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We're all about helping create a healthy, positive, and spiritually positive environment for church staff members and leadership teams.
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In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades explores the complexities of blending friendship with professional relationships in church settings. While building friendships with team members is natural, maintaining professional boundaries is essential for genuine relationships. Rhoades suggests a 'both-and' approach to balance personal and professional interactions, emphasizing clarity in expectations and separating friendship from work responsibilities. He encourages hea...
In this episode, the discussion revolves around the diverse roles of executive pastors in churches, particularly those who excel in business operations but struggle with ministry aspects. The podcast emphasizes the importance of combining business acumen with pastoral duties to create a holistic approach that benefits church culture and operations. The episode concludes with practical advice for executive pastors to integrate spiritual leadership with their operational responsibilities.• Exec...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses how unclear boundaries can lead staff to seek unnecessary permissions, burdening leaders with extra decisions. He offers strategies for recalibrating decision-making authority to empower staff and promote better leadership within church teams.• Staff are seeking permission unnecessarily due to unclear decision-making boundaries.• Gradual shifts in staff behavior may stem from past instances where leadership questioned...
This episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast addresses the prevalent issue of 'risk allergy' in church planning meetings, where fear of worst-case scenarios prevents innovation and new ideas. The host encourages church leaders to reframe their thinking, asking constructive questions aimed at fostering innovation and faith-driven ministries instead of defaulting to fear-based decisions. The challenge is set for church teams to revive previously dismissed ideas and allow them space to grow ...
This podcast episode addresses the growing trend of church staff members taking on side hustles due to inadequate salaries and explores whether this development positively or negatively affects church operations. Todd Rhoades discusses the financial challenges ministry workers face and suggests strategies for churches to manage this reality effectively.• Many church staff members need additional income due to low salaries.• Side hustles can impact church staff's primary responsibilities.• Rad...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the implications of replacing the traditional church secretary role with technology. Despite efforts to improve efficiency, this shift has led to unintended costs, such as decreased relational interaction and administrative overload on pastoral staff. The episode emphasizes the importance of maintaining human connection within church administration and challenges listeners to evaluate and restore effective support rol...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the 'superhero complex' often found among executive pastors. He urges leaders to embrace their humanity by involving their team in decision-making processes, demonstrating vulnerability, and not portraying themselves as infallible. By doing so, leaders can foster independence and leadership skills within their team, creating a stronger and more sustainable church environment.• Executive pastors often assume a 'superhe...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades addresses the feeling of restlessness that can occur in ministry when expertise becomes routine. He introduces the concept of the 'competence paradox,' where accumulated knowledge and efficiency lead to stagnation rather than growth. Todd discusses ways to refresh and reinvigorate one's ministry role, such as expanding into adjacent responsibilities, mentoring younger staff, taking on challenging projects, and planning for...
This episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, hosted by Todd Rhoades, tackles the mental traps that challenge effective leadership. These traps include perfectionism, people-pleasing tendencies, and the need for control. Rhoades offers practical steps to overcome these traps and emphasizes the importance of prioritizing effective leadership over perfect leadership.• Mental traps are bigger hindrances to leadership than workload.• Common traps include perfectionism, people-pleasing, and co...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the gradual incorporation of corporate language into church environments, how it can shift the focus from spiritual to business metrics, and the importance of maintaining kingdom-oriented language and vision. Key emphasis is placed on using language that reflects the mission and spiritual goals of a church rather than business objectives.• Churches are increasingly adopting corporate language.• This shift can change t...
This episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast addresses the issue of church leaders comparing their progress to others on social media, particularly around the new year. Todd Rhoades encourages listeners to focus on their unique circumstances and the small, impactful moments in their church community rather than chasing the successes of others. He emphasizes that faithfulness isn't always flashy and that God's assignment for each leader is significant. Rhoades concludes by suggesting leade...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses how feelings of routine and stagnation in ministry roles can lead to dissatisfaction. He suggests that a change in perspective, rather than a change in job, might reinvigorate one's passion for ministry.• Recognize that feeling of routine or stagnation may stem from familiarity, not the role itself.• Consider changing perspective rather than changing jobs.• Ask new questions and switch up routines to gain fresh insigh...
In this episode, Todd Rhoades discusses the challenges of goal setting in ministry, contrasting it with corporate practices. He emphasizes the importance of being adaptable and focusing on directional rather than destination goals in ministry settings. Rhoades encourages listeners to focus on faithfulness, character, and flexibility when dealing with unforeseen interruptions, which are common in ministry work.• Challenges of goal setting in ministry versus corporate environments.• Importance ...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the evolving expectations of ministry staff in the wake of significant societal shifts. He emphasizes the need for church leaders to adapt to new 'ministry math,' prioritizing flexibility, purpose, and healthy boundaries over traditional metrics. This evolution is crucial for retaining talented staff in an increasingly competitive environment.• Youth pastor resignation highlights shifting career expectations.• Societa...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades discusses the challenges of setting and maintaining New Year's goals within the unique demands of ministry work, particularly upon returning to the office after the holidays. Todd emphasizes the need for flexible goal-setting that accommodates the unpredictable nature of church staff duties and encourages listeners to adjust their goals to align with this reality.• Returning to a busy office environment after the holidays ...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, host Todd Rhoades emphasizes the importance of leaving room for surprises and divine interruptions in church planning. While strategic planning and organization are essential, giving space for unplanned God moments can lead to unexpected blessings and adjustments. Rhoades draws from biblical examples to illustrate how deviations from personal plans often lead to significant outcomes, suggesting that flexibility might hold greater value than...
In this New Year's episode, the podcast addresses the metaphorical baggage people carry into the new year and the importance of shedding that weight to run life's race effectively. The host emphasizes the need to release past burdens, such as unresolved issues and unnecessary responsibilities, to prevent exhaustion and lead a more fulfilling life. A reflection question is posed to consider what weights need to be laid down for a lighter and freer pace in the coming year.• Introduction of the ...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, the focus is on the importance of identifying and ending non-productive practices within church ministries as a strategy for growth in 2026. While creating and building are often celebrated, the episode discusses the crucial role of 'pruning' — ending outdated or ineffective traditions, roles, or habits. Host Todd Rhoades emphasizes that the courage to discontinue certain aspects can lead to greater capacity for new initiatives and prevent ...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff podcast, Todd Rhoades discusses the pressures church leaders face to constantly improve and perform. He emphasizes that churches need authentic leaders who are honest, present, and growing, rather than idealized versions of leadership. Todd encourages leaders to embrace humility, transparency, and their true selves in their leadership roles.• Church leaders face constant pressure to be better in various aspects.• Authenticity over performative leade...
In this episode of the Healthy Church Staff Podcast, Todd Rhoades talks about changing perspectives on the New Year within church ministry. Rather than viewing January as a return to zero, where ministry leaders might feel the same fatigue and drama as years before, Todd suggests recognizing these experiences as growth opportunities. He emphasizes that everything learned from the past year contributes to spiritual and personal development. Entering 2026 shouldn't be about starting over but bu...
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