intentional steps to invest in them. Many pastors are praying for leaders while sitting in a room full of future leaders." - Ryan

Let's Talk is brought to you by the North Central Region of the Missionary Church, were we want to empower everyday people to love like Jesus and live like missionaries. Learn more about what we do at mcncr.org.

Elevate Church Leadership Conference.
November 2, 2026
Nappanee Missionary Church in Nappanee, Indiana
Learn more and sign up at mcncr.org